I've heard of neuropathy from long term use of seizure drugs. But, sometimes I do get paranoid about it when I feel my foot go numb for a time. It always has come back around, but it reminds me of what it must be like to have to deal with neuropathy. Just today I was sitting at a restaurant in a booth with my foot bent and heel off the ground, and when I stood up my toes were numb and it took awhile for them to come back.
I wondered if anyone with experience could say if true neuropathy is the sort of thing that comes on gradually, coming and going like a foot being asleep, or if it is more pronounced/distinctive and therefore not easily confused with something as common as a foot falling asleep or periodic hand numbness from working, etc?
Just wanted to know what the early signs would be and how or if they would be different.
I wondered if anyone with experience could say if true neuropathy is the sort of thing that comes on gradually, coming and going like a foot being asleep, or if it is more pronounced/distinctive and therefore not easily confused with something as common as a foot falling asleep or periodic hand numbness from working, etc?
Just wanted to know what the early signs would be and how or if they would be different.