Ok...for about 2 mths i have had this constant numbness in my toes. I do wear a lot of heels (well, everyday!) and was thinking it was from my ridiculous shoes...but then i started to think otherwise. I recently went to the doctor and when she poked my feet with a little needle gadget (i had my eyes closed) and she told me to tell her when i could feel it. Well, apparently she had poked my first 2.5 (yes .5) toes on each foot before and i didnt feel it. So, she continued to tell me that this may have something to do with my PCOS but due to diabetes she was a little concerned so i went and had blood work done AGAIN! My reason for this post is to ask if anyone has experienced the same numbness in their toes...its is very uncomfortable and to the point that it is really painful. If i walk a lot my feet swell and are i am just really uncomfortable. PLEASE HELP! if anyone would know it would be my soulcysters!
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I was experiencing some numbness in my toes. Being diabetic I was really worried about diabetic neuropathy!!! I went to the ADA's Type 2 discussion board where I know there are a lot of long time posters with pretty much every diabetic experience and asked there. The general consensus was that diabetic neuropathy feels like bee stings, it HURTS...it isn't just general numbness. Although they are the first to say they are not doctors and a doctor's opinion and dx is best.
As I was already scheduled for a docs visit in a week I let it go. Meanwhile I was talking to a friend about the various suppliments I was taking for this and that. We're both TTC and we got talking about the B vitamin suppliments I take. I checked a website to read to her about the benefits of B vitamins and discovered that taking too much B Vitamins can cause a numbness in the toes and gradually up into the feet, even in fingers and hands!! The article said it was a component of B vits that does it...I don't remember exactly.
I stopped taking THAT suppliment immediately. Within a week the numbness was gone and has not come back.
So if you are taking a B vitamin suppliment of any kind I would suggest stop taking it for a week or two and see if that helps any. The worst that could happen is nothing changes.
I agree with Saille if you are taking the B-vita lay off for a while. But in the chance that you are not taking any at all I suggest you go to a Chiropractor and a massage therapist and see if maybe you just have a pinched nerve.
Many cases of Carpel tunnel that turned into surgery could have been avoided if they would have just seen a Chiro and Massage therapist. There are all kinds of common aches and pains and numbness that have been cured through surgery and pain meds NOT!!! Everyone should try everything from Acupuncture to Chiropractic and Massage to a Nutritionist before taking drugs or getting surgery but alas instead they go to their PCP and they say ummmm it might be this but we really don't know!?!?! I also recommend a Naturopath they look at the body in a holistic approach and they are amazing!
Sorry I went on about meds and surgery... I keep seeing to many people start out with something so small as numb toes and have it turn into a Doctors three ring circus of I don't know, lets put you on all theses meds 1st then we will try surgery Don't get me wrong they are good for some things but they sure don't know everything like they think they do.
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Well, I was going to suggest TAKING a B12 supplement because I see you're on Met and it isn't uncommon at all for it to cause B12 deficiency. One of the hallmark signals of B12 deficiency is...you guessed it: Numbness in the extremeties (exhaustion is another sign). After a few months of taking Met, I started noticing that my lips were getting numb (and I was inexplicably exhausted); I started a B-complex supplement and both problems were gone within a week.
i cant feel my toes..... 
Don't get me wrong they are good for some things but they sure don't know everything like they think they do.
