I see the doc tomorrow afternoon. Nothing new has been introduced to my diet. I am allergic to common mold. Thanks.

I'll see what my numbers are and what the doc says tomorrow afternoon. If it is nerves, an antianxiety med will help while I continue to learn now to deal with the stress at work. If it is blood sugar level, he'll probably put me on a med until things settle down. I read where dark green leafy veggies help insulin production. So I've been eating spinach daily. Kale is supposed to be better, but there is none in the store. Hopefully I'll be able to let you all know tomorrow night. I appreciate the answers and concern.

Emira, what are you eating for breakfast?  High carb?  If you travel around this site, you will find articles by David Mendosa covering the GI and GL of foods, and diets on the low carb side.  Good stuff.  Now if your doctor tells you 6.4 is terrific, thank him and do something on your own about lowering it.  If your breakfast is high carb, try eggs one morning and see if the pinpricks are still there.  6.4 looks really good to doctors because so many of their patients are between 8 and 9, a bad place to be.  Diabetes does not have to end in complications, nor does it have to become your whole life.  You develop certain habits early and you learn you automatically follow thru with these habits.  Your eye slides over a menu looking for good choices, ditto for supermarket ads.  It does become a lot easier.  One other good habit is to test frequently, so that you are always answering to your meter.  It provides motivation.  And permits experimentation, be it with diet and exercise, or insulin doses.  Please let us know how your doctor visit turns out.  I'll be seeing my endo tomorrow too.  Helen

I eat carbmaster yogurt and I break up a couple walnuts into it and add 1-2T of grapenuts to it for breakfast before work. On weekends we usually have eggs and toast, sometimes bacon. Occasionally I have whole grain pancakes or whole grain french toast with no added sugar syrup.

     My blood sugar was up to 6.8/146 fasting. The doctor thinks the pinpricks are nerves. He has changed my antidepressant to Pristiq. My counselor returns the week after this and we'll work more on dealing with the stressors at work. I am trying to get back on track with my foods. I walk at lunch 5 days per week. We are hoping by September I'll be in better shape. At this point he has not given me diabetes meds.

If you do have anxiety may I suggest you find a more natural way to deal with it. There are supplement you can take that have no side effect or withdrawal.  I suggest you go to www.mywayup.com.

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  My blood sugar was up to 6.8/146 fasting. The doctor thinks the pinpricks are nerves. He has changed my antidepressant to Pristiq. My counselor returns the week after this, and we'll work more on dealing with the stressors at work. I am trying to get back on track with my foods. I walk at lunch 5 days per week. We are hoping by September I'll be in better shape. At this point he has not given me diabetes meds. I think he's right about the nerves. I just think about work and they get worse.

Neuropathy = nerves too.  When I am very stressed, my burning worsens, cannot deny it is directly connected to the stress.  Perhaps, if I too am better by the end of the year, I can get out of this stressful environment and have less burning.  So, to me it is perfectly feasible that the pins and needles will diminish when the stress does.  I congratulate you on being so pro-active with your health care.  The time to stop problems is before they begin, and the longer you can control with diet and exercise, the better off you will be in the long run.  Medications and insulin carry side effects too that you don't need.  Perhaps you can increase your exercise, get more endorphins from it.  Watch funny videos, they definitely help.  Read about the power of meditation, and other stress breaking techniques.  You can start with Dr. Weil's site.  There may be information from Dr. Oz on the net too.  It's all there for you!