Posted by bleauberry on April 26, 2008, at 18:34:50
In reply to B-12 methylcobalomine caused me to relapse, posted by SLS on April 26, 2008, at 17:47:58
Hi Scott,
It is funny, well, not funny at all, but how everywhere you look it is recommended to take high dose B vitamins, especially the active forms like P5P and methylcobalomine, and that there are no side effects and that you just piss out whatever isn't needed and that these are great for treating depression.
In my experience B vitamins have powerful effects that can either worsen or improve a particular symptom. When my doc a few years ago gave me a B12 shot, I had horrific nightmares that night, woke up in the morning with massive anxiety like 10 pots of coffee, and my depression got worse for about half a week. The butterflies in my stomach took about that long to go away too. My doc laughed and said there is no such thing as an adverse reaction to B12 and to take another one. Not. No thankyou.
I don't know what happened to you, or me. For now, I take a B50 complex tab, break it into quarters, and then break each quarter into halves. I take that little each day, which is still I estimate about 800%RDA, so at least I know I'm getting the vitamins. But I refuse to follow the crowd and accept the misunderstood assumption that Bs are universally good for you. As with anything else, mileage varies and doses have to be customized, ranging anywhere from avoidance to megadose.
I remember reading about the Pfeiffer Institute, that treats psychiatric stuff with targeted vitamins and minerals, and that if the initial lab tests show the person is over-methylated, they must strictly avoid B vitamins.
I'm really sorry you had to sink back into that deep place. That must have been scary. I'm so glad it passed. Those kinds of reactions are what make me so gunshy and cautious when I get ready to try something new, anything, even vitamins.
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