Posted by clint878 on September 19, 2006, at 21:16:48 [reposted on September 21, 2006, at 21:52:23 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Sam-E and B-12, posted by willyee on September 19, 2006, at 21:06:47
While I realize that you weren't referring to me in your post, I thought I should say that the reason I asked here was because I was, apparently, B12-deficient before I started taking the Sam-E. That's why I was depressed in the first place. Apparently, the Sam-E exacerbated the deficiency, throwing me into a confused and disoriented state.
Even though I continued the multivitamin that had 50mcg of B-12 in it, I have an absorbtion problem that didn't let me get enough B-12 from the multivitamin in the first place, let alone with the Sam-E.
I've never heard of anyone before having a reaction like this, which is why I asked. Perhaps taking huge doses of B-12 prior to the Sam-E would have prevented this catastrophe. Though I started supplementation when a doctor finally realized the problem five weeks later, it was too late. As it is, unfortunately, my usefulness is probably over; it's unlikely I'll ever regain my intelligence, nor the feeling in my arms and legs.
Even if I can't think clearly enough to do anything of much value at work, I can at least write letters to the FDA and spread this story across the Internet to warn people against taking Sam-E.
-Brant
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