Posted by clint878 on September 20, 2006, at 18:24:54 [reposted on September 21, 2006, at 21:52:24 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Sam-E and B-12, posted by willyee on September 20, 2006, at 10:08:58
You say that you found out the "hard way." What is the "hard way," if you don't mind me asking? Did you hsve a similar reaction to a different substance?
As to me, perhaps I spoke too soon. There was dramatic improvement overnight and I can think more clearly now and my memory has improved. I can even start to feel the keys I'm using to type. Maybe there's hope yet; but even if I completely recover, I'm still going to spread the word about Sam-E.
> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > -Brant
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> Wow sorry to hear that,personaly i never liked it one bit,but would never have thought it capable of doing such damage.
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> Not knowing ur situation i still say people think too often that natural means safe,amino loading for example,not safe,you need to know ur stuff before u go chomping down aminos,i learned most this the hard way and treat almost anything that crosses into the brain with serious regard.
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