Just some information so that others may learn from my wacky world….
I have found a new way to sabotage myself. Vitamin overdose attacked my legs last week. B vitamins can be great for nerves, but more is not better. My adrenal support supplement has some B6 in it and the B12 supplement I take, apparently, also has some B6.
In the past, when patients would ask me about vitamins for their nerves, I would say that I know B vitamins can be really helpful but there is one that can increase nerve symptoms…so ask your doctor or pharmacist.
After experiencing neuropathy type symptoms in my lower legs, I will never forget which one is which! Luckily, peripheral neuropathy symptoms caused by B6 usually reverse quickly. I immediately felt better once I stopped taking B6. I now have a B12 supplement that is ONLY B12.
Safe supplementing everyone!
Random Rainbow Capture Last Week
It’s good you have the knowledge you do so you knew something was up. So glad you found the problem. Scary I’m sure.
I meant to add that this goes to show that even ‘natural’ therapies like vitamins can cause side effects in too high of doses. Good of you to raise attention to it.
It is too easy to forget that “natural” supplements can cause adverse events. I am really glad that is was just the vitamin!
I do follow up with the doc this week, so I will hopefully have a more comprehensive realignment of my supplements. 8)
Yeah, Katie, what Carrie said! Thank you! xoM
Hey, hope you have been well! I was thinking about you as a put oil in someone’s shoes last week. It seems to be helping! 8)
Yes, things are well! Oil in shoe, for what? I’ve been using a lot of Lemongrass & Lavender for a nasty bout of plantar fasciitis (can’t spell!). Got to find my bottle of RC. After a week, it’s much improved! xoxoM
I forgot about the RC. You had mentioned those to me once and I used them on someone that has an Achilles/Fascia combo going on.
I am all ears !! I wish to learn so much about your wacky world Katie 😆 Ralph xox 😀
I must reveal in small bits so as not to burst your eardrums. 8)
Your kindness is overwhelming. I am looking forward to your next small bit. And what is that may I ask ?
Ahh, but for those who wish to hear
Shall they lend me their ear?
The digital beat of the drum
Forever beating in the stillness of the glow
Growing louder as the sun skates the moon.
Leaning in for that reverberation for which you wait
It is in the wait that makes it clear
My dear. 🙂
Brilliant !! I should give up being healthy and take up poetry if I was you 😉
You are my muse, so whatever you say! :^o
Whatever I say ? Does that give me carte blanche ? 😉
Um, well, when you put it that way…..
Maybe not. 8)
Perhaps not as I just found out that carte blanche is not a Ben & Jerry ice-cream flavour 😉
Mmmm, B & J. Now you’re talking..rrrr…typing. 8)
We do tend to think vitamins are ‘harmless’ … you really didn’t need yet another issue.. But glad things are okay now… take care Diane
Thanks! It was great to see you were able to get a plan of action. Good luck with it all! 8)
I recently found that fried apple fritters help keep ones world in balance
Finally! Something that sounds worth a try. Should I take 2 every 12 hours? lol
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Gaw-jus photo!! I almost didn’t read the post because I was mesmerized! 🙂
There is something about rainbows! 8)
Thanks for this information. I have a good friend who thinks that if a little of some vitamin is good, a lot is better. She’s really into the all the B vitamins. I’m going to direct her to your blog.
Great, I hope it helps! She can also have her blood levels tested if it becomes a concern. Take care. 8)
Did not know that about B6 could backfire and cause more nerve pain! Thanks! Right now I only have B-6 in my multi, and my LLMD just gave me methylcobalmin and methyl folate. The whole Lyme thing is new — I just went to the LLMD for the first time this fall. For years I thought I “just” had fibromyalgia. In 2009 I tested positive for Lyme on a Labcorp Western blot, but the doctor ignored it and ran an ELISA, which was negative, so she decided I was negative. This year someone told me to see an LLMD. It’s all very new. I am taking antibiotics but my CD57 is ridiculously low so I think he’s going to retest me in another month. (I’m going to put this in the about section of my blog once I get around to actually writing it.)
They started my treatment late summer based on clinical findings and a Low CD57. My Labcorp blot was negative but I took the IGenex after a month of Doxy and it was positive.
Good Luck! I look forward to hearing about your progress. 8)