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severe peripheral neuropathy and vitamin B6

Neuropathy | Last Active: Sep 6 5:25pm | Replies (46)

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@pain3relief

Thanks Ray for the Welcome and your information on B6.

I was diagnosed with severe peripheral neuropathy after years of numbing feet.

My symptoms seemed to worsen after a non explainable seizure. With numbness in my my feet increasing up my legs with terrible pain and what felt like shocks going through my toes.

I was told that nothing could be done but to handle with medication (pregabalin). The pain is getting better with slowly increasing the dosage. I still have poor balance and can’t walk without shoes.

The reason I was looking into B6 because I researched that B6 can increase/worsen symptoms of neuropathy

We had a case here in Australia, where a man was told by his doctor to increase his B6 intake and over time lost the ability to walk. Once the reason was discovered and intake reduced, his slowly started to improve.

I will keep researching and discuss further with my doctor and neurologist(which you only get to see every 3-6 months)

Thanks again, I’m glad I discovered this forum to better understand neuropathy.

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I too had slow progressing neuropathy in toes, feet, and then ankles but no pain. After many test the diagnosis is idiopathic neuropathy bc I am very healthy 70 yr old doing step aerobics, running and weight lifting almost daily. The only abnormal test was b6 5 times normal. I didn't know why until I checked and found the melatonin I had taken for 3 yrs had 20mg of b6 and I also had taken EmergC off and on for about 10 yrs. I stopped the b6 but the PN slowly progressed for about a year . I found website understandingb6toxicity.com and have followed the advice there and it has no longer progressed. Other symptoms which I had not linked to b6 left including heart palpations especially at night, blurred vision, and tinnitus. Hope you find answers