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Natural high levels of B12 and B6

Neuropathy | Last Active: Feb 6 1:46pm | Replies (122)

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This response is for Patricia and Bailey. I have motor, sensory, and autonomic neuropathies (since 2011), and I have had high B12 and high B6, which have been around the same level as Bailey's for years. I don't recommend taking any B vitamins without first checking your levels. Insist that your doctors do this. I learned this the hard way. Doctors suggested a B complex, and I took it for years. High B6 can cause neurological symptoms or, in my case, make them much worse. I stopped taking B complex years ago and just recently stopped taking multivitamins. Depending on how much B6 you have been consuming and for how long, it can take a year or more to get the B6 level down again. Check everything you consume, from supplements to foods, and try to keep your B6 consumption within the recommended daily allowance of 1.3 - 1.7mg. Unless you are deficient, you do not need to supplement B6. You can meet the recommended daily allowance with just one pork chop and a banana or avocado. Look at a list of foods high in B6. Processed and fortified foods often have B6 added, especially industrial dairy foods, so read the labels!! All of them! Cut out energy drinks altogether!!! Drink a lot of water and natural unsweetened electrolytes like coconut water. Plus, increase your salt intake if you don't have high BP. I will recheck my B12 in six months, and if it is still high, there are urine tests to see if the B12 is being absorbed into the cells or just circulating through the bloodstream. There is not a lot of info out there for high B12, and most doctors don't think it's an issue, but I want answers.

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I don't take a B complex, just straight B12 for my neuropathy. I was told by my PCP that the abnormal (high) readings were fine because the body flushes it out, so I continue my 3000 units a day.