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Hi all, I’m new to the group and hope to find some answers. I was diagnosed in January with high levels of vitamin B6, per the lab sheet normal is 5.3 – 46.7 ug/L and I was at 93. I had been having burning sensations/pain on my hands, feet, face and sporadically on other areas for quite a while. I visited several doctors and finally ended up at an allergist office (he’s the first one to think to test for B6). He felt the B6 was causing peripheral neuropathy. His advice was to stop taking all vitamin supplements and protein shakes and retest in 3 weeks. I spent the last month drinking 90 oz of water per day and really trying to limit my B6 intake. Fast-forward to last week and the blood work came back with normal B6 levels, 22 ug/L. I guess the questions at this point are; how long does it take for the symptoms to resolve and what follow up should I be doing?
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Hi I'm new to this today. But I'd like to let everyone know my experience recently. I had breast cancer in 2015 did chemo and radiation and all this time I've had neuropathy in my feet and can't walk. And I mean I can't walk they are so bad. I recently went to a neurologist and had some blood work done. He told me that my B6 level was 292.8! He told me that the normal should run around 1:25. He told me that B6 causes nerve peripheral neuropathy!! So I was pleased to find this group I hope that everyone will go get a blood test on your B6. All this time I thought it was from the chemotherapy but now I think it is from B6 overdose. The only problem is is I don't know where I'm getting all the B6. I don't do fruit protein shakes or vitamins. I'd like to hear some comment and feedback
I've been drinking energy drinks for years that add high amounts of B6 and B12. Few months ago I stopped drinking the energy drinking and started taking 5000mcg of B12 everyday ( idiotic right?) And started noticing warm sensations in my feet and hands. Just curious, have your symptoms gone away? If so, how long did it take?
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Hi @nydiver59, I merged your message with an existing discussion about Vitamin B6 toxicity. If you click VIEW & REPLY in the email notification, you can read back through the discussion to-date. In addition to the information @johnbishop shared with you, I'm tagging @lynsorensen @gman007 and @parus to see if they may have experience to share about how long it takes for symptoms to resolve after getting B6 levels back to normal and appropriate follow-up.
NYDiver, congrats on getting B6 levels back within range.