Does anyone know about high levels of B6 causing small fiber P. neurop

Posted by ehope @ehope, Sep 16, 2024

Been in a 9 month non-stop chronic pain scenario. Doctors baffled. Started with pain in one foot, to both to night sweats, dizziness. All bloodwork normal and there has been a lot. Vascular Dr.- nope. Rheum Dr. nope, infectious disease Dr. Nope, Lyme and co infections, nope, chemo-oncology nope. Neurology took the longest to be seen. No lesions, however, B6 came back through the roof. I don't see him again for two weeks to have EMG testing. Any intelligence greatly appreciated. Best to everyone, this quality of life really stinks.

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anasings | @anasings | Nov 7 6:22am

In reply to @emo "Hopefully you’re able to resolve it just by stopping the B6 supplement 🤞! I recall mine..." + (show)

@emo it is my understanding that it is the artificial B6 that is the problem, not the B6 found naturally in food.

emo | @emo | Nov 7 9:45am

In reply to @anasings "@emo it is my understanding that it is the artificial B6 that is the problem, not..." + (show)

@anasings I was told by my dietician that the issue is that supplements contain far more than the recommended levels of B6, which is why it's so easy to develop B6 toxicity (or any type of toxicity) from supplements. It's possible to also develop it from food, but much more difficult (unless there's some other issue going on) because it would be very hard to consume enough food to even equal the amounts of B6 that are being put in supplements.

Maybe Liquid IV (the electrolyte supplement I was taking that caused the B6 toxicity; the electrolytes are necessary for me due to another condition) heard the feedback because they've since changed their formulation and lowered the B6 in it.