Thanks Steve. I stopped eating red meat a few years ago, so what meat I do eat consists mainly of chicken and fish. LOTS of wild caught salmon. Also eat a ton of nuts. I will cut back on both to see if that helps. Looks like most everything has a fair amount of B6? Liver and kidney function both check normal.
LLMD thinks Bart may be main culprit as it does seem to get better and worse at times. The intensity level seems to vary from mild to strong. Trying to get a handle on what the heck is going on can be frustrating to say the least.
Thanks CSS
Posted by steve1906 (Member # 16206) on :
Hey CSS, check out this site below (posts) it really has a lot of info on B6...
Too much B6 can cause peripheral neuropathy, from what I understand...but so can a deficiency. So my suspicion is that you may have difficulty converting from B6 to the activated form that is used by the body, hence the high blood levels.
B6 is water-soluble and shouldn't build up in the body - however, in the setting of difficulty converting the vitamin, the levels may be too high.
"Is supplementation with Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate necessary? Based on my initial review of the medical literature, it appears that P5P supplements may not be needed by most individuals since regular vitamin B6 supplementation raises levels of P5P.
However, there may be rare individuals who have a deficiency in enzymes that convert pyridoxine into pyridoxal 5 phosphate, and hence may benefit from P5P supplementation." --from http://www.raysahelian.com/pyridoxal5phophatep5p.html Posted by CSS (Member # 34634) on :
Thanks for the info on the web pages and the info on p5p. Doc has a spectra cell (?) ordered to see if the B6 is actually getting into the cells. Will see what that shows. I have stopped all vitamins for now.
I am hoping I just over supplemented. I hear it can take quite a long time for the nerves to heal.