Posted by bleauberry on January 28, 2009, at 17:52:14
In reply to P-5-P made me suicidal within 2 hours., posted by SLS on January 28, 2009, at 15:37:57
All I know is that I think it is so ridiculous whenever I read somewhere on the net, or a doctor says, to take a lot of B vitamins, especially B6, P5P, B12, or Folic Acid. Pure insanity. They have not a clue of your genetics or your B vitamin pathways. Because it worked for someone else and it sounds good and it sounds healthy and it is cheap and it is natural, it must be a great thing. Geez.
I've had horrid reactions to several vitamins and minerals, same as you. I discovered the best thing for me to do is make sure each of my meals has a lot of green stuff in it, fruits and veggies, some protein, and some carbs. Basically, well, as they all say, a healthy balanced diet. What a concept huh?
I had some genetic testing done recently. Some of it pertained to the B vitamins and methylation pathways. Basically it indicated I should supplement extra B12, AVOID B6 and P5P, and eat a high carb low protein diet. Just the opposite of the fads out there right now. No one knows how meaningful these genetic tests are, so I'm not going wild with it, but I mean, it just shows that someone should not just take some supplement because someone else says it is a good thing to do. Even a simple vitamin can be massively powerful, either negatively or positively. I don't think people respect that fact.
Off topic a little bit, the genetic test also showed I have double mutations on all the MAOI genes. I'm not sure what that means. One of the recommendations was to take very low doses of reuptake inhibitors very frequently throughout the day. So I assume then it means the MAOI enzymes are overactive. I don't know why they just didn't get right to the obvious solution and say take Marplan, Nardil, or Parnate.
Anyway, yeah, gotta test vitamins and minerals in small doses one at a time to see what does what. Just like any drug. They are drugs.
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