Fri, Nov-04-11, 07:27
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,225
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Plan: LCHF
Stats: 74/76/67
BF:29/31/25
Progress: -29%
Location: LA SERENA, CHILE
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Vitamin B6 and zinc
So I have found what is my holy grail of supplements - zinc and B6. Not even the co-enzyme B6, but the bogstandard pyridoxine.
I discovered I am probably pyroluric with a long history of anxiety, tension, insomnia, addictions - the list goes on. I have been through 2 eating disorders that I managed to recover from through supplementation (zinc) and getting rid of intolerant foods (wheat/gluten mostly).
I have taken a lot of supplements since I turned 20-odd (when onset of severe symptoms started), noticing that some made me better and some worse.
Only recently though, did I notice that taking B6 on it's own, away from other vitamins made a big difference. I have always taken B complex- but would notice that sometimes it didn't sort me out enough with the anxiety. I also discovered taking zinc separately also helped. The two together have been a final blessing. I do take a multivitamin apart, and also calcium/magnesium - because these help me with sleep. But anxiety/depression wise, apart from diet, these two things have helped me the most.
I possibly will also add in extra manganese, as this is supposed to help with pyroluria. According to Pfeiffer, about 11% of the population have this disorder, and that is just the normal people. About half of schizophrenics have it, and a large percentage of alcoholics do too.
I can finally remember my dreams. Lack of dream-recall is a symptom of B6 deficiency.
It is important not to overdose on the stuff. The zinc especially - which must be balanced with other vitamins. I seem to need a very small amount of copper - which I had avoided for a long time whilst dosing with zinc. This is ok to start with, but soon the balanced needs to be addressed.
Other issues I have had clear up with extra zinc/B6 are acne and eczema. The eczema improved on no gluten of course, but really didn't clear up 100% until I was taking more zinc. Magnesium also helped with that too.
Just in case that helps anybody out there.
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