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Personal opinion is that would be a tough call, although I had found that University of Maryland Medical Center states that anticonvulsant medications, including benzodiazepines, may cause the body to use vitamin D faster. Talk to your physician about supplementation.Could it be that while benzo withdrawal is taking place in the body, there is induced deficiencies of vitamins and/or minerals making symptoms worse? (Because of stress induced by benzo withdrawal)
Yep, taking these (any) meds can be a slipper slope. For whatever reason, Lamotrigine and Prozac was not a good comb for me, but if take away the Prozac then Lamotrigine seems to work well. I have seen where some people take Vitamin C during withdrawal, and it has seemed to help them. I was mega dosing on Vitamin C at the same time of withdrawal for other reasons (mostly bromide detox from Iodine Protocol) so it may have helped without me considering it. I know Vitamin C mega dosing can be a heated topic, but had a doc tell me to keep it at 500 mg max, suggesting this: Cancer-Causing Compound Can Be Triggered By Vitamin C.My doc also initially started off with Lamotrigine. I took a very low dose, 25 mg but I couldn't tolerate it at all. I got headaches,nausea,dizziness,irritability, weird dreams and thoughts, and a feeling that my nerves in spine and brain were being attacked. They felt contracted and agitated. I tried it four times on different days, but had to drop it. And my doctor had prescribed 200 mg per day. I couldn't tolerate 25!
I know Vitamin C mega dosing can be a heated topic, but had a doc tell me to keep it at 500 mg max, suggesting this: Cancer-Causing Compound Can Be Triggered By Vitamin C.
Yea, had one doc said 5000 mg was fine and then the other said 500 mg. I think the concern comes from long term use and also interactions with metals/supplements like Chromium Picolinate. I think the general rationale is that we should be able to get all our vitamin needs from food sources. However, this may not always apply to people whose systems are compromised in some way, the goal then being to facilitate some stabilization with supplements and then either re-adjusting dose as improvement is seen or moving back to natural intake as desired outcome.Max at 500 mg!?
Fred's protocol mentions Vitamin C at 4000+mg per day. That is protocol dosage. Mega doses.. I've heard 7000+ mg/day easily.
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Also, doctors are never in favor of high doses, maybe it's because they believe that the human body absorbs vitamins at a slow rate?
My understanding of the article is that vitamin C causes hexavalent chromium to become more carcinogenic. I do not know how common hexavalent chromium is.I know Vitamin C mega dosing can be a heated topic, but had a doc tell me to keep it at 500 mg max, suggesting this: Cancer-Causing Compound Can Be Triggered By Vitamin C.
Yea, my pdoc, who is actually pretty much against many prescription psych meds, said to take the 2400 mg NAC for overall psych/brain health. Any liver/hevy metal detox is a plus. Have been taking it for about 3 months and has been going well. I have also been on Iodoral for hypothyroidism and its associated protocol w/5000 mg of Vit C, and about once a week would do a salt flush. Am backing off the salt flush and Vit C for a while.AFCFS...2400 mg of NAC?!! NAC is a huge heavy metal detoxifier and at that dose could really cause some terrible detox symptoms. Have you been able to tolerate that amount? Also, high doses of Vit C are used to counteract the heavy metal detox.
Benzos are known to deplete B vitamins.
arx - are you off benzos or tapering? I am nearing the end of my taper and have found Fred's Active B12 protocol very helpful along with lifestyle adjustments.
Love Esperanza x
arx - yeah, stay away from benzos - they only create more problems than they originally solved eventually.
Love Esperanza x
arx - yeah, stay away from benzos - they only create more problems than they originally solved eventually.
Love Esperanza x