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It increases the need for magnesium and potassium.i tried benfotiamine, a fat soluble form on b1, after several days on this i had severe muscle pains and tight muscles everywhere especially neck and between shoulder blades etc this stopped a couple of days after stopping benfotiamine.
i often wonder if being fat soluble that it builds up to too higher levels, where normal b1 which is water soluble is excreted quicker so doesnt build up to levels which may have caused the muscle pains. Although i havent tried normal b1 on its own.
@Lynn Does it affect your thyroid?
I recently had the same problem with benfotiamine, and resolved it by taking calcium. I was already taking lots of magnesium, but a deficiency in either one can cause the same tense muscles.i tried benfotiamine, a fat soluble form on b1, after several days on this i had severe muscle pains and tight muscles everywhere especially neck and between shoulder blades etc this stopped a couple of days after stopping benfotiamine.
i often wonder if being fat soluble that it builds up to too higher levels, where normal b1 which is water soluble is excreted quicker so doesnt build up to levels which may have caused the muscle pains. Although i havent tried normal b1 on its own.
I started getting more energy when I was taking 1500 mg's of thiamine along with 60 mg's of B2.
Then shortly after that I was getting some brain fog, some blurry vision, and some muscle twitching. All those symptoms subsided when I cut back to 1000 mg's of thiamine and 25 mg's of B2.
I think I have had both.If I may ask you folks. Do you think the brain fog and blurry vision could be ammonia detox related? Or maybe iron related because of the B2?