Just asking for a little help to get started

[Sherpa]

@optimist I am doing my second round at attempting methylation. the second time is working better & smoother. Here are the main tips I learned:

• Get a DNA test to make sure you have methylation defects. Don't guess. If you are afflicted, then - in gradual, slow stages:
  
  
• Start a low dose of sublingual methyl B12 and see if you can handle it.
  
  
• Add a LOW DOSE B-vitamin complex - I use and recommend Yasko's All-in-One via Holistic Health. I take only one tablet. Too high a dose of B1, B2, B3s caused serious overstimulation last time.
  
  
• Add some LOW DOSE methylfolate - no more than 50 or 100mcg. Increase slowly & cautiously.
  
  
• Make sure you have electrolyte and mineral support - particularly potassium. I aim for about 400 - 500mg potassium per day, minimum. More if craving it. You can get this in a regular serving of coconut water or Emergen-c ElectroMix or Dr. Lynch's Optimal Electrolyte. Eectrolytes are very important for success and not having unpleasant side effects. Magnesium is good too.
  
  
• If you get 'wired' or tense from too much methylfolate, take small bits (50mg - 100mg) of Niacin until you come down.

Rich's SMP protocol is more gentle and borders on too weak for me. Fredd's protocol is much stronger and better suited for very sick / very B12 deficient people. I am somewhere in the middle.

 

[optimist]

I mean like people in general. I have know way of knowing exactly how you will respond. Sorry for being less clear, but it sounds so stilted when I say "one" meaning people in general.

This is my take on it, but I think saying "one" is very common and well understood I was quite positive that was what you meant But I was smiling condering the opposite

@optimist be sure to research side effects of the supplements, also be sure to start low, really low.

I'll really try - I don't want to hurt myself...

 

[optimist]

@Sherpa, that's a good list! Thank you!

 

[caledonia]

Sherpa's list is a pretty good short version.

Please read/view the first four methylation links in my signature below.

 

[optimist]

Please read/view the first four methylation links in my signature below.

Wow! I had missed the third one! Thank you!

 

[optimist]

I've been successfully taking a B-complex since Sunday, and I have become gradually more and more tired... Is this to be expected? Today I am very sleepy.

 

[Sherpa]

I always got energy from B vitamins, sometimes too much energy.. .so I'm not sure what's happening.

 

[Gondwanaland]

I've been successfully taking a B-complex since Sunday, and I have become gradually more and more tired... Is this to be expected? Today I am very sleepy.

I've taken a B complex successfully for 5 months (no B9 or B12). NOw I am unable to take it anymore for about 3 months. Get sleepy. My explanation: low thyroid

 

[optimist]

I will try for some more days and see if it gets better...

 

[optimist]

How do the MB9&12-pills go along with light? I heard that the liquid form is ruined by it. I am chopping the tablets up into smaller pieces, will that make a difference?