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Elevation of cadmium shows deficiency of niacin and/or calcium.
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I've added 1x 500mg L-Carnitine, and 3x 1600mcg metafolin (Solgar) in addition to 800mcg in my B-Complex. I've also added 100mg Co-Q10 to support the L-Carnitine.
Yesterday I dumped one 10,000mcg capsule of adb12 into 10 teaspoons of water, in an amber bottle. I took 1 tsp yesterday (held it in my mouth). I'm debating whether to take this every day until I notice a response, or to wait a few days and take 2, etc until I feel something. Anybody got experience with this? [I'm keeping the solution in a dark place.]
The only experiment left, after all this settles in, is to increase my dose of mb12, currently at 500mcg.
Are there any interactions I should know about? Meaning supplements that should NOT be taken at the same time of day?
I think I have turned out hypersensitive, to either the adb12 (I stopped taking it after 6 x 1/10) or the fumarate (I didn't take it yesterday; we'll see). I get tolerable to awful bloating, gut pain, sweating, and then diarrhea, once a day. At different times.
My blood pressure tends to be low, and I haven't felt any symptoms other than the above. Is it still best to avoid CoQ 10?
I will follow your ideas and stop the CoQ 10, and titrate the fumarate, taking it under my tongue.
Is there any chance that a reaction like this is due to a successful immune system activation? Killing off lots of bugs and having trouble moving them out of my system?
Always looking for a bright side!
Madie
Hmm. Long before adding the LCF or the adb12, I stopped being able to take magnesium or vitamin C. I had used magnesium for ages to create peristalsis, but the active protocol (mb12 + cofactors) fixed that to the point where magnesium or C tips me into diarrhea. So I was already on the edge with that; I guess that gives me a good feedback loop for LCF + adb12.
On another thread you gave me information about metafolin, suggesting I titrate up according to metafolin-specific effects, to probably 3200mcg. I haven't found any metafolin-specific effects, despite lots of experimentation with doses. At the moment I'm taking 1 B-Complex am/pm, and 1 Solgar 3 x a day. [so that's 3200mcg]
I'm taking 1/2 ET mb12 3 x a day, recently raised from 2 x a day. I've skipped the adb12 and LCF yesterday and today; today is my first day with some pain and bloating, but no diarrhea.
SO, my plan is no CoQ10, 3200 metafolin and 1500 mb12, and daily (?) .1mcg adb12 with .1 L-Carnitine Fumarate. Do I titrate these lock-step, every 3 days or so? Potassium stays at 600mg 3x a day, and I test my levels at least 2ce daily. [Because no matter what I do, I stay low-normal.]
If there's a list of low-metafolin symptoms, distinct from potassium etc, I haven't been able to find it. Anybody got a link?
Hi Fred,
I've been on Methyl b12 for a year now. I have been reluctant to try Co-q10 again with the methylb12 btI just got a sample and am thinking of trying it. Just wonderd if you have an opinion of the safety of combining them after a year of being on methyl b12.
I'm bumping this question - I think it got lost.