Kathevans
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It took me a long time to understand--and the helpful guidance of Greg Russell-Jones (the famous B12 Oils guy: PhD in Biochem)--that this racing of mind and heart can be not only too much B-12 or Folate, but also the stimulation of the adrenals, which occurs when B12 is taken after there has been a physical deficiency. The adrenals begin to release what Greg calls 'adrenal precursors' as they heal, among these aldosterone and adrenaline. The adrenaline can cause this initial night time wakefulness. I had to go through a couple of months, possibly longer, of feeling tired, beginning to doze off, turning off the light and bam! Wide awake! Alert again. Sometimes till 3:00 a.m. or longer.I have been feeling ramped up, heart pounding, trouble getting to sleep.
I'm happy to say that currently this seems to be gone. I use the B12 Oils, started by working up the MeB12 tablets to 7,000mcg or so, then pulsed back and forth between the two. I still occasionally go back to the sublinguals and find that they don't cover symptoms nearly as well--which is to say tingling in my legs. But I'm still a work in progress, more with regard to folate at the moment (thanks for the earlier discussion on folate vs. folinic and the folate cycle, guys!)
Also, I know I've stated elsewhere that Greg says you need three things to make active B2--to recycle that folate: iodine, selenium and molybdenum. I found I was very low in molybdenum and spent 2 months titrating up to 150mcg/day, which Greg says ought to fill up my tanks.