Konflict
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Beginning of November 2016 I started taking 800mcg Metafolin, 5000mcg Methylcobalamin, 33mg P5P, 50mg riboflavin, 400 iU vitamin E mixed tocopherols, and 1000mg vitamin C. I had been taking a regular B complex (metagenics vessel care) but decided to try some bioactive forms to try and get my energy up and ease my slight brain fog. *Note, I took these without knowing if I have an MTHFR mutation (not sure if this matters, not very knowledgeable on methylation).
After 2 weeks into the new regimen I started getting VERY tired, as well as a decreased appreciate and weight loss. I thought it was the flu and kept taking the vitamins. The first week of December I stopped taking the vitamins and felt instantly better, but with a few new side effects: insomnia, constipation, less sympathetic (more aggressive), slight head pressure.
After a few weeks I decided to try a low carb paleo diet. Mid January I "crashed" with even worse symptoms that have not gone away and continue to get worse, these include: severe joint instability, joint/bone pain and cracking, worsening insomnia and constipation, excessive urination, total body dehydration, fat/water weight loss, acne, heightened sense of hearing and smelling, always hungry, decreased body temperature, thin dry skin, anxiety, depression. It feels as if I have tendinitis and osteoarthritis throughout my body.
My blood work has kept coming back "normal" according to my doctor and not even he can figure out what's going on. I suspected low estrogen from the vitamin E (binds to estrogen receptor) but the blood test was only slightly low. I have been searching the Internet for hours a day trying to find out what I did to myself, and came upon the side effects of methylated vitamins. Maybe I caused an imbalance somewhere that hasn't stabilized?
I'm frightened because I have declined drastically in just over a month and can't figure this out. I caretake for my mom and now both her and I suffer from whatever I've done to myself. Any advice or insight into this situation would be extremely appreciated. I will post the blood work that I have done throughout the last few months.
After 2 weeks into the new regimen I started getting VERY tired, as well as a decreased appreciate and weight loss. I thought it was the flu and kept taking the vitamins. The first week of December I stopped taking the vitamins and felt instantly better, but with a few new side effects: insomnia, constipation, less sympathetic (more aggressive), slight head pressure.
After a few weeks I decided to try a low carb paleo diet. Mid January I "crashed" with even worse symptoms that have not gone away and continue to get worse, these include: severe joint instability, joint/bone pain and cracking, worsening insomnia and constipation, excessive urination, total body dehydration, fat/water weight loss, acne, heightened sense of hearing and smelling, always hungry, decreased body temperature, thin dry skin, anxiety, depression. It feels as if I have tendinitis and osteoarthritis throughout my body.
My blood work has kept coming back "normal" according to my doctor and not even he can figure out what's going on. I suspected low estrogen from the vitamin E (binds to estrogen receptor) but the blood test was only slightly low. I have been searching the Internet for hours a day trying to find out what I did to myself, and came upon the side effects of methylated vitamins. Maybe I caused an imbalance somewhere that hasn't stabilized?
I'm frightened because I have declined drastically in just over a month and can't figure this out. I caretake for my mom and now both her and I suffer from whatever I've done to myself. Any advice or insight into this situation would be extremely appreciated. I will post the blood work that I have done throughout the last few months.