whodathunkit
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@Kitsune, my general rule was extra fatigue, especially if accompanied by muscle weakness and shakiness/heart palps, was potassium. Everything else I always tried to address with mB12 and methylfolate first.
I never worried about ratios of these two..since these are B vitamins and thus water-soluble I'm not entirely sure we need to worry that much about ratios, except that we need enough of both (enough of all the B's, really). But particularly that methylfolate needs enough mB12 to help it work. When speaking of ratios, it seems that not having enough mB12 can be really bad and precipitate symptoms, but having a small amount of methylfolate in relation to the amount of mB12 is not really problematic. That doesn't mean you may not need more methylfolate than you're currently taking...I'm only talking here about the two in relation to each other, not the doses necessary to stave off symptoms. And I may be wrong about ratios, so you should research that a bit to decide what you think is right. But that was my experience, and nothing I've read leads me to believe there is a definitive ratio. I saw a lot of speculation but nothing more. Doesn't mean there isn't a ratio, but I never did see it. Does that make sense?
There are also other things involved that can help alleviate symptoms, such as other B's, different forms of the B's, zinc, magnesium, etc. But when first addressing problems on Freddd's protocol, trying potassium and upping methylfolate and/or mB12 were always my initial strategies. If those didn't work I'd go from there.
Again, HTH.
P.S. I agree with you about taking the supps. I can definitely think of stuff that sucks worse than taking all the supps every day. Top of my list is feeling how I felt on this day in 2009 (for example).
I never worried about ratios of these two..since these are B vitamins and thus water-soluble I'm not entirely sure we need to worry that much about ratios, except that we need enough of both (enough of all the B's, really). But particularly that methylfolate needs enough mB12 to help it work. When speaking of ratios, it seems that not having enough mB12 can be really bad and precipitate symptoms, but having a small amount of methylfolate in relation to the amount of mB12 is not really problematic. That doesn't mean you may not need more methylfolate than you're currently taking...I'm only talking here about the two in relation to each other, not the doses necessary to stave off symptoms. And I may be wrong about ratios, so you should research that a bit to decide what you think is right. But that was my experience, and nothing I've read leads me to believe there is a definitive ratio. I saw a lot of speculation but nothing more. Doesn't mean there isn't a ratio, but I never did see it. Does that make sense?
There are also other things involved that can help alleviate symptoms, such as other B's, different forms of the B's, zinc, magnesium, etc. But when first addressing problems on Freddd's protocol, trying potassium and upping methylfolate and/or mB12 were always my initial strategies. If those didn't work I'd go from there.
Again, HTH.
P.S. I agree with you about taking the supps. I can definitely think of stuff that sucks worse than taking all the supps every day. Top of my list is feeling how I felt on this day in 2009 (for example).