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I recently had bloodwork as I suspected possible b vitamin deficiencies among other things due to symptoms I've been experiencing. Unfortunately I started supplementation with several vitamins including high doses of b12 for about a month or so prior to getting bloodwork, stopping the b12 about 2 weeks before and the rest about 1 week (in attempt to get as accurate of blood levels as possible).
However much to my expectation my b12 was still elevated. The scale only went to 1200 which I maxed out. My mma was <.10 and homocysteine was 6.7 on a scale of 3.7-13.9. Folic Acid was 21.7. Does this rule out any chance of a functional b12 deficiency?
Also, as mentioned I had not supped b6 in a week or more before my bloodwork. I was only using a combined total of 70 mg a day (50 synthetic before I knew better and 20 from p5p). However, my BW was still elevated at 134 on a scale of 20-125. I'm wondering if a functional b6 deficiency is possible as well. I read elsewhere that it is very rare to have elevated b6 levels using under 100 mg a day and I had only been using this dose for a little over a month and none for about a week prior to my bloodwork.
Any thoughts on this? Right now I'm only taking 5 mg a day p5p in half a dose of the Thornes Multivitamin I got. However, I'm wondering if I shouldn't be taking more if there is a functional deficiency, yet at the same time am worried about worsening a potential overdose of b6 if there is not and my levels are simply too high.
However much to my expectation my b12 was still elevated. The scale only went to 1200 which I maxed out. My mma was <.10 and homocysteine was 6.7 on a scale of 3.7-13.9. Folic Acid was 21.7. Does this rule out any chance of a functional b12 deficiency?
Also, as mentioned I had not supped b6 in a week or more before my bloodwork. I was only using a combined total of 70 mg a day (50 synthetic before I knew better and 20 from p5p). However, my BW was still elevated at 134 on a scale of 20-125. I'm wondering if a functional b6 deficiency is possible as well. I read elsewhere that it is very rare to have elevated b6 levels using under 100 mg a day and I had only been using this dose for a little over a month and none for about a week prior to my bloodwork.
Any thoughts on this? Right now I'm only taking 5 mg a day p5p in half a dose of the Thornes Multivitamin I got. However, I'm wondering if I shouldn't be taking more if there is a functional deficiency, yet at the same time am worried about worsening a potential overdose of b6 if there is not and my levels are simply too high.