garyfritz
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FWIW: I've been experimenting with the B12 oils. They come in various forms, including methyl-only and adeno/methyl blends. Greg, the expert behind those oils (PhD biochemist who has been studying B12 over 25 years) believes the ad/me ratio in the blended oil is appropriate for most people, and he says many people with CFS have gotten good results with it. So obviously he doesn't think ado and me interfere with each other.I'm also taking about 30-50mg of dibencozide per week. As per current Freddd recommendations, I take the dibencozide on a day that I don't do any mB12, just to make sure the absorption of one doesn't interfere with the other. For whatever that's worth to you.
I got great results with the oils for a month, then due to some mixups I changed what I was using and started feeling like crap again. I eventually figured out that the "feel great" time was apparently using 3x/day of the ad/me blend, then I switched to 1/day ad/me and 2/day mehtyl, and that didn't work at ALL. I've been back on 3/day ad/me for about 5 days now and I'm feeling much better.
I'm really puzzled why the methyl-heavy regimen didn't work. I started taking mB12 in August 2013, and 500-1000 mcg/day of mB12 totally removed ALL symptoms I was suffering. For about 6 months. Then I found this place and started experimenting with different stuff. Straight mB12 still seemed to have a strong effect on me -- e.g. I could wake in the night with symptoms and take a shot of mB12 spray or a Country Life sublingual, and within 2-3 minutes I could feel the tension draining out of my muscles. Within 5 minutes I'd be asleep.
So methyl WAS a key piece for me. I don't know why "lots of methyl and a bit of adeno" didn't work in the last few weeks. "Fair amount of methyl and about 3x as much adeno" seems to be working much better. For now. Next month it may shift again......