Hi everyone,
I've posted about this before on here but I will just give an overview. I was diagnosed with Pure OCD in January 2018 at the age of 28. Around a year and a half later I found out I had a b12 deficiency.
I began taking Methy b12 and had a terrible reaction to it which made my ocd and anxiety much much worse.
I began using NAC which helped but I was still suffering. I realised as NAC was helping and that Methy b12 was making me worse that I might have methylation issues.
I was advised by a poster on here to try Hyrdoxy b12 as I may have COMT issues due to the bad reaction to methy b12. Anyway I tried Hydroxy b12 and it helped tremendously to the point in which I felt I no longer had OCD. If I had intrusive thoughts or obsessions I just took more hydroxy b12 and my anxiety was gone. For 9 months i was virtually OCD free.
However, as I have adrenal problems I started am adrenal protocol which contains a b complex. I was taking a complex for around 8 weeks with around 800mg of folic acid in.
After around 4 or 5 weeks my ocd became came back again and felt much worse. This has happened before temporarily when I have taken folic acid but only for a few days. I was advised by posters on here that I may have ramped up methylation or had a methyl trap.
I started my protocol in April and took my last b complex on May 17th of this year. I have gone off supplements (even the b12) for weeks at a time to see if I get better but to no avail. I have also tried niacin which did help somewhat however not enough.
My issue is that now anytime I start to use hydroxy b12 my OCD gets worse....but if I dont take it my OCD also gets worse. I just dont know what is happening as hydroxy b12 never gave me this reaction once in the good 9 months in was taking it.
We are coming to the end of July now and my last B complex was May 17th.
If anyone can help my questions are:
1) Can methylation go on for this long?
2) When will I be able to take b12 again without negative affects?
3) What is actually going on? Why is hydroxy b12 now doing this all of a sudden?
I hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Luke
I've posted about this before on here but I will just give an overview. I was diagnosed with Pure OCD in January 2018 at the age of 28. Around a year and a half later I found out I had a b12 deficiency.
I began taking Methy b12 and had a terrible reaction to it which made my ocd and anxiety much much worse.
I began using NAC which helped but I was still suffering. I realised as NAC was helping and that Methy b12 was making me worse that I might have methylation issues.
I was advised by a poster on here to try Hyrdoxy b12 as I may have COMT issues due to the bad reaction to methy b12. Anyway I tried Hydroxy b12 and it helped tremendously to the point in which I felt I no longer had OCD. If I had intrusive thoughts or obsessions I just took more hydroxy b12 and my anxiety was gone. For 9 months i was virtually OCD free.
However, as I have adrenal problems I started am adrenal protocol which contains a b complex. I was taking a complex for around 8 weeks with around 800mg of folic acid in.
After around 4 or 5 weeks my ocd became came back again and felt much worse. This has happened before temporarily when I have taken folic acid but only for a few days. I was advised by posters on here that I may have ramped up methylation or had a methyl trap.
I started my protocol in April and took my last b complex on May 17th of this year. I have gone off supplements (even the b12) for weeks at a time to see if I get better but to no avail. I have also tried niacin which did help somewhat however not enough.
My issue is that now anytime I start to use hydroxy b12 my OCD gets worse....but if I dont take it my OCD also gets worse. I just dont know what is happening as hydroxy b12 never gave me this reaction once in the good 9 months in was taking it.
We are coming to the end of July now and my last B complex was May 17th.
If anyone can help my questions are:
1) Can methylation go on for this long?
2) When will I be able to take b12 again without negative affects?
3) What is actually going on? Why is hydroxy b12 now doing this all of a sudden?
I hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Luke