Thanks for your help,
@caledonia
You've been really helpful for me on my journey towards healing.
I feel like I've taken a turn for the worst. Two days ago I got a 1000mcg hydroxyB12 injection, like I have gotten done 15 - 20 times beforehand. I've had no trouble with B12 injections before. I even took 200mcg of methylfolate the morning of the injection. Yet the reactions I got from it was either overmethylation, or it made the neuropathy that I got from the B6 even worse.
The night that I went to sleep after having my 1000mcg hydroB12 injection, I kept waking up and having disrupted sleep, with anxiety and paranoia.
Yesterday, my arms were weak, and I kept getting a pain in my right leg. I could feel it was the nerves. In my breakfast smoothie, I added pink salt and potassium.
Also when I was out and about, I stopped at the store and got a small can of coconut water. It didn't seem to make much difference, aside from the glucose hit.
While driving, I felt so tired. I fell asleep in the dentist waiting room (I hardly ever sleep during the day.)
I was able to drive home. I then made a drink of potassium, pink salt and magnesium (amino acid chelate).
Ended up taking a nap for an hour and I felt a bit better after that. Then a couple of hours later, around 5pm, I took 60mg B3 and felt better within the hour.
The thing is, I didn't want to stop methylation, because then I'd be stopping healing. I try to stop methylation as a last resort. But I had no choice but to stop it because it was getting so bad.
My symptoms are weak arms, cape-like tightness of my shoulders, back and arms. Sometimes pains of the nerves in my right leg. Wired but tired feeling. Anxiety. Afraid of having a stroke. Unco-ordination.
I just seem to be stuck between depression, low B12 symptoms, or overmethylation. I just want to be normal. Really.
I'm thinking of cutting right back.
What level of methylfolate do you think I should take with 50mcg of B12 per day?
Also, caledonia, what was your lowest dose of B12 and methylfolate and how long and how often, and with which dose, did you titrate up? What level of B12 and MF are you on now?
edit: I just read that you are currently up to 50mcg of B12 per day. Is that right? Do you take methylfolate as well with that? What size dose did you start out with?
This is what my doc had me do - start with potassium, and gradually increase until you feel better. If you go too far you will start to feel worse. So you want to be in the "sweet spot". Then do magnesium, same method. If you take too much, it will make your bowels very loose, even diarrhea. So if that happens, just back off some, and that will be "your" dose. Your sleep should be improved at that point too. Then do the salt. There will be a sweet spot where it tastes pleasantly salty. You should stop craving salty foods. If you take too much, it will taste overly salty and yukky.
I'm just wondering if I have a high tolerance to magnesium since this has been my daily magnesium routine for the past few years now and I've never gotten loose stools from it or anything.
2 x magnesium (total magnesium in each 325mg from oxide, heavy, 507mg and amino acid chelate 150mg. Manganese 6mg as amino acid chelate and Vitamin B6, 60 mg.
1 x magnesium amino acid chelate 500mg equivalent to elemental magnesium 100mg
Yes, it's fine to mix mag, potass and salt altogether. Like someone on here said, it tastes like "liquid unicorn". Bottoms up!
Yes, when I was making the drink, I remembered that someone named it the "unicorn drink"
Is it ok to mix a bit of glucose powder with the magnesium, potassium and pink salt? It just tastes too salty to me otherwise...
Should I be increasing my water intake when taking electrolytes/salt?
Is it ok to take my pink salt/potassium/magnesium mixed in with my morning smoothie?
My morning smoothie is banana, coconut milk, cinammon, vanilla powder, melted ghee and coconut oil. And occasionally some dairy such as cream or greek yogurt. Does this sound ok?
I just want to make sure that nothing else interferes with the absorbtion of the potassium and pink salt. But if I can disguise the taste, as well as start the day right with the correct electrolytes, that'd be great.
Do you recommend any other electrolytes to add to the mix?
Sorry for all the questions.
