I cannot tell you how great it is to see a doctor following thru in Thiamine! I myself have played with it orally. For me it's taken a special form of thiamine called allithiamine (derived from garlic and most import, it crosses the BBB, which most oral B1 does not).

Ready for another kick? Try B2 in addition. Here's alink to my conversation about both of these B vitamins ..
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread218079.html

Here's a study on b2 from brazil ..
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?scri...rm=iso&tlng=en

Thanks again for posting and best of luck to you!