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Originally Posted by pinkynose
Last month I went to a Doctor off the grid (not on my insurance) to do a more accurate test through Spectracell at a cellular level for vitamins & minerals. I knew my regular doctors wouldn't order it. I got the results today.
Test results showed a B1 (Thiamine) deficiency. According to the lab I should have greater than 78% and mine was 72%. I have a vitamin C deficiency as well and am borderline deficient in Manganese which helps the body absorb B1.
I do know that a Thiamine deficiency is listed as a cause for neuropathy but I do not know if it is the cause of mine. I must say this as much for me as you.
Thanks to a post I had read by MrsD, after my blood test I had begun supplementing with Benfotiamine, a more bioavailable and physiologically active form than Thiamine. When my doctor looked up some information she came back in the room and told me I should immediately start taking Benfotiamine. I was able to tell her I had begun 8 days ago! I can not even begin to tell you how great it made me feel to know something she had to look up! I just had to share.
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I was as desperate as anybody to get healing and used the "shotgun" approach for supplements. Where I went wrong is getting on U-Tube and listening to somebody who is trying to push his own bank account to a fatter state. My Neuro at SW Medical in Dallas told me to stop taking Zinc as it was a part of a copper-zinc ratio that had to be tested for. So now I am a little slower and I do some cross-checking. I have not recieved any info from NT that has been refuted by any of my caretakers. Good Luck, Ken in Texas. P.S. It is a great feeling when the Dr. looks at you in surprise.