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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Galax, Va
Posts: 651
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Galax, Va
Posts: 651
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Thanks to Rose and others here I'm taking B-vitamins and having good results. I'm taking about 3 mcg per day of B-12 and two different B-Complexes including a sublingual liguid, and I've been taking two 400mcg of Folic Acid. I also take two 1000 mg fish oil caps per day, 1 garlic cap @ 1000 mg/day. I got some Slow-Mag today and just started taking that tonight. Hoping for some relief from the RLS type symptoms I experience from time to time.
I space the B-vitamins out so that I'm taking two pretty much equally divided doses a day. The fish caps are taken twice a day with a meal, the garlic is taken with the first fish oil cap of the day.
I've been taking the B-vitamins for about 3 months now and I've gone from pain that kept me awake *every* night because of the intensity level to now being at an only annoying level that may attempt to interfere with my sleep one or two nights a week. I'm *so* grateful for this improvement. If I hadn't found this board I'd still be up the creek without a paddle.
It's a slow process and I started at a much lower level and have been gradually increasing my amount of B-12. I think I may even go a bit higher. The nature of B-12 and how it's absorbed makes it one of the safest ways to treat PN. It doesn't work for *everyone* but there are apparently many of us that it does work for to varying degrees.
Look at it this way: Compared to many of the drugs doctors want to throw at us to treat this condition and their accompanying sides B-vitamins are a walk in the park and you have nothing to lose and much to gain by trying it.
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