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Old 01-15-2011, 07:38 AM
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Welcome to NeuroTalk.

Can you tell me what your test result was?

The ranges for B6 from a doctor's office measure serum levels. NOT what is really in the cells. Those ranges are statistical values taken from people who are NOT taking vitamins.
Cellular testing is thought to be more accurate and this is one example of a lab that does that:
http://www.spectracell.com/

It has been found that some people have higher serum levels than others with no supplements. This may be due to eating enriched foods, like Total breakfast cereal, or using Boost, Ensure, or other enriched foods.

I have a B6 thread on our Vitamin forum:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread30724.html

One group that did show up in studies was autistic children. They showed elevated B6 (pyridoxine) serum levels when no supplements were taken.

The actual number of people who have been identified with B6 toxicity were taking the old PMS treatment of 500mg or more a day.

Pyridoxine from enriched foods and vitamins has to be activated by the body to pyridoxal, and this takes place in the liver. If this does not happen, all of the systems, (hundreds of them) that use pyridoxal as a cofactor of metabolism fail to work properly, including the muscles.

From what I have read, elevated factor 8 may occur in some patients with liver disease.

I think you need to find a good hematologist for further evaluation of your clotting factors and petechiae. When you go for that ..request a B12 level, and Vit D.
Compression of nerves while sleeping is common, and can happen to anyone. Frequent symptoms like you describe may indicate you are low in B12 as well. Get the numbers from the test and don't accept "normal". Lab ranges in US are characteristically low, and anything below 400 needs further evaluation and treatment.

This thread has medical information on B12 and explains further:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html
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