Welcome smithy1928.

That magnesium supplement was worsening akathisia which I wasnt aware of as it was unexpectable. Odd reaction.

But dont know whats going on with the cognitive issues. I dont understand it.

Thanks Kitt.

Are there any diagnostic possibilities to find out whats going on? I had MR which was ok, and EEG but with clonazepam, also ok.

Hello smithy1928,
Welcome to the NeuroTalk Support Groups.

My daughter had extremely low B12 and it affected her cognitive abilities. She was in her early 20s when it was finally picked up. She'd had years of struggling to study and to think clearly. A regular doctor/general practitioner here can organize B12 testing.

I wasn't aware that magnesium could make akathisia worse

It is definitely work investigating in my opinion.

take care

Thanks Lara,
this is the second answer about B12. Sounds interesting as I have never heard about it. I took multivitamin daily even several months after it started and also years before and it had 16.7 µg inside (668 % of recommended daily value). I checked B12 testing in my country but didnt get any results.

One question about metabolizing clonazepam. If it is not ok in me how does the build up work, I mean the concentration in the blood goes above the daily dose I take?

Thanks

There is a thread in the Peripheral Neuropathy dedicated to Vit B12
It's very long but there is excellent information in there
STICKY - The Vitamin B12 Thread:

I can't help you with the metabolizing clonazepam question I'm sorry.
We do have a Medications & Treatments Forum

Thank you very much for the link Lara, I will try to check it.

Is it possible to suddenly lose so much of vitamin B12 stored in the body? Because before that my cognitive abilities were very good, and this came suddenly over a few days.

You can lose B12 if you have low stomach acid from heredity issues or from using too much acid reducing drugs or antacids.
Vegan lifestyle too can cause low B12.
Your liver stores some for up to 5 yrs or less.

If you have relatives with pernicious anemia low B12 results
From that.

Do not discontiue your clonazepam suddenly. It requires a
Careful taper supervised by a doctor.

Thanks mrsD,
I dont know if it is important but this magnesium supplement contained citric acid. Is it possible that when I withdrawn it the body lost some acid which it was used to, although my doses were below the recommended ones? However I continued the multivitamin with a lot of B12, and I am eating foods containing B12, e.g. a lot of fishes.

I am tapering down clonazepam but its quite difficult.

I will try to check the B12 testing, but didnt find it till now in my country.

Can vitamin B12 defficiency have such extreme effects on cognitive issues as I described I have?