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[lurkingforacure]

Bs need to be taken in balance or you can get nerve damage-see posts here by MrsD in particular. Jarrow makes a B complex called B Right which is pretty good and has the metabolized form of B12 which a lot of PWP need-methylcobalamin.

Bs are critical for brain metabolism so you are wise to be looking at that, so to speak. But read up on them before you start pumping high doses, this forum has lots of posts about B.

Thanks for the info. B12 is indeed amazing. My grandmother is 89 years old. A few weeks ago she had surgery because she fell and broke her hips. After the surgery we couldn't give her B12. During that period she said weird things. She said she was 18 years old and thought my sister was my girlfriend. Then, we gave her B12 again and she is back to normal. Really unbelievable.

[lurkingforacure]

Originally Posted by Diego24

Thanks for the info. B12 is indeed amazing. My grandmother is 89 years old. A few weeks ago she had surgery because she fell and broke her hips. After the surgery we couldn't give her B12. During that period she said weird things. She said she was 18 years old and thought my sister was my girlfriend. Then, we gave her B12 again and she is back to normal. Really unbelievable.

Yes, but also remember seniors and anesthesia are a horrible combination and it takes weeks and months for the effects to wear off, B or no B. I had a family member have surgery in their 80s and for several months afterwards he was not the same, he gradually got better and by about five months was his old self, it was scary. Same thing you are talking about, though.

Some anesthetics are harder on a senior brain than others, so if surgery for your senior loved one is in the future, I would research all the anesthesia options and talk to the doctors, then insist on the one that had the least side effects for your situation. And of course take plenty of balanced B complex!

Originally Posted by lurkingforacure

Yes, but also remember seniors and anesthesia are a horrible combination and it takes weeks and months for the effects to wear off, B or no B. I had a family member have surgery in their 80s and for several months afterwards he was not the same, he gradually got better and by about five months was his old self, it was scary. Same thing you are talking about, though.

She didnt do anestesia. After I saw what the anestecia did to my father , I searched stuff on the internet about it and read the horrible effects of anestesia on people older than 50-60. So she got local anestecia. I am really ****** of about the doctors. They never told us about the side effects of anestecia. My father couldnt even sleep anymore after it. He felt drunk in his head and weird. The worst thing is that afterwards doctors claimed it had nothing to do with anestecia. What a bunch of liars. Now, luckily he is better.