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Originally Posted by JonAlex
Atltom--Your level of B6 was quite high. Maybe it takes longer to resolve. My toxicity was less than half of yours but I also had burning feet. It felt like I was walking on hot coals. My symptoms progressed within several weeks. I had loss of pin prick sensation, stocking and glove distribution, minor sensory loss (proprioception) in addition to the burning. I remember lying in bed one night about two weeks after stopping the B6 with the burning feet and when I woke up the next morning, the burning was gone and has never returned. That was about 8 months ago. I had my B6 tested about a month after stopping it and it was 12 ng/ml. My initial symptoms were in my arms and I still have some hand tremors after a year but they are getting better slowly. That also could be the Charcot-Marie Tooth neuropathy. Also, the numbness from the SFSN has taken a long time to resolve but hasn't been as troubling. Is there any reason you wouldn't want to test your B6 sooner than 6 months? I would think your levels would normalize sooner and that might be useful information to distinguish B6 from your spinal nerve symptoms.
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JonAlex, Perhaps you are right, I should get my B6 checked sooner.
My burning feet, electrical jabs, stocking feeling all started in my left foot about 12 years ago. It progressed and got worse until suddenly, about 5 years ago, it was also in my right foot. And now it seems that I will have good and bad days with both, but not necessarily at the same time. I have had it progress to my calf area but never any higher. And other than an occassional tingling in my left hand fingers, it has never affected my hands.
In addition to my lumbar stenosis, which should be helped now with the surgery, I also have issues with my cervical. It is also loaded with arthritis but my neurosurgeon said I am better off treating it with nerve blocks, epidurals, etc. He said he would not operate because it would lead to my entire cervical being fused.
From what MrsD is saying, it sounds like the B6 may not be my problem and perhaps the compression was. I guess time will tell and another reason to get the B6 checked sooner. Thanks for your input.
12-18-2009, 03:22 PM
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