Benfotiamine would be a place to start, if you drink alcohol, or eat alot of sugar and carbs. People with insulin resistance or beginning impaired glucose tolerances, find it very helpful.
300mg a day for about 2 months.

Make sure you are using a good magnesium product, at 200mg a day elemental (which is 1/2 the RDA)
And you can try the fish oil/ krill oil, for anti-inflammatory effects.
3 fish oil or 2 Krill oil daily.

The acetyl carnitine would be for those who have toxin induced symptoms either from drugs or chemicals. But if you want to try it, start at 500mg a day in two divided doses of 250mg each.

See what happens in 2-3 months on this, including your B12.

I forgot the R-lipoic acid stabilized by Doctor's Best... sorry.
100mg a day.

My computer is very slow today, as the DSL went down during a storm last night. It remains pokey today for some reason.

I really appreciate your recommendations.

In your experience have you heard of any Neurologists suggesting any of these supplements? Neither of the Neurologists I've been to so far never mentioned anything other than drugs. I went to an Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in feet and he suggested I take B6. He's the only one who suggested anything other than drugs.

There have been some posters here (not many but a few), who
have stated that their neuro suggested lipoic acid and acetyl carnitine.

Dr. Blaylock MD...has a newsletter, that Joano posts about now and then, and he recommends lipoic acid and theanine. He has thru his career as a neurosurgeon used supplements to aid healing of his patients. You can Google him, and see his own recipes for neuro support.

Excellent. Thanks again. Really glad to have found this forum!!!

Would you be able to get the records associated with your hospitalization for the infection and your hospital discharge to find out the details about the antibiotics you received?

You're probably OK without b12, especially if you eat red meat. Vit D is so inexpensive, and since you were low according to the tests, I'd stick to that one.

I am personally gibing the benfotiamine a shot. Here in Canada its not sold in stores so I went to I herb.com and ordered some. Its helpful to read the user reviews.

All of these take time , more than one bottle. Its tough, because we want results right away.
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a big one that is used with success, especially for diabetics. It ha some blood sugar lowering effects. I used to work at a health food store as the nutritionist.

As for medication, I have found that a combo of Lyrica and opiates to be what get me through the day..
Good luck

That's probably a good idea. I didn't really think about that as being a possibility, but the more I think about it, it was before all of this really started.

I actually don't eat red meat anymore. I'm not eating much meat at all. I think I'll start with what MrsD recommended and see how that goes. At this point anything would be worth a try.

Not eating meat started my problems. Make sure you get tested for B12 and get all of the amino acids, carnitine etc you miss.

I saw a nutritionist years ago and then started eating meat again.