I know that too much B-6 can cause PN symptoms. Is there any other ones that we people with PN take most often that can cause these symptoms under certain conditions as well?

Two weeks ago I spent a couple of days in Christiansburg with my daughter. We were pretty busy. I didn't take my vitamins at all. And when I got home I'm not sure why but I simply never started taking them again. All of sudden, a few days ago, I noticed that my PN symptoms were about gone. The worst I've experienced is a bit of buzzing or tingling in my feet. And I can walk a good distance and no pain. Even the pain in the joints of my big toes has gone away. I don't get it.

Could Magnesium do this? If you really didn't need it? I'm very puzzled by this. I began taking my vitamins again two days ago. I'm now taking a different form of B-12: Sublingual 'dots' rather than the oral pill form. 1000 mcgs once a day. Also, with the sublingual form, does this have to be taken on an empty stomach as it does with the pill form? Let me put these in a more friendly form for easier reading.

These are total daily amounts:
B-12 - 1000mcg
Vit-C - 1000mg
Vit-E - 400iu
Garlic Oil - 1000mg
Fish Oil - 2000mg
Vit-D - 400iu
Folic Acid - 800mcg (too much for the amount of B-12?)
Rolaids - Minimum of 2 (1080mg of calcium) Extra Strength per day.

Slow-Mag - two a day - Discontinued.
B-12 - 2500mcg - Backed down to 1000mcg.
B-Complexes - Discontinued.

I suspect one of the last three above. Instinct or maybe I remember reading something that is triggering a cautionary reaction.

Anyone have any ideas? There is also this, I've been off the Effexor for well over a month now. And the RLS type symptoms seem to be gone. I figured it was the Effexor causing this. I had the same problem with Celexa. It's always been a question in *my* mind as to whether or not I actually have PN or if it was actually induced RLS from the Effexor. The way they describe RLS symptoms it seems mine could be either one, PN *or* RLS or perhaps a bit of both?

I have Medicaid (actually Medallion, a step up from Medicaid) and I suppose I could start pushing this and begin making the rounds of the specialists. I really can't afford that even with the medical bills being paid for for the time being. It's the gas and the fact that my BF's vehicle appears to be on it's last legs transmission wise. Anywhere my doc might send me outside of our immediate area is at least an hour away and the majority are much further. I just don't know what to do. And I think part of me is scared to find it is PN, for sure. Mind over body is kind of what it is for me. If I remain convinced or at least in reasonable doubt as to what this is...well, it's a psychosomatic thing for me. I do treat my feet as if it could be PN. So I'm not in denial at least not that deeply.

Barbara