Properly packaged SAMe does not need to be kept in the fridge.
It should be blisterpacked to exclude moisture.

SAMe does not dissolve in the stomach. If you do not take it with enough
water, it could conceivably sit like a "pit" in your stomach and cause a local
reaction. This can happen from any dosage form for any drug that is not
properly swallowed with adequate water. At least 4oz, but preferably 6-8.

hello,
the sam-e I got from the health food store,
cost $40 and is made by Jarrow Formulas
"Natural SAM-e full potency 400 elemental sam-e
hightest concentration of active S,S Form"
blister packed and sold out of the fridge where I keep it.

Is this good?
Or did I waste my moolah?

thanks,
laura

lahgarden (hey,it's clever of you to not capitalize your name-easier to type!!)

Anyway, I'm wondering about the dosage of B12 you are getting. My little pink pills are 1 MG.

Maybe someone can explain what all the dosage letters mean?

Also, have you considered dropping the SAMe stuff & see if it helps your tummy?

Here's some more whacky brain incidents I've had: went an entire year thinking (insisting actually), that I was a year older than I was.

Would get in shower & wonder how to turn it on,also would forget to shampoo hair & have to get back in.

Gave my maiden name over the phone (which I hadn't used in over 34 years)

Used a combination of my parent's phone number & my own.

Wrote my own address down rather than the person I was mailing a letter to.

Did I think I had early dementia?? You bet ya! Since I'd been told possible Parkinson's I suppose I just figured I was odd enough to have BOTH mental & physical problems from it (my research had shown you either present with one or the other,seldom both).

Hope some of my brain quirks gave someone a chuckle The point is that B vits have saved my life!

Take care & don't despair! Buttons

You made me laugh,
and not at your expense I assure you.

Just this afternoon I was surprised to learn I was a year younger than I thought!!!!

I'm surprised I'm still employed considering the idiotic mistakes I make all the time.

I have picked up a sort of dyslexia, I write numbers all wrong..........so when you route a truck to make a plant delivery, it can kinda get pretty ugly.

I mix up different genus' of plants.......I just shipped a boat load of the wrong plants last week, cause my dingy brain heard what it wanted.

I even speak entire sentences BACKWARDS. Even though they were small sentences, it is freaky...word for word.
Sometimes I slur my words so badly I bite big chunks out of my tongue.

I am constantly using the wrong word for things, and it's like an echo chamber cause people say them back to me........."moustache? do you mean magazine?"..........."hopscotch? do you mean horseback?"
it's so goofy.

I definately forget how to turn on the shower too!

Last week at work I was very diligently reloading my stapler with PAPER CLIPS.

Alzheimers got my paternal grandmother, and my mother's brother may have it too......it's a scary thing to contemplate. I wouldn't even go there if I were you......way too scary.........this b12/ms/mito business is scary enough!!

I get a shot of 1000mcg's a week of B12.
and thanks to all of you, I got out my vitamins and I'm getting back to task with them.

I'm trying like crazy not to despair.
some days I can cope just fine......
I'm grateful for the encouragement.
laura

OK, here's some more brain fog goodies: I'm self employed & one year I figured I didn't owe a penny on my B&O taxes,so naturally I mailed it off at the last minute & then had to pay my taxes PLUS a fine! That really wasn't too funny cause I'm pretty much living on the edge as it is.

I gave up driving a couple years ago cause of the myoclonic jerks & seeing critters on the road that were not there-scary!

Went to the doctor on the wrong day. Have to write EVERYTHING down & check it twice!

Used to work retail besides my own business & had to pay sales tax out of my wages when I'd totally forget to charge for it.

Messed up my checkbook really bad.

Kept buying books I'd just read. Same with movies.

Word mixes-yes, I've done that also! Stumble over my words to the point where I'd refuse to even talk on the phone. I still find it much easier to type than write,sometimes my handwriting is teeny (another sign of Parkinson's).

Hopefully someone else can relate to some of this weird brain behavior & take a hard look at their nutrition/supplements.

At one time I doubted how to spell "the". I was always an excellent speller so this really alarmed me.

Later,Buttons

spelling the? that must have been a scary moment.

Seeing furry critters? Tell me more about that.

I see these black blind spots, sometime's white blind spots I have a few permanent white blind spots........by the time I see them and look again they disappear.

But lately I noticed, that I think I see things running by in my peripheral vision.........yes -furry critters perhaps, maybe small mice, or large spiders......

why are things so complicated?

My driving problems stem from not being able to see dark colored cars.....and I have pulled out in front of them more times lately than I care to reveal.

My job shifted from being out in the nursery with customers and checking plant status weekly for a hot list, and generally running around...........

but then my phyiscal problems got a bit worse, at the same time our bookkeeper pilphered our petty cash and got canned..........and so now I am doing the books and just inside sales and shipping............me doing bookkeeping.
I guess an honest half wit is preferrable......
yikes!!!


what vitamins do you take buttons?
what meds to you take for the myoclonic attacks?
take care,
laura

That's the name used to discribe seeing critters in peripheral vision. Two years ago I complained of this to a different eye doc-he said it's what people get from taking LSD (I left his office in tears of frustration!)

I don't take meds for the myoclonus, I was perscribed Klonopin by several docs but never took it, it's apparently addictive. I was on Zoloft @ the time the jerking began. Stopped that cold turkey cause I was suicidal. I started taking the B12 & other B's,magnesium & zinc, and most important I stopped consuming 5-6 diet sodas per day & drinking Atkin's shakes.

I take alot of stuff:

Cat's claw
Sarsaprilla
Multi-enzyme
Chorella
Q10
Grapeseed extract
Selenium
Garlic
B1,2,6,12 & folic acid

Only RX I take is for high blood pressure & I've recently cut that down by 2/3 by going on a low sodium diet. I've taken Soma for my back for many years but only use 1/2 dose & only when my sciatica is really bad.

If I could only have one pill per day, it would be the B12 Methylcobalamin,it's very cheap,about $8 for 60 tablets. Everytime I get slack on taking it my depression comes back,energy goes out the door & I notice brain function loss again.

My PCP actually told me years ago to stop taking B vits cause my B12 level was too high (900). That's how much they teach in med school about vits I suppose! At the time I was jerking so bad right in front of her that she was scared! And had to hang onto the walls to get to the exam room! She prescribed (or tried to-I said NO), Premarin,guess that's the answer for all middle aged women with "mystery" symptoms!

Without the internet I'd never have figured out what's wrong with me!

Here's a list of symptoms I've had over the past 8 years:

Myoclonus
Migraines
Dizziness & vertigo
Creepy/crawly feeling in legs (felt like water running down my leg or bugs crawling)
Numbness in face,hands
Vision problems
Angina attacks (went to ER) scary!!
Heart mummur (sp)
Arthritis in knees,fingers,thumbs
Pelvic pain
Total loss of libido
Rashes
Red spots under breasts & on belly
Personality changes
Severe depression
Extreme fatique
Foot drop
Pain in bottom of feet/heels
Anxiety attacks
Rage attacks
Mental confusion/brain fog
Weight gain (30# & still going up)
Type 2 diabetes
Loss of emotional feelings
Edema

Probably even more I just don't recall right now.

As I've mentioned before-almost every one of these symptoms comes & goes! The angina attacks were @ 3am & I had them for 3 nights in a row (took nitro pills after the ER visit). Vertigo only lasted a few days. Rages came on for no reason & were out of context to anything going on @ the time.Have never had a weight problem in my life (I'm now 57). There have been times when I had to use a walker.

ALL of the above began after a spider bite ( I killed the spider-there's no doubt what bit me,woke me up in middle of night). I thought it was perhaps a brown recluse,the bite remained visable on my foot for over a year. If I'd been fortunate enough to get anti-biotics @ the time of the bite I might not have gone through 8 years of health decline. Before the bite I was very active,energy was always high,never had any brain "issues",had a normal sex life,was outgoing,friendly,had great sense of humor.....all that has gone. The worse part for me is to not "be me" anymore. The pain (which I forgot to list),hits anywhere @ anytime,arms,legs,neck,top of head,back,feet-it can feel like someone is sticking me with an ice pick,usually only lasts for seconds,it can literally bring me to my knees (another reason I don't drive).

I'm telling all this because it just might ring a bell with someone else. I've learned NOT to discuss my health issues with anyone because it all sounds too bizarre unless you have lived it also. There is no cure for Lyme when it's not treated promptly & aggressively. And for those who think I'm wacko because Lyme is ONLY from ticks.....ticks are in the same family as spiders,just smaller! It is now suspected that fleas,some flies,mosquitoes-basically any critter that bites can carry/infect with Lyme & several different co-infections. There are NO 100% accurate tests. A negative test means nothing,it's diagnosed by symptoms. Some research indicates it's passed sexually,through breast milk, and the placenta.

Sorry, this is not the Lyme forum but I feel it's my duty to educate people about this horrendous disease-it might save a life!