Lah,

Sorry if we've already done this, but what type of B12 and how much have you been taking these two years?

rose

With all the questions on other forums here about antidepressants, I thought it would be helpful to bump up this post, since B6 is so important to serotonin synthesis...

Thanks Mrsd..I did not know about the connection to serotonin.

bumping this thread up for new posters....

General comment and question...

A few years ago, my doctor suggested I take a B50 tablet and extra B12. He did this after taking a test for B12 and doing other lab work. Later, he increased the B12 to a very high dosage. The B50 tablet has a variety of B vitamins in it; including 50 mgs. of B6 in it. It has improved my energy level and folks were so impressed by this...they went out and bought some B50 for themselves!

Dream Recall
I have heard that the B vitamins, perhaps B6 in particular, influence dream recall. I once experiment with taking a B75 and it did seem that I had more dream recall. However, I cut back down to the B50 again because I was concerned about taking too much of the B6. Does anyone know if the B vitamins influence dream recall? What is this all about?

Thank you.

Yes, B6 influences dream recall. One sign of pyroluria, which creates a deficiency of B6 and zinc, is inability to recall dreams.

B6 is needed to make serotonin, which then is used to make melatonin.
MethylB12 is used in this conversion to melatonin. Melatonin is the natural sleep hormone, and necessary for all the sleep stages to work properly.
REM is one sleep stage.

This site has some other ideas too.
http://www.buynytex.com/vitamins.html

bumping up while I am on vacation.

For those with good insurance. Metanx is a prescription Vitamin B supplement with methylated B12, Methylated Folate, and P-5-P. I have a good link, but apparently I am not yet allowed to put links in my posts.

I've recommended Metanx for a long time now. It is RX only, and some insurances do not pay for it still. I've posted it many times here.

I have noticed the website is different now. Not sure what that means.

http://www.metanx.com/

I find it interesting that all 3 activated B's are in it. I see this as a good sign for patients.

There is another RX vitamin called Cerefolin.
http://www.pamlab.com/Products,Cerefolin
This has P5P removed, and NAC -- n-acetyl cysteine added.
The NAC is to promote synthesis of glutathione.

There are studies showing methylcobalamin is very helpful to prevent neuro degeneration and neuropathies.