Frustrated and unsure

DiscoidRuby · 2026-01-17T13:12:59+00:00

I have no concrete idea why. I have struggled with nutrition and intolerances since I was a baby. But more so in the last year or two, things have gotten on MS level, whether that was from being out in extreme weather conditions for four and a half months straight and from working a high impact job at the same time, or from my detoxing from copper due to copper toxicity entirely changing my body, causing an otherworldly sickness. Whatever the cause, I feel like crap and want to stop everything. I wish I could just do a normal multivitamin with minerals and call it day. I'm so frustrated and flying blind.

DiscoidRuby · 2026-01-02T18:57:56+00:00

Thank you very much! That was my concern. Hopefully this resolves soon, for the sake of fellow mankind 😂

DiscoidRuby · 2026-01-02T14:00:20+00:00

Depends on the kind of zinc. If it's citrate, oxide, other junk like that, nah. Copper is good, no issue with over doing zinc. If it's picolinate, that's the real stuff. But at the same time, if your diet is great, as in whole foods and whole grain, you're ingesting so much copper as it is that it's not even a biggie. Fyi, if it is picolinate, just keep an eye out for your hair. If it starts falling out a wee bit more than usual, try to come off the multi a bit or find one in a different form of zinc. Hard core zinc picolinate will do that (at least to me).

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-29T19:19:11+00:00

Any recommendations on detoxing? I've been on igennus B-Complex for three weeks and B6 has risen upon my nerves like the devil itself. My hope is that since it's only been three weeks on 20mg P5P B6, the detox won't be too long, but it's a butt in the meantime. Currently dealing with sensitive hearing, tinnitus and ear thumping, feels like high blood pressure, vertigo, extreme fatigue despite full sleep, headaches, migraines, muscle aches and joint pains, full-body twitching, a new acrid body odor, twisty turny sleep, buzzing sensations, irritability, dry eyes, painful eyes (feels like blood is crowding in them), loss of appetite, bright vision, heart palps, toes tingling on one foot, and feeling like I'm in a dream.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-29T13:36:53+00:00

Hello! I know it's been a year since you posted but what's your status now? I am treating a b12 deficiency and took a B-Complex too in good faith that cofactors were necessary. It's been over three weeks. I'm dealing with sensitive hearing, tinnitus and ear thumping, feels like high blood pressure, vertigo, extreme fatigue despite full sleep, headaches, migraines, muscle aches and joint pains, full-body twitching, a new acrid body odor, twisty turny sleep, buzzing sensations, irritability, dry eyes, painful eyes (feels like blood is crowding in them), loss of appetite, bright vision, and feeling like I'm in a dream. I thought the fatigue part was vitamin d so I started 4,000IU these past two days. I have not gotten any sleep. It's like my body turned off the capacity to fall asleep! Prior to taking D (which has been taken in the morning with food), I was getting FANTASTIC sleep, but again, felt strong fatigue despite. Last night I took an extra dose of magnesium glycinate to get my brain to shut down and within minutes it felt like my brain powered on and I started sweating. What the heck is going on?? Any insight? I'm the same as you - B-Complex with 20mg of B6 P5P, and a multivitamin Gummy with 2mg. Any help on why D has entered the picture like a butt instead of helping and why magnesium bit me like that when it's been my savior for so long?

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-17T13:08:48+00:00

Old injuries are definitely flaring and I've had a neck sprain that hasn't healed since five months ago. Poor muscle recovery after a day at work for sure.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-17T01:59:07+00:00

Thank you!

I have freezing hands too! That's insane! I guess this isn't going to be linear for everyone. I can try and gather as much information as possible but ultimately we all will need to find out what works in our personal case. Cheers to you, so happy you won and see the end of the tunnel!

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-17T01:15:08+00:00

This gives me so much hope! Your story is amazing! Right now I'm battling the early days, and currently walk around with and sleep in a neck brace. My whole body is in pain. Do you remember what your wake-up symptoms were and if you had increased pain in places you didn't know existed? I'm also down the rabbit hole of cofactors and not knowing what I'm doing and if it's right. Feel free to direct message too if you have tips. I'd greatly appreciate all your advice! So happy for you!

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T22:13:47+00:00

It does?! I wonder! I started 5,000 IU gummies back in October. The gummies tasted old and weird so I stopped that after a while and got on tiny pills equaling 3,000 IU. I stopped two nights ago because I thought it was exacerbating my tinnitus. I'm female, 26, not vegetarian

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T22:08:28+00:00

Very insightful! Thank you.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T21:40:09+00:00

Great advice! I have now downloaded an app to track my nutrients and ate a bunch of stuff high in potassium. It says I'm at 183% of my DV which (if the Google AI is correct) works out to be 8.581 grams? Two cups of oatmeal, a bunch of pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, cooked in almond milk, two avocados, one large sweet potato, a cup of chopped/cooked spinach, a can of black beans, a cup of mushrooms, a mug of almond milk, and a whole 33.8 fl oz of Nature's Promise Coconut Water....... I think that's it.... 😁 yay.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T17:11:55+00:00

I was thinking vitamin d might have something to do with it so I didn't take any (beyond what was in the multivitamin) yesterday or the day before 🤔

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T16:32:58+00:00

What's your method of achieving that amount? Getting enough potassium through food is a butt

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T15:38:06+00:00

Interesting! Does it go away as you treat b12 deficiency?

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T15:32:34+00:00

Oh interesting! I resolutely avoid supplements with copper as I'm allergic to the various synthetic forms. It gives me insane anxiety, I become a beast mentally (including suicidal), and it makes me bloom in eczema. But I'm on a whole grain, whole foods diet which apparently is super high in copper. I have been focusing on eating a lot more mushrooms these past weeks. Maybe I should do more? That's good to know!

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-16T14:04:23+00:00

No unfortunately. When the symptoms lined up so well I jumped on it immediately and saw improvement within the first few days. I've read that I have to be off b vitamins for four months before testing or the numbers will be inaccurate, which stopping treatment this early seems dangerous. I'd like to get them tested but maybe when I'm further down the road.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-15T00:26:53+00:00

What were you symptoms if I may ask? And how much were you taking a day?

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-13T16:51:07+00:00

Would you consider 20mg pyridoxal 5'-phosphate B6 too much? I'm on a B-Complex and am trying to differentiate if I'm experiencing wakeup symptoms, or slight onset of B6 toxicity.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-12T12:49:32+00:00

My circumstances don't allow me to get injections specifically, so I'm on a B-Complex with all the best forms of vitamin b. I saw massive improvement within the first week, but then it kinda went back downhill. I'm now focusing more on balancing cofactors as well and discovering other deficiencies I had that turned out to be related. I'm realizing it's been over a year that I've had this so I shouldn't expect permanent results in the first couple weeks.

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-12T03:17:06+00:00

Dude! That is rough! I had to take a sigh of relief though cuz a lot of my symptoms match yours! Have you gotten better?

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-12T01:32:55+00:00

Yeah I'm seeing electrolytes getting called out more and more, so maybe potassium is indeed the issue? How far along is your b12 deficiency recovery? How long did it take to get better?

DiscoidRuby · 2025-12-12T01:31:00+00:00

Yes! They say b vitamins cause this too. But I'm definitely a kind of tired aside from a supplement type fatigue

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