I've recently came across some nutritionists/functional doctors on the internet suggesting that lithium can help transport b12 into cells, has anyone got any views of this please? I'd not come across this idea before...
I checked a recent hair analysis result and I have no lithium level, so wondering if it may be an advantage to raise this level?
Many thanks.
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Dont be so quick to abandon the idea, just because there are no studies done on it doesn't make it false.
When I took lithium orotate I regained my color vision, and had a profoundly anti depressive effect similar to taking copper b12 and folate. I think lithium must act somewhere around the methionine synthetase enzyme. And does so very potently, I only took 5mg to have this effect.
Lithium is lithium. You might take lithium chloride, or lithium carbonate, or lithium citrate, or lithium acetate - as soon as it gets into your stomach they will all form lithium ions (Li+).
For example freddd reported that he was able to substantially reduce his intake of mb12 after years of crazy high doses.
"For the last 18 months I have been titrating Lithium Orotate (from 240 mcg to 960 mcg of Li). I can no longer produce the results I posted the other day. Homeostasis has been restored in my body. I have tapered the MeCbl injections from 30mg a day as 3x10mg to 5 mg A WEEK. All of the hot and cold running bottleneck deficiencies that changed every time I added or subtracted something has disappeared. My potassium daily down from 5000 mg to 1500 mg. Besides building TCR-Li and getting b12 into my nervous systems, it also strips the ligand providing COB[II] and stores B12 for me at least a week rather than 8 hours I used to get. All sorts of things have become more steady, instead of the rough and fast refeeding syndrome I and many others have been suffering from when I took vitamins. This is my first post saying this."
This is very interesting. My doctor just found the pernicious anemia and I had neuropsychiatric symptoms from it. Was put on lithium before we knew it was pernicious anemia and now I know why the lithium worked to alleviate psychiatric symptoms. So exhausted by all this. Any information on how lithium helps absorb b12 is very appreciated!
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