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Has anyone heard/tried lithium to help absorb b12 please?

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Hi

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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There is no evidence to support this.

Having no lithium is normal. It has no known natural biological function. webelements.com/lithium/bio...

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Jo5454 in reply tofbirder

Ah right thanks fair dear, thought id found something that might help! 😀

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Sorry it changed fbirder into fair dear! Could've been worse! Thanks...

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ZangoDurango in reply toJo5454

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.

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just to add that I would caution against taking lithium unless under medical supervision.

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I've read this too. It's a different form of lithium than is given out by doctors and much smaller dose.

We don't know what's in our water at any one time do we?

I wouldn't do it off my own back ...

Instead I've bought some pistachios to try lol

I'm going to ask my functional doc in Jan when I see her

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fbirder in reply toLeils

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+).

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noszbe

Yes, for some people it makes a difference

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."

starting here and subsequent messages: forums.phoenixrising.me/thr...

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BadHare

Not read about that, though taking lithium may cause unwelcome hypothyroid issues.

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Ecf123

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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