Vitamin B12

[newlife54]

My symptoms are off the scale right now, seriously bad. Then I remembered I have started taking vitamin B12 . Anyone else found an escalation in symptoms after taking this vitamin ?

[SueJohnson]

Vitamin B12 won't make your symptoms worse. There must have been some other change you made - an OTC medicine, a change in food or exercise or some other change. Try stopping the B12 and you will see your symptoms continue.

[newlife54 in reply to SueJohnson]

I have already Sue, its either that or the change in weather?

[SueJohnson in reply to newlife54]

So what happened when you stopped it?

[newlife54 in reply to SueJohnson]

Just stopped it this morning, so will update you

[newlife54 in reply to SueJohnson]

No difference, its just got worse for no reason I think

[BoldMove in reply to newlife54]

I have taken a sublingual 5000 once per week for about 15 years. It never made a difference.

[Jumpey]

I have had 10 weekly injections for many years with no effect on myRLS.

[nocturne]

I get monthly B-12 injections, and they've made no difference to my RLS. But as we learn from this forum, we're all different.

[Calise]

If you have been deficient in B12 and are needing it to make red blood cells, it will use iron to do this. If you have low iron then that can cause restless legs. A possible explanation?

[Eryl]

I've been taking Vit B12 for a few years now and It doesn't cause RLS, I've eliminated my RLS completely without medication by avoiding inflammatory foods.

[scifire in reply to Eryl]

What foods did you eliminate?

[Eryl in reply to scifire]

Carbs and seed oils, I don't eat anything made from grains esp. wheat or fruit juices and I don't eat processed food exept for a few minimaly processed in order to avoid artificial preservatives and refined seed oils. You can google lists of 'foods that cause inflammation'.

[SurvivorD in reply to scifire]

Good advise from Eryl. It can only benefit your health!!

[Ulstergal]

I take Pramipexole at night and it works very well but was recently prescribed Folic Acid following a blood test, it sent my RLS crazy for some reason, I have now stopped taking it. I was recently on a 4.5 hour night flight and spent most of it standing up as the RLS was really bad even though I took extra Pramipexole. I don't drink and can't understand why it gets so bad on night flights, I felt terrible and really desperate at the end of my tether.

[newlife54 in reply to Ulstergal]

I feel you , its just horrendous

[Munroist]

Occasionally people have reported that they react to the substrate or bulking agent in the pill i.e. the stuff that isn't B12. If stopping the supplement helps then maybe try a different brand which may have a different composition