Heya guys.

So I read that we may be vitamin B deficient and that supplementing may help our neurology, and help avoid dementia in later life.

I’ve tried a few times, but every time I take a supplement I wake up in the night with my brain feeling like I have drunk too much alcohol.

So I assume that’s actually harmful.

Anyone got a similar experience?

  • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    This doesn’t pass the smell test. There’s COUNTLESS grifters that will sell you some “natural” way to “cure” whatever ailments you might have. ADHD is medically recognized and most certainly not treated with vitamin B because there’s no literature to back that up as an effective strategy.

    If there was double-blind peer-reviewed studies that suggested vitamin B deficiency had any reasonable correlation with ADHD we would already be treating it with supplements that way.

    Can I ask where you got this information?

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    The easiest way to tell if you have a vitamin deficiency is to ask your doctor. Random websites are not medical advice.

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    24 hours ago

    That’s funny. I usually have Berocca (a drink with a LOT of vitamin B) to treat a hangover.

  • y0din@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    vitamin b is water soluble, so all the excess should just come out when you pee, however vitamin b is also used in energy drinks and energy products because it “wakes you up”, so it could very well just be a side affect of this.

    if you are unsure however, you should consult your doctor or medical personnel, as it might be something else, and I am not qualified to respond to this, more than the information I’ve read and have no medical training, so it could be something I am unaware of.

    take care and how you’ll get it sorted.

      • y0din@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        have you checked the side effects of vitamin b? seems like you are experiencing several of those, but it is almost impossible to “overdose” vitamin b since it is not stored in the fat cells like for instance vitamin d does.

        Some of the side effects listed below:

        Injectable vitamin B-12, which is used to treat significant deficiencies, can cause the following side effects:

        mild diarrhea, itching, skin rash, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure early in treatment, vein thrombosis, sensation of swelling, polycythemia vera (rare, slow growing blood cancer)

        Vitamin B-12 can cause very rare but serious allergic reactions (anaphylaxis). This includes swelling of the face, tongue, and throat, and difficulty swallowing and breathing. If this occurs after you take vitamin B-12, call 911 or your local emergency services immediately.

        source: https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/vitamin-b12-side-effects#side-effects

        (edit; added some commas to the list to improve reading)

        ALWAYS check with a trained medicinal personel, again I can not stress this enough if you are unsure.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    81·
    2 days ago

    This kind of highlights the difference between correlation and causation.

    The root cause of ADHD is not currently fully understood but it’s unlikely that it’s a vitamin B deficiency. People with ADHD also routinely have an iron deficiency in their brains during childhood – which scientists theorize could be a contributing factor – as well as a genetic anomaly, which appears to be hereditary. It’s still not known if either of those things actually causes ADHD. Unfortunately, by the time symptoms are present, the damage is already done.

    Taking vitamin B supplements won’t necessarily hurt any but I don’t know that it would help much either, outside of giving you an energy boost.

    • leverage@lemdro.idEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Yep, it’s a total shitshow with most research and popular science news. More results are coming together about various ND conditions being strictly genetic, yet there’s still a ton of people out there talking about what could trigger issues after birth, and cures. You can no more make a zebra into a horse than you can make an ND person into an NT person.

      Some of the things people consider issues are unproblematic and natural within ND populations, but NT people rule the world and since they deem it weird, we have to change. I’m at least hopeful that this ND awareness spring we seem to be in, where a lot of adults are becoming aware that they are (and always have been) healthy ND adults, will give rise to some improved acceptance and eventually help shift how we treat ND children to avoid the everyday traumas that I think lead to unhealthy ND adults. I’d be even more optimistic if I’d weren’t for the constant denialism and pushback from everyone, including professionals, and even people gatekeeping in the ND population.