Hi, I have heard some good things about giving Vit B6 and magnesium in combination. Has anyone tried this? How do you determine the dosage and where do you buy?
We used to do this religiously with Jake until it became too hard to
get him to take it and we realized that it wasn't doing anything,
anyway. But that's not to say you shouldn't give it a try and if you
see results, keep it up!
You can buy B6 and Mag at any store, at least around here, we bought
them at Target and then crushed them up with a pill crusher and slipped
it into his milk.
HOWEVER, you should read more about the possible side effects of too
much B6; it can cause what's called Peripheral Neuropathy (hope I
spelled those right) which means a numbness in the extremities (hands
and feet) and possible long term nerve damage. You want to be very
careful with your dosages, no more than, I think, 100 mg (you should
look that up). And, as always, never start a treatment without
consulting a doctor. Good luck!
hi Ashi74
I am interested in this too and asked at another forum
will let you know what I find out
just be aware that as with B12 treatments not all children may respond so don't go in boots and all until you are sure that B6 and Mag are providing a benefit
now regarding the neuropathy http://www.autisme.net/b6safe.html quote from the article Tens of thousand of people, including thousands of autistic
children and adults, took large doses throughout the '60s, '70s, and
beginning '80s with no reported signs of any adverse effects.
However, in 1983, a paper by Schaumburg et al. reported significant,
though not permanent nor life-threatening side effects in 7 patients
who had been taking 2,000 mg to 6,000 mg per day of B6. The side
effects, peripheral neuropathy, were numbness and tingling in the
hands and feet—the sensation one gets when one's hand or foot "falls
asleep." The foot numbness in some cases interfered with walking.
These patients were not taking magnesium, the other B vitamins, nor
any of the other nutrients that should be taken if one is taking
large amounts of B6. It is at least possible that the adverse
reactions were due not to B6 "toxicity" but to deficiencies of
magnesium and the other B vitamins induced by taking large amounts of
B6.