Thread: vitamin B-6

Good, that you dug out this thread.
Just started with Vitamin B6 two days ago. I bought a 100mg B1 + 100mg B6 complex at my pharmacy, and always took one pill before going to bed.
It seems to me, that my dreams are much more vivid and real, but take place much more "deeper" in my mind. Dont know how to explain this. I use to wake up several times in the night to put down notes about the dream i just had. This happens about 4 to 5 times the night. The dreams are always still very clear because i weak up in a soft "gradient" from dream to reality.
With B6 its totally different. When i woke up in the first morning i remembered nothing, but after a few moments i could remeber scenes and then actually 3 intense dreams i had that night.
This is quite great, but i think that the increased vividness somehow challenges my mind stronger. I am so tied up in the dream that I wont become lucid.

I love this great B6 thread.

My two-penny worth is to say that the B vitamins are water soluble and you pee them out every 3 hours. So a little often is the best way to go.

Vitamins E and D are fat soluble and stay in the fat reserves if the body a long time. You can keep taking fat soluble D And E and build up your reserves then stop taking them for weeks or months and live on your fat reserves.

But this does not apply to water soluble B6.

So don't overdose, just take a little, 3 or more times a day.

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I have been spending a lot of time in this great B6 thread and I even recommended and linked it on the IASD site. Just now this popped into my email box.

“Dear Reader,

Come on...you've got to love vitamin B-6.

Your body certainly does.

Your body puts B-6 to use in activating nearly 120 enzymes and 19 of your body's 20 amino acids. And all of that contributes to DNA repair, healthy immune, hormone, and cognitive functions, as well as prevention of heart disease, depression, kidney stones, and some cancers.

Men, you have a special reason to love this valuable vitamin: B-6 has been shown to modify the way the prostate responds to testosterone. And that modification just might prolong your lives.

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You can't go wrong
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Research suggests that the B complex of vitamins have a preventive effect on the development and progression of prostate cancer.

To investigate this link, a team from the Harvard School of Public Health looked at dietary habits of 525 men with prostate cancer. Survival over a period of 20 years was compared to the intake of four B vitamins: folate, riboflavin, B-6, and B-12.

Results: Men with highest B-6 intake were significantly more likely to survive the two decades compared to men with the lowest intake of the vitamin. None of the other nutrients were linked to longer survival time.

Most importantly, men with the best survival records were those who had localized-stage prostate cancer at the outset of the study and also had the highest B-6 intake. In other words, high levels of the vitamin were most effective when the cancer was newly diagnosed and had not yet spread beyond the prostate.

Men who had the highest intake averaged 2.2 to 2.9 mg of B- 6 daily--about twice the recommended intake.

So--pencils ready? Here's what your B-6 shopping list should look like...

Bananas and chicken breast have particularly high levels of vitamin B6. Red meat, fish, beans, fruits, vegetables, and leafy greens are also good sources.

Dr. Allan Spreen recommends 100 mg of B-6 daily, along with other B vitamins, of course, and magnesium. Dr. Spreen: "B- 6 is definitely more effective in the company of magnesium."

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I've just bought a bottle of b6, with some 5htp and melatonin to go along with it. Going to try various combinations of them, i'll let you know how it goes.

I wonder why you always take 100mg?!? I mean, i just boguht a Magnesium + B6 + B12 Complex and it has like 6mg B6 in it...thats over 400% of the needed daily intake...so isnt that enough?O.o

It's possible that not all of the b6 in the supplement is absorbed, so they give you more... Especially as B6 is water soluble.
But someone correct me if i'm wrong.

The point of taking B6 is that it works with tryptophan to create serotonin. Our brains have a blood-barrier that stops certain things from going directly in our brain.

For example, melatonin can go directly into the brain, it is not blocked by the blood brain barrier. Serotonin however, cannot go directly into the brain, and requires some sort of by-pass to be able to get into it.

So we take B6 with tryptophan, and the 2 create serotonin. This allows it to be able to go into the brain.

Serotonin WILL wake you up if you take it too early. I would suggest taking it in the middle of the night when you wake up out of a dream or JUST before you go to bed.

L-Tryptophan* Natures Answer to Prozac The "serotonin deficiency syndrome" is one of the most common and widespread disorders of human psychobiology in the modern world

Almost a required reading if you are interested in using B6 to lucid dream. Explains the Blood-brain barrier, how tryptophan works, basically everything.

hey I know no one has replied to this for about a week or so, but if anyone reads this...
I bought some 100mg B6 last night, and took it about 45 minutes before bed, I had one lucid dream, and remembered another long dream.
I got excited in the lucid dream, and woke up.

I have a question though, so what time should i take the b6 if I got to bed at around 10:30? I reach a deep REM cycle after around 5 hours after sleep.
could anyone tell me when to take the B6? thanks

Originally Posted by KuRoSaKi

Well There is 25% of your daily recommened value in propel i mean.

In propel there is 25% Vitamin B6
The 25% is how much is in one bottle of your total daily value. So in other words drinking 4 bottles of propel will give you your daily recommened value of B6

If thats true, and you only need like 3-4 mg a day, that means theres about 1 mg of B6 in a bottle. very small.

Iv been taking 100mg tablets at night and it really helps with dream recall. The best dreams iv had are still with the stop smoking pills, more vivid than reality actually.

Guys taking 100mg B6 before bed, is doing this wrong. B6 is the energy in energy drinks. By taking it before bed you are ensuring you are going to have very restless sleep, especially if you had caffeine in the later part of the day. Plus it only works for ~2.5 hours, after that the dream recall goes back to normal.

The correct way to take B6 is to go to sleep, drink half a glass of water or set an alarm to wake you up in the later part of the night. This way your body has a chance to rest before you take B6. This is absolutely critical. Wake up after 4-5 hours and then do the following:

Take 50 mg of vitamin B6 (break the tablet in 2 if you have to) with half a glass of water. Limit this method to twice a week or it will lose its effect.

When taken in this way, there's a good chance that you will experience spontaneous high lucidity in your dreams. And I mean clear as day, epic lucidity. Power, control, ability to reenter dreams, especially if you take melatonin as a sleeping aid. The two synergy very well.

Originally Posted by Ev

Guys taking 100mg B6 before bed, is doing this wrong. B6 is the energy in energy drinks. By taking it before bed you are ensuring you are going to have very restless sleep, especially if you had caffeine in the later part of the day. Plus it only works for ~2.5 hours, after that the dream recall goes back to normal.

The correct way to take B6 is to go to sleep, drink half a glass of water or set an alarm to wake you up in the later part of the night. This way your body has a chance to rest before you take B6. This is absolutely critical. Wake up after 4-5 hours and then do the following:

Take 50 mg of vitamin B6 (break the tablet in 2 if you have to) with half a glass of water. Limit this method to twice a week or it will lose its effect.

When taken in this way, there's a good chance that you will experience spontaneous high lucidity in your dreams. And I mean clear as day, epic lucidity. Power, control, ability to reenter dreams, especially if you take melatonin as a sleeping aid. The two synergy very well.

Yesterday I just started taking one 100mg B6 tablet before bed, and I didn't have any trouble falling asleep last night. Assuming I take it the "correct" way, will this do anything to affect how I become lucid without it? I guess I'm asking if your lucidity can become dependent on the B6.