Thread: My experiences with B6

I don't understand, as I said in a previous post on my box it says to take 2-4 300mg pills daily (1200mg max. per day, every day). Why is it so different from one place to another?

Originally Posted by MixedMan

I don't understand, as I said in a previous post on my box it says to take 2-4 300mg pills daily (1200mg max. per day, every day). Why is it so different from one place to another?

I have no idea, that is what it says on the back of mine

It also says 100mg pills, %EC RDA 5000% ???
Found this on a mens health website regarding B6

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)

Vitamin B6 is needed for the proper functioning of over 60 enzymes and is involved in the synthesis and metabolism of nucleic acids, amino acids and proteins.

It is also involved in the burning of glycogen as fuel.

• EC/UK RDA: 2 mg/day

• US RDA: 2 mg/day

• UK average dietary intake: 2.5 mg/day. Observed intakes vary from 1­4.5 mg.

Some sports nutritionists recommend that athletes ensure an intake of 10 mg to 50 mg per day. More than this is not recommended. Supplements providing 100 mg to 500 mg vitamin B6 per tablet are potentially dangerous if used without medical supervision.

Excessive vitamin B6 (several hundreds of mg/day) taken over several weeks or months can produce symptoms of nerve damage (tingling, burning, shooting pains, pins and needles, clumsiness, numbness, even partial paralysis), depression, headache, tiredness, bloatedness and irritability. These symptoms are only partially helped by eliminating B6 supplements from the diet.

More modest doses (100 mg/day for several months) cause less serious nerve damage, resulting in tingling sensations in the fingers and toes that goes away once supplements are discontinued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B6

Wiki also states that the upper safe level is 100mg daily for adults.

Originally Posted by ld master

and after 6 hours of taking you have a flash of alertness which can make you lucid. I have become lucid alot this way.
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What does this mean?

Originally Posted by MixedMan

In one of my non-lucid dreams all my teeth fell out .

That is suppost to mean, sub-conciously, you worry about your apperance.

So I tried again last night, but got no lucids. I missed a great chance, because I was coming out of a dream and noticed it, but I didn't try to get back in. I remember all of my dreams, so it certainly increases recall, and I'll one last time in a couple of days and report back, so wish me luck.

Last night I tried it. It worked.

Originally Posted by sleepyperson

Last night I tried it. It worked.

Good job! How exactly did you do it and how much B6 did you take? Tell us so we can benefit from your experiences.

Anyone experienced headache when taking B6?
Sometimes I can wake up with a slight headache the day after. The reason I continue to take them now and then is because the results are amazing.
When I take them I don't exceed 100mg.

Originally Posted by MixedMan

Good job! How exactly did you do it and how much B6 did you take? Tell us so we can benefit from your experiences.

Sorry about my absence. I ate a banana and a few potato slices. Nothing big. I don't see the need to take pills for it. I don't think it's the same. I think it has to be natural.

For few days I have been taking 40 mg of B6 before going to sleep. Unfortunately, my dream recall is not any better. I am rather inclined to say that it worse than usual right now (I don't imply the B6 link, though).

-Tl