Thread: vitamin B-6

Last night I tried 50mg of B6 and 3mg of melatonin before bed.

I had 4 vivid dreams, long dreams. I definately think that the melatonin is helpful because of the stimulant side effect of the B6. I was very satified with the results. I also took 50mg when I woke up today. I took a nap on one of my breaks and had another very long vivid dream.


So, in my opinion B6 =

Couple nights I tried 200mg b6 and 3mg melatonin and I had no dream recall at all and I woke up a couple times and found it diffucult to fall back asleep. Last night I tried 100mg b6 and another 3mg of melatonin and I had no dream recall at all inthe morning but as the day went by I remembered more and more and I come to find out I had at least 3 different dreams but I only remember small parts of them. I think too much b6 is kind of bad because it stimulates your brain too much or something. Today im going to try taking the b6 6 hours before sleep and see how that goes.

I bought a pack of 100 mg Supplements today, will it be relatively safe for me to take 1 with water before i go to sleep. Also, will it work if i take it then, or should i take it earlier or later and with something else? Also, is there any reccomended minimum age or anything as to who should take it, I would assume not because its water soluble and a vitamin but, no harm in being careful.

I can't remember if its B-6 or B-3, but boy tha is some nasty stuff!!!!!! Do not get that poo. and he dances...

have you ever thought that since you think that something will give a desired effect, you really get what youre looking for, but not because of what you had, but because you just aimed for it and it happened. uhh hopefully that wasnt confusing. but its just liek lucky charms..maybe..., how if you use one you think you're getting its lucky powers so to speak, but instead you just do better because you believed you could.

Originally posted by Kc7ooo5
have you ever thought that since you think that something will give a desired effect, you really get what youre looking for, but not because of what you had, but because you just aimed for it and it happened. uhh hopefully that wasnt confusing. but its just liek lucky charms..maybe..., how if you use one you think you're getting its lucky powers so to speak, but instead you just do better because you believed you could.

You mean placebo? We call that placebo.

Yep, that's a placebo effect, and 'positive thinking'
If you believe that something will happen, often the mind is capable of making it happen.
Particularly with your own body and environmental situation.

A placebo is usually a medicine that is given to a sick patient, that consists of sugar or some other unrelated ingredient.
The patient recovers, believing the pills actually work.

Now, who can tell me what a nocebo is ?

A nocebo (Latin for "I will harm") is something that should be ineffective but which causes symptoms of ill health.

Yesterday:

300mg B6 (and 100mg caffeine, irrelevant?) in the morning.

600mg Valerian root (The medicament is called Sedonium, anyone heard of that?) in the evening

The result is, I had some very long and vivid dreams in the night, but I don't remember them!. I just remember a dream I had in the morning... So I really need help with recall... (I'm keeping a journal already)

I have a question...i have a vitamin B deficiancy LOL and i have vitamin B complex..i read sumwere on forums the complex is bad for dream re-call so i accuily stoped taking it...Now i have one more question...what would you really think is better...b6 w/ melonin?
OR Celea Z...Or Blue lotus...(smoked, drank, eate) anyway? Chnaces are im going to buy one of thoughs if i dont get a lucid soon.

Was looking around the trusty medicine cabinet for B6 and came upon B-Complex which only contains 2 mg of B-6 per pill. Also found something that includes Kelp, Lecithin, and B-6 which contains 16.7 mg of B-6 per.

Either of these worth taking?

Lol i posted my last comment on this post a while ago, so no one else will prolly reply...im not sure im a nub too but....i think it said sumwere that complex isnt good.

im going to try that.

Lol why the heck is this topic on the top of my "view your posts" LOL it hasnt been responded to in like a year.

And hey thats me two posts up a year ago!

haha ShYne123 that's funny .

ON TOPIC: I will buy some B6 soon and try it out. 50mg 3 times a week I've heard should be a good dose? Or am I wrong? I've also heard that you should take the pills in the middle of the night, NOT before falling aleep. EV told me that if you take the pill right before bed the B6 will probably be in your urine when you need it most, that is to say, during your longer REM-periods... Can anyone validate this?

well, i take b-complex its all around better for you and prolly works better.

On top of b6 it has 12 and other stuff thats just good for your brian -all over!
Lol.

I have bcomplex-100 (which has 100mg of b6 in it)
I just started taking it again, i only did for like a month last year when i made ^^ that post lol and during that time i had my two best lucids (excluding lastnights!&#33

Anyway, i reccommend taking it a few hours into sleep, this way you get the full blasting effect during your sleep!
(great dream recall/vividness and possible lucity) Its isnt a GOD pill lol, some nights i take it and i have no recall at all, but most 90% of the time i can tell the difference.

I dont take it everynight so my body dosnt get used to it, i mix it up like every other night.

I also take DMAE with it (research it, its REALly good for rats&#33 -->so its prolly good for us and its like 5$ per bottle lol.

I also find it easyer to wake up in the morning when i do this.

EDIT: Grammer

I thought about buying melatonin supplements. After reading the thread and doing some research, I came up with this:

Melatonin useless for sleeplessness - study
February 10 2006 at 03:34AM

Paris - People who buy melatonin in the belief that it will cure jet lag or other forms of sleeplessness are wasting their money, a study published in Saturday's British Medical Journal (BMJ) says.

Melatonin is a hormone secreted in the pineal gland, a small organ about one centimetre long located at the base of the brain. It is indirectly stimulated by light received through the eyes.

The gland plays a key role in circadian rhythms - the body's state of alertness in response to daylight or darkness - and from this has been born the "alternative" therapy of taking melatonin rather than a sleeping pill to compensate for disrupted sleep.

Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada reviewed 32 studies in which melatonin was tested on people with secondary sleep disorders (sleep problems associated with medical, neurological or substance misuse) and sleep disorders arising from jet lag or shift-work disorder.

Melatonin was ineffective in treating either kind of disorder, they say.

In the case of secondary sleep disorders, individuals who took melatonin boosted their duration of sleep by just 1.9 percent - less than 10 minutes in an eight-hour spell in bed - and this was so tiny as to be statistically insignificant.

As to whether melatonin is safe, the authors say it appears to be so, at least with short-term use.

Further work, though, is needed to see whether melatonin can be safely used for longer spells.

Link: http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?s...9519342602A141

I've got no experience with melatonin supplements, so I can't judge the article myself. Can anyone here say that melatonin definitely aids in falling asleep?

The only supplement I take is a multivitamin (one of those that dissolve in water) once every few days in the morning. It contains 6,0 mg Vitamin B6 (300% RDA). From my experience I can definitely say that there's no correlation at all between my dream vividness and the intake of Vitamin B6 (albeit not being much in my case compared to some users here).

ya i just learned now that beef has like 100%+ of what ur daily value is. and earlier i just had a big new york strip for dinner, some milk just now and soon some v8 juice. so i'm like made of b6 tonight.

Ok to start, I take Vitamin B for energy and concentration, not for lucid dreaming. I started taking a B-12 microlozenge, which is a super-concentrated vitamin, in the morning. Then I added a Vitamin E. Now I switched to a Vitamin B multi-complex in the morning along with the Vitamin E. I didn't really notice a change in my dreams, as when I remember my dreams they are usually always vivid.

As far as vitamins for lucid dreaming goes... is it only B-6 that seems to work for dreaming? I wonder if B-12 would work as well?

WOW hey i have a question...
DO U GUYS THINK THAT *VITAMIN WATER* STUFF WORKS?
i mean if u get the one with vitamin B6....i heard it tastes like shit though

Plaese read this, its very important.

I just found this on Wikipedia that excess intake of Vitamin B6 has ill effects on your nerves. You might even not remain able to walk properly!!!

But yes, it also increases your dream recall.

The article said that these ill effects are caused by vitamin B6 supplements, and not by fruits and vegetables.

So you should stop taking these supplements and start eating fruits high in vitamin B6, such as Bananas, Mangoes, Tomatoes and Water Melons.


For further info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B6

Yeah J.K. That's True. An overdose of B6 can and most likely will land you in a Coma and might even kill ya. A friend of mine's father has a dog who ate up a whole bottle of B6 tablets and ended up in Coma. He came out of it but now he's quite nervous and ovbersensative to light, sound and movement; This seems to indicate nerve damage. However you would, as a human, have to take HUGE ammounts of B6 to start running such risks so as long as you stick to the suggested dayly dose than you should be just fine.

I have Vitamin B complex pills and had taken them once resulting in amazingly vivid dreams. Maybe I should try it again but then I might take it for a 1 week period together with Ginkgo Biloba and DL-phenylalanine capsules to further enhance my memory and concentration.

I've tried 125 mg before bed two times but no results. Should I take them in the middle of the night instead? After 5-6 hours of sleep?

Hello all

I dont want to kick any dead horses nor am I trying to rattle any cages. I was reading through this thread and I came across a post of someone saying that B6 is addictive and its not like other vitamins and you shouldnt just be taking them to incread recall. I found this interesting acticle and just wanted to share.

"What you can do to overcome addictions?

* Get professional help and guidance
* Deal with psychological issues with a psychotherapist
* Increase your intake of other nutrients
Include a high strength B complex plus, pantothenic acid (B5) 500mg, vitamin B6 100mg, folic acid 1mg;vitamin C3 to 10g a day spread throughout the day.Take L-glutamine powder, 5g am and pm, plus enough essential fats including GLA, EPA and DHA and minerals including calcium, magnesium, potassium and zinc
Optimum nutrition during the first week of drug withdrawal can make all the difference. Very large amounts of Vitamin C, B vitamins, glutamine and other amino acids should be taken under supervision. Calcium and Magnesium are especially important because they can virtually eliminate the terrible cramping and nerve pain associated with opiate withdrawal. During this time 24 hour counselling support is essential. "

So to me this shows two things. Firstly, its a doctor recommending 100mg of a B vitamin, so if its safe to take anyway, why not? if it helps it helps if it dosnt it dosnt. Secondly, its being used as a remedy to addiction.

Anyway, I just stumbled on this and thought I'd share. If this info has already been shared please feel free to ignore me lol.

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