Very high B6, any ideas? (Edit: old post from 2015, B6 improved / normalized since)

The suspense is killing me. Although this probably isnt a direct lyme question, this place is a great resource. This was one test ordered after the Dr reviewed my genetic mutations.

I dont take supplemental B6 or any daily supps with it. The top of the b6 range is 21, I'm at 52, more than double. I have seen b6 in methalation maps, but its confusing. I'm wondering if ABX can lead to b6 build up? I was off ABX 1 month prior to this test though.

I wonder if this is part of my anxiety that is very noticable while I'm on ABX? Anxiety is less, but still there a little. I sleep now.

The only non-food b6 I ever get is from an occasional energy drink, which I avoided 1 week prior to this b6 blood draw. The time before that was 2 weeks. I doubt this is the high B6 sourcel since I only use them monthly the last few years.

Any weird health issues that cause high B6?

Dr said to take in less b6, Ill have to look up what food has b6 and eliminate it, since I dont take B6 vitamins.

Obviously a retest will be in the future.

EDIT: B6 now normal, 2018

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/10/2018 11:23:54 AM (GMT-6)

Is your homocysteine high?

astroman:

I'm sorry you are dealing with yet another issue...

No clue to the cause, but my 5 yr old daughter has high vit D and she doesn't even take supplements. She was bit in Fall 2014. Pediatrician was no help! He said it is not a big deal if her VIt D is 95 on a scale where it shouldn't go over 70 or 75--I don't remember exactly.

Basically the only way I found on line that it would help rid of it is to increase fluid intake to help flush some out. Her Lyme and Co test came negative through labcorp. We are seeing a LLMD for my son tomorrow and I will ask to see if he wants to treat her, but most don't treat children, although my LLMD does accept school children.

I find these diseases to be worst on the kids because they don't even have as many options to treat as we do. I hope you can figure it all out soon!

High b6 are also found in many drinks, its possible you got most of them in your drinks. veggie drinks,fruit drinks. typically >500mg per day is toxic.

GH-

homocysteine test is in the works.

Have you retested your b6 at least a few days after stopping supplements?

This is an old 2015 post of mine. But, since it has resurfaced.......:

I no longer have high B6 issues, and I was not taking B6 vitamins back then either, so this was a mystery. I have since had it tested numerous times since then - even while taking a high quality multi-vitamin with b6 in it.

Improved gut health after ending ABX too, a very BIG deal for over all health.

Lyme sets no limits as to what it can mess up in your body. And it can take years for the body to "correct", even after lyme is "gone".

mpost said...
i had over 6 times the maximum B6. My LLMD freaked a bit and told me not take any supplements with B vitamins for 6 months. 4 months later my values were still 2 times the max, so they got lower.

U took way too many supplements and people do not understand how dangerous this B6 is in large amounts. It can trigger similar effects to lyme , will destroy your nerves if u have too much of it. It is among the only vitamin that is toxic in large amounts.

so for eg if u look at this supplement
/www.amazon.com/dp/B003UEH7CC (which is the one i took) vitamin B6 is 40mg (2000% daily needed value) which is in my opinion totally insane, i do not understand why it is legal to sell supplements like these with so much B6, a safer daily dose should be around 5mg...

n.neurology.org/content/90/15_Supplement/P4.021

take a look here and monitor your food and stop taking any B supplements
/www.healthline.com/health/vitamin-b6-foods

I posted about this several months ago - after getting a bunch of labs done following my initial consult at the J clinic my B6 was high too... kind of freaked out when I read some blogs - where people were talking about peripheral neuropathy from high b6 - I haven’t taken my methylated B’s for a long time now. I just take b12 for now.

mpost said...


U took way too many supplements and people do not understand how dangerous this B6 is in large amounts.

U as in me? To many suppliments? Well not realy. As this old post states, I was NOT taking ANY B6 in vitamin form back in 2015, but I am now, and with normal B6 levels.

At that time, I was still eating breakfast cerials and snacking on processed granola/grain bars which most both have a "cheap" B6 added to them. I ate two bananas a day also. And took probiotics.

**The last two years I've stopped eating B6 fortified grain cerials and "granola" bars....and also took a high quality B6 multivitamin (still do) with several repeated normal level B6 tests. So in a nut shell...I eliminated cheap B6 and added good quality B6, plus improved my gut health = normal B6 levels.

[Per my old post I also stated there were others on the web with High B6 who DID NOT take a direct B6 suppliment. They might have gut issues and or are eating cheap B6 fortified processed grain foods.]

running wild said...
I have not had high B6 but have had very high B12. It is now in normal range. It stayed high for about a year then last check, it was back down. I've learned never know what is coming next or why it happened in the first place.

A ND told me once that high b12 is fine - she said “fill your boots”
This was after mine was high with supplementation.


I just realized what might have caused my high b6 - I used to eat popcorn with flake yeast - a few times a .week.
I think it’s high in b vitamins.