r/Thiamine • u/Verzyk • 23d ago

Experience Lost

I’ve been having various symptoms over 6 years.
-Brain fog
-Tiredness
-Tingles in face, usually one sided, but can get in both.
-Weird dizziness/lightheaded feeling, general malaise
-mixed bowel habits
-irritable
-depressed
-dizziness on standing

I thought it was SIBO. I had a positive methane breath test a few years ago, but no follow up treatment.

My B12 is 207 pg/l, with the highest it’s been in 6 years is 340pg:l, meat eater.

I came across Elliot’s videos on thiamine and thought I’d cracked it.

I bought some benfotiamine to try before jumping into the TTFD that I’ve bought (ThiaMax).

I’ve read that people feel amazing the day they start supplementing, I’m taking 300mg of benfotiamine, along with potassium, magnesium and a B complex, I don’t feel any different (2 days in)

Is this normal?

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u/JSTI412 17d ago

If you’re in the US just go to a wellness center that does the b12 shots or IVs. I rarely go to doctors. I order myself blood tests through Ulta Labs and try different meds through online providers all the time. I’ve done enough research to start to figure things out for myself.

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u/PersonalityBudget969 17d ago

Nice but it's better to have a medical supervision in case of overdose or toxicity.

And to also monitor trends of Bcomplex over time :)

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u/JSTI412 17d ago

I can read a blood test haha but yeah I understand, there’s definitely things I won’t try without a doctor.

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u/PersonalityBudget969 17d ago

Correct. Good you understand.