[eightbitpotion]

So I've been suffering from derealization (dreamy state, cloudy head) for a few years now and finally decided to take some type of action. I was reading about it, and I have an appointment with a dr in the future, but I also read that it's caused by vitamin b deficiency. So of course I did the most sane thing anyone that doesn't take vitamins would do....I took a b complex! But it made me sick as a dog... flu like sick. I'm not sure if I should take anymore (2nd day taking them), or if it's something that will pass.

Has this ever happened to anyone when they've started taking vitamins?

 

[PFKMan23]

Not me but if I was you I'd stop taking that complex until you have brought it up wi thte doctor and it has been oked. Of course I'd also tell him what happened,

 

[fordgtlover]

B group vitamins should be pretty safe - unless you are taking crazy high amounts. They are water soluble so will not build up to any sort of toxic levels.

Go and see your Doctor, and take the B complex bottle with you.

Hopefully, it was just a coincedence that you got sick when you started on vitamins.

 

[Vicomte]

Derealization? You're kidding...right?

 

[ericj]

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Originally Posted by Vicomte /img/forum/go_quote.gif Derealization? You're kidding...right?

Why would he be kidding?

 

[Vicomte]

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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why would he be kidding?

It sounds like another 'People now have this!' condition that we hear about nowadays, is all. No offense intended.

 

[ericj]

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Originally Posted by Vicomte /img/forum/go_quote.gif It sounds like another 'People now have this!' condition that we hear about nowadays, is all. No offense intended.

Nope. Recognized dissociative disorder. Section 300.6 of the DSM-IV.

 

[jbloudg20]

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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nope. Recognized dissociative disorder. Section 300.6 of the DSM-IV.

What? turbo? where!

 

[bhd812]

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Originally Posted by jbloudg20 /img/forum/go_quote.gif What? turbo? where!

nice DSM spot!
you get a cookie my car loving friend!

 

[Vicomte]

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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif Nope. Recognized dissociative disorder. Section 300.6 of the DSM-IV.

I lost my copy on the train, excuse my mistake...

 

[speedball]

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Originally Posted by fordgtlover /img/forum/go_quote.gif B group vitamins should be pretty safe - unless you are taking crazy high amounts. They are water soluble so will not build up to any sort of toxic levels. Go and see your Doctor, and take the B complex bottle with you. Hopefully, it was just a coincedence that you got sick when you started on vitamins.

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Pretty much true of any vitamins that you'd have to take HUGE doses to really cause trouble - even more so with the water soluble vitamins (not A,D,E or K).

 

[Torula Yeast]

Hmmm - I wonderin' what, specifically, "flu-like sick" means. Sensitive tummies could get upset if one takes a b-vite supplement w/o first eating, I'd imagine. I know if I were to take one on an empty tum, I'd be burpin' 'em up for a while afterwards. An event to be missed!

 

[eightbitpotion]

For flu-like symptoms... aches, headache...etc. Niacin CAN cause toxicity even though it's classified as water-soluble...at least at much lower doses than say B6, or any of the other b vitamins. Also, it describes what I'm feeling (reports of toxicity). I'm thinking that since I may possibly have a deficiency of my b vitamins, it would increase the chance for toxicity of some sort. Who knows though, it may have just been a fluke that I became sick the day after I took the vitamins.

Also, derealization sucks....it's like waking up in the morning...and the grogginess never going away- like you're watching your life on a TV rather than actually being there and living it.

I guess I probably would have had my doubts too if I didn't experience it firsthand.

 

[saboteur1]

A couple years ago, I took a Vitamin C tablet, and broke out in hives. Stayed away from them ever since.

Try taking a similar vitamin but a different branding/composition and see how you do.

 

[eightbitpotion]

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Originally Posted by saboteur1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif A couple years ago, I took a Vitamin C tablet, and broke out in hives. Stayed away from them ever since. Try taking a similar vitamin but a different branding/composition and see how you do.

Hey that's a pretty good idea...maybe the filler of those vitamins are tainted (I love that word).