I am currently taking a B-complex supplement, but I am worried that I am taking too much of it. According to the label, the amounts of each of the individual subtypes (i.e. B1, B2, etc.) are above the recommended daily intake. Here's the exact label:
B-1: 150 mg (10,000% daily value)
B-2: 150 mg (6,824% daily value)
Niacin: 150 mg (750% daily value)
B-6: 150 mg (7,500 %)
Folic Acid: 400 micrograms (100% daily value)
B-12: 150 micrograms (2,500% daily value)
Biotin: 150 micrograms (50% daily value)
Pantothenic Acid: 150 mg (1,500% daily value)
Does this seem high to you? Or, as I've read, does it not matter since any excesses in any kind of vitamin B will always be simply eliminated through the urine? I just want to make sure I'm not poisoning myself.
2007-07-06 17:40:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
I should add that my doctor recommended that I take this for clinical depression
2007-07-07 04:01:59 · update #1
Holy crap. Don't forget you get vitamins from the food you eat too! Is it FDA approved? If not...stay away.
2007-07-06 17:43:47 · answer #1 · answered by taroo2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and ask her, "What is weak? If you feel weak today, how did you feel yesterday?" Does she need more strength or would she prefer a nap? Does she have a job? Does it come and go with her mood? Is she looking for improvement? It's hard to tell if she actually feels weak or if she's just tired. She could just as easily feel a lack of confidence or motivation. She could be having a female episode, and it could pass, and then she wouldn't feel so weak. Strength training and muscle training are good for women, just a couple times a week would help, but most women don't have any interest in doing it. B vitamins are great for stress and they're also vital to digesting you carbs. It could calm her down or motivate her. If she said she needed something and she was already doing some exercise, this would fit right in. But without the exercise, even just a bit of walking, it might not amount to much of anything. Vitamin C is good for energy, but it might work better if it were in some fresh fruit. Orange juice could be a great upper, with the potassium, but the magnesium could be relaxing and make her almost sleepy. The potassium can make you retain water and lead to some bloating, which could make her feel worse at first, unless of course she were going to exercise which could work out really nice. The adrenaline rush could cheer her up and get those muscles working. None of this is a motivation to get something started. Vitamins are great, but they don't amount to much if you're not going to put them to good use.
2016-05-20 03:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not too high. The only B-vitamin you can really overdose on is B-6, but even then you'd have to be taking amounts in the thousands over a long period of time. The RDA or 'Recommended Daily Intake' is actually the bare minimum of what you need. The typical American diet is deficient in B-vitamins so it is good to supplement.
2007-07-06 18:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by Andee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is unusual to have problems with an "overdose" where too much of a B vitamin could cause trouble. However, when it happens (rarely!), there could be problems with nerves so that the person would not feel the sense of touch very well or might have pain on the skin of the feet or might have problems keeping their balance when walking. There is no need to be supplementing your diet with B vitamins unless you talk to your pediatrician and he or she recommends it because you have a deficiency, or because of another health problem or medication that you are taking. If you have more concerns, you should contact your doctor.
2007-07-06 17:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you will find that B vitamins are water soluble so any excess would pass out of your body naturally. I at one time was taking B-complex supplement and extra thiamine B1. (2 1000mg tablets a day) That was because I was a heavy drinker.
2007-07-07 01:29:24 · answer #5 · answered by gla46 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B's are water soluable, which means you don't store very much of it. Your liver will store a small amount, but nothing to be concerned with. For the most part, what your body doesn't use, it will pass through the kidneys and out of the body.
As for levels for depression, much higher levels have been used to treat depression. If it seems to be working for you, then that is great.
2007-07-11 17:21:09 · answer #6 · answered by searcher555 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he had to "tell you" to take the B vitamins? I would have thought you'd have taken the B group of vitamins "before" you went to see him. Then maybe you wouldn't have needed the doctor.
Maybe your doctor is suggesting you take this amount for a short period (if you think it's too much) since you may be lacking in the B's..
2007-07-14 16:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋