Posted by tendency on September 3, 2004, at 16:39:47
In reply to Re: diagnosed with pyroluria - need help! » tendency, posted by Larry Hoover on September 3, 2004, at 9:06:01
> A couple of questions. Are you a dude, or a dudette? I can't remember the person that links to "tendency". Second, do you eat meat?
I'm male. Recently (last 9 months) I've begun to eat red meat several times a month. I know that's supposed to be a good source of zinc, and, since I'm not a vegetarian, maybe I should think about eating it several times a week....> > For treatment it's being recommend that I jack my zinc dose up to 150mg/day and take 300mg b6/day. Is this advisable?
> That is a huge amount of zinc. Is the person recommending it a doctor? Are they going to monitor your response (as in weekly blood tests)? If your uptake improves, at that dose, there can be serious toxic consequences. There's nothing wrong with that dose of B6 (you could probably quintuple it without problem), but you should never take a lone B vitamin. In addition to the B6, always take a B-complex.
No, the person recommending it is a highly recommended clinician ('nutritional psychologist') who I've been working with. She bases these numbers on someone who had good results treating schizophrenics at these doses (can't remember who just now..). She was thinking these doses might be justified as I didn't seem to be responding to the 60-75mg of zinc I had been taking.
> > What should I do about my low zinc levels? Thanks!
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> Take zinc. But make sure you get retested! It's like starting on lithium therapy....the dose is adjusted based on bloodwork, not on intake per se.I'll make sure to get blood tested regularily, thanks.
> I really think there's a lot more nutritional stuff to consider, but there's no real hurry here. It took years (probably) for your system to get this unbalanced, and it's going to take months (at least) to nudge it back to a healthy equilibrium. More, anon.
Of that I have no doubt. Thanks for input!
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