Vitamins - when to take them

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Just a quick question...I have just increased my son's B complex dose, we were increasing slowly a few days at a time, we give it to him before dinner and then Cal/MAg/Zinc after dinner - I heard the Cal/Mag helps with sleep. Last night he seemed to have trouble getting to sleep - I imagine it could have been the excitement of going back to school but I think somewhere I read B complex can make you hyper - I can't find that info now. Should I be giving the B complex in the am? Any feedback would be appreciated.

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Hi

 

I found the same symptom with my son when I started him on a B complex. I no longer give him the B complex (just the B's that he gets from the multi). Chemar's son had the same problem and so she gives the components of B's in a separate form. (that is B6 separately, B12 separately...). Chemar may be able to give more info on this.

 

thanks and good luck.

[Claire]

Pfeiffer recommends giving the B's in the morning because of the potential for hypreactivity/interference with sleep. They also say to give the cal/mag in the am, separately from the zinc in the pm, for better absorption of each. They suggest all the B's in the same dosage though--I assume it is individual, so watch your own child. We have no issues with P5P (activated B6) at bedtime, so I split the dose, but that is just us.

 

Although they say that if your child is undermethylated B3 is bad to add (same with choline), and if overmethylated, B3 is good to add, so depending on your son's make-up, it makes a difference according to them. They say a little may be okay. Also, too much B6 aggravates yeast, so you want to watch this unless your child has pyroluria or a known deficiency.

 

www.labcore.com or was it www.labcorp.com does the methylation test for them. Methylation issues seem to be common in this area, based on the posters here who have done them.

 

Claire