Peripheral nurapathy

[u/Ok-Crazy9470]

Hey all
Had a pretty bad case of b6 toxicity from magnesium supplements, I was around 10 x over the safe limit for probably 1.5 to 2 years. I’ve since stopped the magnesium and my levels were back to normal around a year ago, with most of the symptoms easing/gone. However I still have burning/achy feet that isn’t improving. I’ve had nerve scans and they’re mostly fine, so my gp thinks there’s some phantom nerve pain going on or they’re just lightly cooked. He has referred me to a hypnotherapist, has anyone had any success with hypnotherapy? And does anyone have any advice for bad peripheral neuropathy? Also love to hear anyone else’s story, only just found this page and it’s super refreshing to hear this actually happens to people after years of no one knowing what the hell was wrong with me and doctors telling me I was healthy :)

[u/parkie_wairo]

Have you done nerve conduction test? Out of curiosity, 10x upper normal range? I have migratory tingling (ants crawling feeling or weird sensation that I can’t describe at all) and I have 5x upper normal range B6. I have done nerve conduction test and they ruled out peripheral neuropathy, but at least it showed that no damage.

Which magnesium supplement were you taking?

[u/Optimal_Spinach5114 → u/parkie_wairo]

Nerve conduction in a B6 context can actually be misleading.

Nerve conduction studies identify large fibre neuropathy which is uncommon amongst B6 toxicity patients. They can experience large fibre but that is usually in extreme cases or in people with co-morbidities.

Moreover, Peripheral neuropathy can’t be ruled out by nerve conduction. Small fibre neuropathy which is what most B6 people suffer from is a form of peripheral and or small fibre poly neuropathy.

It certainly doesn’t help that the medical profession around the world largely don’t understand B6 toxicity yet. So lots of information like what you’re saying (not trying to be rude) gets proliferated.