QuestionHello,
I have been experiencing numbness in my legs off and on for about two years. I didn't think much of it until I started feeling a burning sensation in my left leg when I would go to bed at night. Lately, I have also experienced numbness in both legs, arms, and even my face. Also, I have had a dull aching pain over my entire left leg for over a week and pain in my arms off and on. I also have very cold feet when I sleep. Do you have any ideas? Thank you so much.
--Ginny
AnswerYes, that is a form of pyridoxine deficiency neuropathy due to the lack of B vitamins in our food. To fix this I have developed a more complex formula but you need to clear with your doctor who may want neurological tests before you get well.
Ask your doctor but this is what I use for my patients:
1) Fish oil 3000mg (900 mg EPA/DHA) just before each meal and at bedtime. You may want to start with one cap before meals and at bedtime taken with at least 2 spoonsful of Stonyfield yogurt from the freezer to stop bloating and burping of fish gas; then increase by a capsule per dose each week for a month to see how you are doing.
2) High Potency B complex, (B-100) just before each meal
3) Magnesium oxide 250 mg taken just before each meal and at bedtime
4) Calcium carbonate with Vit D at dinner and bedtime but must be on the item 2) to prevent stones
5) Vit C 500 mg just before each meal
6) Vit E 400 IU twice a day at breakfast and dinner
7) Cinnamon 1/4 tsp in food or 2x500mg caps just before each meal if over weight, diabetic, have a cholesterol problem, hypoglycemia, polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndrome or low energy.
See the following articles to understand what is missing in your diet to cause this:
1. To better understand the changes in agriculture and food supply affecting you see
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/81/2/341?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTF...
2. To better understand what is missing in your western food supply see http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/6/669
3. To better understand how your health is affected by the current excess Omega 6:3 ratio is, see http://efaeducation.nih.gov/
4. To better understand the effect of cinnamon on lipids, obesity, and diabetes see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/327?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...
5. To better understand the effect of magnesium oxide on your health see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/3/166?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...
6. To better understand the need for vitamin supplementation see
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/5/613?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RES...
7. To better understand the impact of gluten on your health see this web site and look up Celiac, and any other disease you are concerned with:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseaseListPage/DiseaseListPage/LETTER=Cv
8. To better understand the impact of omega-6 plant oil on causation of cancer see:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/6/935
