freeindeed Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Please put my nurse hubby's mind at ease. He is concerned about the side effects of this megadose. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 It's water soluble, so you'll just, you know, pee out any excess. And there is no tolerable upper limit set for B2, because you can't really overdose on it. ETA: I don't have migraines, but I do take a massive super B complex vitamin each day. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 The only side effect is very neon pee. Lol. You pee out the excess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 And does it work??? I could really use something - anything - that works against monthly migraines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I would love to know more about this. My 15yo has horrible migraines. They started in January this year. The optical migraines stopped when she got glasses, but the painful migraines are still occurring and seem to be linked to her periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 It works about for 2/3 of people. It was suggested to me by a neurologist when my migraines started becoming much more severe and longer (like for three days). Since I have many drug allergies and am on many medications, he thought it would be good for me to try this. He had read the study in Lancet, the British medical journal. It worked quite well. My migraines became much less frequent, not anywhere as severe, and certainly shorter. It didn't completely take them away from me but as I have heard, other more serious medications don't do that necessarily either. The only side effect is make your pee bright orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Neon pee here. It does not make my migraines go away but makes them less frequent and less severe. I take a B complex and magnesium on top of my multivitamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 This is the first I have heard about the B-2, but it sounds like it would be worth a try. Do you have to take megadoses of it in order to get results? The thing that has helped me a lot was suggested on this forum a while back, and I would love to give thanks and credit to the person who suggested it, but I didn't try it right away, so I forgot who it was :blush: -- but she suggested taking magnesium supplements every day as a preventative. I still get migraines, but now they are far less frequent and far more manageable. I used to get the 3-days-of-misery variety with all sorts of fun stuff like nausea. Now they still last a few days, but are more "in the background" if that makes any sense. They can still get kind of nasty, but I'm not stuck in a dark room or anything like that, and I'm able to function relatively normally. I used to take B-50 pills a few times a day, but haven't done that for years. Maybe I should start again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sandra in TX Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Where do you find b12 in that kind of dose? I just pulled my bottle of B12 out of the cabinet, and I would have to take 400 of the 1000mcg pills to get 400mg. A quick scan of amazon and cvs.com didn't turn anything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Where do you find b12 in that kind of dose? I just pulled my bottle of B12 out of the cabinet, and I would have to take 400 of the 1000mcg pills to get 400mg. A quick scan of amazon and cvs.com didn't turn anything up. I think she's suggesting B-2, not B-12. I read it wrong the first time around, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 Yes, it's B-2. I ordered mine from Amazon. I also take magnesium daily. I have been eating low carb for three years, which has helped, but now I have just started the migraine elimination diet found in this book: http://www.amazon.co... david buchholz. Someone else on the boards recommended that book to me. Also, I have Imitrex and Maxalt to take when I get migraines, but I am trying to prevent them. I am also on Inderal daily (as a preventive) but am weaning off Amitriptyline (as a preventive) b/c it caused me to gain twenty pounds. ETA: I drink lots and lots of water, too. Like all day long. ;) Dehydration is also a migraine trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sandra in TX Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Thanks! It seems so obvious now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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