Last year, I believe I had a B-12 o/d that caused little bouts of pain to my kidney and/or liver. I sent Rob a PM about it after taking the Beverly liver tabs, and he was
VERY helpful in reading my lab results and giving me advice.
Anyways, here is story I sent to Rob in a PM late last year:
As you know, I was taking the Beverly liver tablets and they have 1250% of B-12 per serving (one pill). On the package, it says for "best results take one pill per 10 lbs of body weight". That would mean take 25 for me @ 250 lbs. However, I had only been taking 10-12 for about 14 days as of this past Sunday (12000-15000% B-12 value daily). I think it caught up to me. This was one of the new things I had been taking, while the other stuff (ecdy, kre alkalyn, etc.) I had been on a for a few months now.
While sleeping Saturday night, I was awaken by some sharp pain in my right side, just below the front rib cage. It would come in 6-8 sharp increases in pain, all sessions happening within a few minutes. It was enough to make me groan out load. This then occured when I woke up after I ate. With the pain I felt, I decided not to work out or take any supplements. It happened about 2-3 more times that day all spread out 3-4 hours. That night, I did not get 'waken up by it like I did the night before, but it hit me twice that day (Monday) and the last one I felt with a higher level of pain was around noon.
I have felt VERY SLIGHT pain, just enough to notice it since but it seems to be getting weaker where I really can't feel it or say I have the symptoms anymore. I think this is the liver still in a tender state, healing.
Anyways, I decide to go to the doctor on Monday after the last "attack" - they run a blood test, check the usual stuff and nothing. They scheduled me a ultrasound today and she did not see any gallstones, but still waiting on the radiologist to take a look at it. Anyways, I start thinking about my diet and what I had been doing differently and the one that seems to stick out is the Liver Tablets. Perhaps, it has absolutely nothing to do with them, but after reading this article, many of the symptoms seemed spot on:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/33397 ... the-liver/
"Exposure of the liver to high levels of vitamin B-12 caused by an overdose may cause hepatitis or inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis may resolve after excess vitamin B-12 is eliminated from the body. Symptoms of hepatitis caused by vitamin B-12 overdose include right upper abdominal pain, abdominal distension due to swelling of the liver, fever, chills, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stool, jaundice and itching."
The fever, loss of appetite and stook color were all on the mild side, but I still noticed it.
I haven't taken anything since Sunday morning and the pain has basically gone away...
The B12 may not have anything to do with it, but it was worth a shot on self-diagnosis...
I just wanted you to hear my story and see what you thought.
In a nut shell, I think in a week and half, I had about 2 years worth of B-12 vitamins in my system. As soon as I got off, it went away. I have sense taken all the other supplements that I was on at the time (which I was on before the liver tabs) and have had no pain.
Just thought I would share. Also, on occasion, I still have very, very, sligh pains in that same area, especially if I had a large amount of protein at once. This never happened until after the incident I described above. It has been 11 months later.
