Leopardtail
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The body rightly thinks that the heart and lungs are more important than the finger tips, if you de-hydrate it rations blood flow to the extremities in order to keep oxygen supply around the vital organs. If this is severe enough to cause blue fingers then you need first to rule out primary disease affecting urination and blood volume. The three obvious ones are in order: diabetes lipidus, Hypoaldosteronism, hypothyroidism.@2manyhobbies, my Zinc serum last time I checked was 14,1 umol/L which isnt very low I guess? I'm not sure what optimal would be though since I cannot find anything about that on the internet. But the thing about absorption issues sounds interesting since I've had gut problems for a long time.
@Leopardtail, you are probably right about the start slow and go slow scenario. Maybe I've gone too fast again. But the reason for this however, is the paradoxical folate defiency which I believe I find myself to be in at times (getting symptoms for it). Thats why I raised the dose of folate and along with that, B12 too. Some days I've raised with about 2 mg of folate and maybe thats a bit too radical for my body to handle. About the B-complex, I've read from Freddd about certain b-vitamins (like B1 and B2) creating a greater need for folate, thats why I only took half of the capsule as well as the niacin content.
The pale skin is beginning on the top of my fingernails (which turn a bit blue) and then goes down only half a finger. Checked my feets at one time and they were a bit blue and pale, nothing extreme but noticable. Maybe a little bit pale in my face as well. Btw just took ~120 mg of Niacin which got me flushed, now I'm sitting here with slightly cold extremites again, hmpf. Havn't taken my supplements for the day yet though.
I do suffer from increased urination & thirst but has been like this for a long time. Feels like I dont get enough water, or I have to drink to not get dehydrated. Actually I think this has settled down a bit since starting the methylation. But I urinate like 10+ times a day.
Do you know how near average your serum sodium and serum potassium are? What is your thyroid function like?
Have you tried the effect of adding Salt, Vitamin C or both to your water?
There are swings and roundabouts with B-Vitamins. You need both B2 and B3 to naturally create active folates, but yes very large amounts can deplete Methylation. On the other hand very high doses of Folate/B12 can deplete B2 enough to create nerve damage and with vast numbers of other symptoms. With the very high doses of B12 and Folate you were taking, it seems very likely that a full tablet is far from adequate.
Be aware too that very low ATP can create massive amounts of urination, hence the symptom may equally be ATP and Methylation related as well. I concur with @Hip here, you need to sort out your ATP supplements first, then layer Methylation on top. Opinion is divided though, Freddd prefers to make Methylation his priority so you really do need to 'see what work for you'.
If you are gong to do Methylation in isolation and take very high doses of B9, I would strongly ask you to contact Fredd and ensure you do not cause defiency in other vitamins.
Either way blue fingers very definitely equals a conversation with your doctor and proper medical investigation before taking further action.