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I have severe acne on my back, neck and have been diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa (get huge pastules or boils?(not sure what to call them) on my armpits and smaller ones above my groin from time to time).
Wanted to attempt more natural route, so heard good things from megadosing b5 anywhere from 7-20g a day for 1month, then backing down to 2-5 for maintenance. Started 20g Feb25, that day no stomach issues, but I think after 2 days of that, I started to get diarrhea, so figured to back down to 16g (my scooper contains 4g of B5), still got it, so next day, went to 12g, still got it, today went to 8g, no issues.
I've heard to take B-complex vitamins when megadosing b5 to sustain adequate alternate B vitamins, so I've been doing that.
I wanted to know is there any other supplements I should implement or increase when following this B5 protocol? Are there specific times that would be more optimal? (empty stomach,pre-workout, post-workout) Type of foods to avoid or increase. It seems that it keeps me up if I take it too late towards bedtime, or maybe it was just because of those higher dosage days. It feels like I need to drink a lot more water with this b5 increase...
One unique fact about what else is recently going on with me is I'm taking licorice plus by metagenics (1 tablet morning, 2 tabs lunch) and pantethine(1 tab breakfeast, 1or2 lunch, 1 dinner) for my adrenal fatigue issues, and this regimen has been very fucking effective, I wake up early good to go, and easily knock the fuck out at night. From what I understand, my main issue was my cortisol levels were all fucked up, high at night and low in the morning (Id typically have to take a nap after morning to get through the day with some decent energy).
Wanted to attempt more natural route, so heard good things from megadosing b5 anywhere from 7-20g a day for 1month, then backing down to 2-5 for maintenance. Started 20g Feb25, that day no stomach issues, but I think after 2 days of that, I started to get diarrhea, so figured to back down to 16g (my scooper contains 4g of B5), still got it, so next day, went to 12g, still got it, today went to 8g, no issues.
I've heard to take B-complex vitamins when megadosing b5 to sustain adequate alternate B vitamins, so I've been doing that.
I wanted to know is there any other supplements I should implement or increase when following this B5 protocol? Are there specific times that would be more optimal? (empty stomach,pre-workout, post-workout) Type of foods to avoid or increase. It seems that it keeps me up if I take it too late towards bedtime, or maybe it was just because of those higher dosage days. It feels like I need to drink a lot more water with this b5 increase...
One unique fact about what else is recently going on with me is I'm taking licorice plus by metagenics (1 tablet morning, 2 tabs lunch) and pantethine(1 tab breakfeast, 1or2 lunch, 1 dinner) for my adrenal fatigue issues, and this regimen has been very fucking effective, I wake up early good to go, and easily knock the fuck out at night. From what I understand, my main issue was my cortisol levels were all fucked up, high at night and low in the morning (Id typically have to take a nap after morning to get through the day with some decent energy).