What dosage do you take? I got some sublingual b12 from the store (5,000mcg pills was their max) as that’s easier than going to doctor’s for a shot though I’m open to it. I don’t have a depleted level of b12 I’m just trying to find something to help with the fatigue.
Hello @ni_sm, that user (Marka) posted in 2010. It’s not likely that he’s still here on this forum. People seem to stay a couple of years, or until they get better, then they move on.
Someone else may be able to answer your question, though, so it never hurts to ask!
Anyone try Niacinamide 500mg? I had a very good doctor just tell me to try it. Supposedly gets rid of the anxiety and brain fog naturally.
This Vestibular Migraine Survival Guide is amazing! What an impressive, useful and thorough piece of work. Thankyou soooo much!
I’ve gone off coffee but I found Twinings Extra Strength tea which is probably just as bad… I thoroughly endorse Vitamin B2 and magnesium. I think they helped me enormously
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That was a pretty crazy and non-sensical thing to do. Eliminate Caffeine!! 
Please look at the large range of decaffeinated tea and drinks we have in the recommended products section.
There’s a table here showing the relative caffeine levels in different drinks.
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Wow, this is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to type and share all that useful info with us all! 
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Agree it is a fantastic read. That is why i think a link to this guide should be added to the Welcome Wiki so all newbies can benefit from it.
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Funny you should mention that, I added a link earlier today 
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Hehe … yes! pushing the boundaries with a cup of tea. I live so dangerously these days But I did have a look at the range of decaf teas you gave me the link to (thankyou) and I have tried quite a few of them. Except for Rooibos (and Peppermint I suppose) most of them have such a mild taste I may as well be drinking hot water. I contacted Twinings and asked exactly how much caffeine was in their Extra Strength tea and after a fob off and another go at it I finally got a decent answer. “Our English Breakfast and Extra Strong English Breakfast contain the same levels of caffeine. This equates to 50mg of caffeine per 200ml of brewed tea. Our Extra Strong English Breakfast does not contain tea leaves that carry extra caffeine, the blend is simply made up of stronger tasting black teas.” So that was good news. I really thought it had double the caffeine the way it tastes. I’m carefully monitoring what I can allow myself, believe me. I haven’t had a serious vertigo attack since Nov 2016 and there’s been quite a few cups of caffeinated tea under the bridge since then. I absolutely steer clear of proper coffee or alcohol though. Sometimes I’ve wondered if its something else in the coffee that upsets me and maybe not the caffeine at all. When I used to get bad migraines, cups of tea and proper coffee were helpful.
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That’s the caffeine. Many general drugs like those for flu.cold remedies have added on caffeine to help with absorption. All designed to add to the confusion! Helen
Thank you, exactly what I needed for clarification and peace of mind. I’ve been searching for these words for so long 
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This seems like lost knowledge on this site. guess i need to give up caffeine completely – glad i found this
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Try it, but I’d be wary of thinking that it’s a silver bullet. I didn’t notice any change personally whether I had one cup or none. My oto-neurologist only recommended limiting to one cup of coffee a day and this was mainly to limit tinnitus.
Just found this information on VM and after starting to read, just wanted to thank you so very much for this. I’ve only read, so far, the presentation section. Such recognition! It’s all there, what I’ve struggled to describe not only to docs but to any good friend or family member who asks about it. Back to reading . . .
I just now found Scott’s Survival Guide. If Maisonetta had not found it, and posted a reply to it, I would still be ignorant of its existence. @turnitaround James, can’t you put the guide someplace prominent so it is seen by every new migraines? It needs to be just the guide without the replies, and it needs to be locked so no one can reply to it.
If something new comes along that needs to be added, then you could unlock it, add the information, and lock it back.
As I was reading Scott’s guide, I thought of all the doctors I went to who ran expensive tests just to say, “I can’t find anything wrong with you.” It took 25 years before a doctor finally sent me to a neurologist and he sent me for VM testing.
It’s been linked in the Welcome topic for several years, which is itself linked by a big Welcome mat at the top of the site :).