However, vitamin and nutritional supplements should not be used as a replacement for traditional mental healthcare.
It can, however, potentially complement your treatment.
This article covers the importance of B vitamins and the possible benefits of taking a vitamin B complex supplement.
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What Do B Vitamins Do?
Vitamins are important to our health.
While there are only 13 essential vitamins (including vitamin A, C, D, K, etc.
), each plays a different role in the body and brain.
This is why maintaining adequate levels of vitamin B is necessary for psychological and neurological functioning.
A vitamin B complex is a supplement that includes all of the B vitamins in one pill.
You should not supplement with vitamins without guidance from your doctor.
This is why it’s important to maintain healthy levels of vitamin B daily.
Unfortunately, many people dont know when theyre experiencing a vitamin deficiency.
They may be experiencing physical and mental health symptoms, but are unsure of the underlying cause.
What Happens If a Vitamin B Deficiency Is Left Untreated?
If a deficiency goes untreated and worsens it can cause serious harm to the body and brain.
In the case of a B12 deficiency, people could experience significant physical, neurological, and psychiatric symptoms.
Vitamin B deficiency can affect memory function and cognition.
Understand, however, that severe mental health conditions requireprofessional treatment.
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