Aaaaaagh! Biotin side effects?!

[LocustSpawning]

The internet tells me that since it is water soluble, side effects aren't likely at all. I took 2000mg of it yesterday, 1000mg in the morning and again in the late afternoon.

In the night, I vomited 4 times, and this morning I've awoken with a red rash across my face, and spots on my chin and neck.. (I never have spots ever.)

Is this the Biotin?!

[aenflex]

Well I am sorry to hear that!!
I got annoying, small acne patches from it, but nothing that major.
You may simply need to try a smaller dose at 1st, like 500 or even 250 mg? You can empty out the capsules...wean yourself up to a higher dosage...

[littlenvy]

Did you take it with food?? You have to take it with food.
But if this is the only new thing you did ... it does seem .

I have known people who have taken 5000 twice a day for a total of 10000 and had no reaction ... but everyone is different. The kind of reaction you got is usually from B6 ... but not really from B7

Maybe there is something wrong with your batch.
I would stop taking it right away!
Give it time and then you can try slowly again with 500 a day and see what happens.

[LocustSpawning]

Yep, I made sure I took it with food. Crazy, right?!

I won't take it today, even though I feel a bit better. Tomorrow I might cut a capsule in half and try 500mg. I hope this doesn't react with me either

[Akiko]

Did you really take 2000mg? That's 2,000,000mcg!!!!

[Igor]

Just because its water soluble does not mean it is okay to overdose on

[aenflex]

Just because its water soluble does not mean it is okay to overdose on

That was funny! Just in a 'general rule of thumb' kinda way!

[LocustSpawning]

I looked on Biotin threads on here and saw that people were taking more. & The bottle says 'Take 1 to 2 capsules per day with food.' That's what I did.. hmm.

[aenflex]

I looked on Biotin threads on here and saw that people were taking more. & The bottle says 'Take 1 to 2 capsules per day with food.' That's what I did.. hmm.

I can never follow those instructions. My body likes a slower uptake of substances. It's weird but true. If I put 1000+ mg of anything in my body that it wasn't used to, I would probably puke it up too....plus you might have an allergy to it or one of the other ingredients...

[nytquill]

Start slow and give your body time to adjust. Lots of people on here take 5,000-10,000 mcg without problems. Some people can't take any at all, it depends on the individual. I'm no medical expert but I bet with such a big dose all of a sudden like that, your body may have thought it was being poisoned, hence the vomiting. Acne is a possible side effect of biotin but gradual increase can help I think.

It could also be something unrelated like food poisoning (I hope not!)