Does Vitamin B6 help with anxiety?
Often, yes. 64% of 22 people who reported on Vitamin B6 for anxiety say it improved. 0% noticed no change and 36% say it got worse. That is below the typical result for anxiety (85% across 95 options).
Anxiety: what users report
64%better22 reports · medium confidence
14 better0 no change8 worse
Ranked #80 of 95 for anxiety.
What people say about Vitamin B6 and anxiety
“daily supplementation of B6 completely changed my life in the early aughts...I definitely felt as though I had some deficits in executive function, picking up on social cues, etc.”
“Individually, neither glycine nor P5P do much for my anxiety or alcohol cravings, but together, they made me feel well for the first time in my life.”
“the only b vitamin I notice is straight up b6. It feels gabaergic... helps me sleep, helps me dream, and helps me stay a little more relaxed in the day.”
“Stress, gut issues, fatigue, insomnia... All corrected when I fixed some deficiencies I had (namely, magnesium, vitamin D, B12, B6).”
What the research says
AResearch: Strong152 meta-analyses · 261 trials on PubMed
None of the top reviews we found look specifically at anxiety. See all research on Vitamin B6.
Side effects people mention
neuropathy 11numbness 7vivid dreams 7anxiety 6peripheral neuropathy 6
What else is Vitamin B6 used for?
Information only — not medical advice. How we count