Just watching Only Connect, a highbrow quiz show on BBC4 and one of the answers was what pop stars ask for on their riders... and apparently Prince asks for someone who can administer vitamin B12 injections.

Is this common knowledge? Can't say I've heard of it before, and if you know the programme, you'll know that it's not the kind that makes things up.

You learn something new every day

it's common knowledge and appears on some of his leaked riders, thus the q on tv

madonna is a big fan of them too. i think she got JT into them also

Yes, it is supposed to give you an energy boost and help with stamina!

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Yes, it is supposed to give you an energy boost and help with stamina!

Thanks for the responses, this has passed me by somehow. Might start taking some myself!

erik319 said:

Just watching Only Connect, a highbrow quiz show on BBC4 and one of the answers was what pop stars ask for on their riders... and apparently Prince asks for someone who can administer vitamin B12 injections.

Is this common knowledge? Can't say I've heard of it before, and if you know the programme, you'll know that it's not the kind that makes things up.

You learn something new every day

Check out the smiking gun website as they have copies of artist's riders and Prince's rider from the Musicology tour is on there. Pretty interesting

erik319 said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Yes, it is supposed to give you an energy boost and help with stamina!

Thanks for the responses, this has passed me by somehow. Might start taking some myself!

http://www.thesmokinggun....ame/prince

There´s also one for the Purple Rain tour. It was part of the "Days Of Wild" book that was published by the Uptown staff years ago and was on the CD-Rom that came with the book.

The sad thing is that Only Connect is a f^%$ing hard quiz and this is one of the only answers I SHOULD have know, by the look of things.

I will withhold my comments. Anything I say will enflame the Vegetarian Mafia on this site.

I used to get vitamine B12 injections at my doctor's, as part of a treatment for

chornic fateague syndrome.

Twice a week, for about a year, then once a week. I should probably go and

get one about once a month now but I don't go in anymore since they tend to

give you too much of a boost, resulting in me not being able to sleep well for

a few days and being quite hyper during the day.

when I got 2 every week, the effect was pretty much constant, so it all leveled

out pretty sweetly. But with one every few weeks or months, it tends to give

me too much of a lift. plus, after a year of 2 injections a week, my arms and

my ass are pretty much bruised beyond return.

I've tried supplementing with tablets, but they don't seem to do anything at all.

I'm still confused as to why artists require them before shows since they don't

work that quickly, in my experience. It takes less than a day for them to kick

in, but it also takes more than a few hours.

And then I had the high dosage stuff. The kind you can only get in belgium,

which are 100 times the amount you get in an ampul in holland.

IstenSzek said:

I used to get vitamine B12 injections at my doctor's, as part of a treatment for

chornic fateague syndrome.

Twice a week, for about a year, then once a week. I should probably go and

get one about once a month now but I don't go in anymore since they tend to

give you too much of a boost, resulting in me not being able to sleep well for

a few days and being quite hyper during the day.

when I got 2 every week, the effect was pretty much constant, so it all leveled

out pretty sweetly. But with one every few weeks or months, it tends to give

me too much of a lift. plus, after a year of 2 injections a week, my arms and

my ass are pretty much bruised beyond return.

I've tried supplementing with tablets, but they don't seem to do anything at all.

I'm still confused as to why artists require them before shows since they don't

work that quickly, in my experience. It takes less than a day for them to kick

in, but it also takes more than a few hours.

And then I had the high dosage stuff. The kind you can only get in belgium,

which are 100 times the amount you get in an ampul in holland.

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

IstenSzek said:

I used to get vitamine B12 injections at my doctor's, as part of a treatment for

chornic fateague syndrome.

Twice a week, for about a year, then once a week. I should probably go and

get one about once a month now but I don't go in anymore since they tend to

give you too much of a boost, resulting in me not being able to sleep well for

a few days and being quite hyper during the day.

when I got 2 every week, the effect was pretty much constant, so it all leveled

out pretty sweetly. But with one every few weeks or months, it tends to give

me too much of a lift. plus, after a year of 2 injections a week, my arms and

my ass are pretty much bruised beyond return.

I've tried supplementing with tablets, but they don't seem to do anything at all.

I'm still confused as to why artists require them before shows since they don't

work that quickly, in my experience. It takes less than a day for them to kick

in, but it also takes more than a few hours.

And then I had the high dosage stuff. The kind you can only get in belgium,

which are 100 times the amount you get in an ampul in holland.

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

LOL @ the sexual stamine it is true tho

but my guess is that's probably why you aren't getting as much sleep as you'd like.

perhaps just stop taking them for a few weeks, just to see if sleep improves?

on the other hand, when I got 2 shots a week, I don't really recall any problems in

the sleeping department. I needed less sleep. But that was also because my CFS

had been treated with other drugs and I went from needing 16 (!) hours of sleep

and still falling asleep during the day, to only needing 7 hours and being up and

about all day long. but the sleep I did get was good, relaxing sleep.

it was only when I started taking them at (almost) monthly intervals that I started

to get sleeping problems, since the new energy was so sudden and full on.

I'm thinking about starting them up more regularly since I've replied to this topic.

But I'd like to try to get them to teach me how to do it myself, which I'm sure they

won't object. Because it's a pain to go into the doc's office and take of your pants

all the time. Which is one of the reasons why I'm not taking any at the moment.

Up yer bum.

Cloudbuster said:

Up yer bum.

IstenSzek said:

You're the bitch.

erik319 said:

The sad thing is that Only Connect is a f^%$ing hard quiz and this is one of the only answers I SHOULD have know, by the look of things.

I got it right!!!! It's an under-rated quiz and well-hosted.

(My daughter even got the 5! 4! 3! 2! question after 2 moves)

Quite coincidentally, Prince was also the answer to another quiz question today on the BBC Radio 4

13:30 - Round Britain Quiz (previously broadcast on Saturday 23:30)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/b014f9qc

Cloudbuster said:

IstenSzek said:

You're the bitch.

indeed, some things never change.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

IstenSzek said:

I used to get vitamine B12 injections at my doctor's, as part of a treatment for

chornic fateague syndrome.

Twice a week, for about a year, then once a week. I should probably go and

get one about once a month now but I don't go in anymore since they tend to

give you too much of a boost, resulting in me not being able to sleep well for

a few days and being quite hyper during the day.

when I got 2 every week, the effect was pretty much constant, so it all leveled

out pretty sweetly. But with one every few weeks or months, it tends to give

me too much of a lift. plus, after a year of 2 injections a week, my arms and

my ass are pretty much bruised beyond return.

I've tried supplementing with tablets, but they don't seem to do anything at all.

I'm still confused as to why artists require them before shows since they don't

work that quickly, in my experience. It takes less than a day for them to kick

in, but it also takes more than a few hours.

And then I had the high dosage stuff. The kind you can only get in belgium,

which are 100 times the amount you get in an ampul in holland.

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

It is almost certainly why you can't sleep. The entire family of B vitamins is known to be energizing. That's why, if you supplement with B - or even a multivitamin containing high doses of B complex - you want to take them in the morning.

Obviously, taking an injection is going to magnify the effect, since the absorption rate will be much higher than for taking a pill.

If Prince is taking B vitamins before a show - that would explain (in part) why he likes to play all night.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

IstenSzek said:

I used to get vitamine B12 injections at my doctor's, as part of a treatment for

chornic fateague syndrome.

Twice a week, for about a year, then once a week. I should probably go and

get one about once a month now but I don't go in anymore since they tend to

give you too much of a boost, resulting in me not being able to sleep well for

a few days and being quite hyper during the day.

when I got 2 every week, the effect was pretty much constant, so it all leveled

out pretty sweetly. But with one every few weeks or months, it tends to give

me too much of a lift. plus, after a year of 2 injections a week, my arms and

my ass are pretty much bruised beyond return.

I've tried supplementing with tablets, but they don't seem to do anything at all.

I'm still confused as to why artists require them before shows since they don't

work that quickly, in my experience. It takes less than a day for them to kick

in, but it also takes more than a few hours.

And then I had the high dosage stuff. The kind you can only get in belgium,

which are 100 times the amount you get in an ampul in holland.

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

Yes, they're sad. But on the plus side, they have very expensive pee.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

I know.

KoolEaze said:

Genesia said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

Yes, they're sad. But on the plus side, they have very expensive pee.

that's what my doc said. i was perscribed the B12 by a professor in brussels,

and my MD sorted out the meds for me.

so I asked him about the huge amounts of B12 and said that yes, I did feel

the effects, but wasn't it way too much?

I mean, beyond a certain point, the body can't cope with it anyway, the liver

can only store so much of it before you just pee the rest out.

but aparantly the body does somehow synthesise the waste products or the

leftover or something into another compound (only partially fcuz) that is of

some benefit to the gastro intestinal tract, which was the main reason why

it was prescribed to me in the first place, along with the added bonus of me

getting more energy from it.

and my doc just said "well, i'm not sure about all of this, it sounds pretty

plausible, the way the professor explains it, but at any rate, whatever it

does, you'll be the man with the most expensive pee in the whole district"

alexnvrmnd777 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I started getting them years ago after reading that Prince was getting them. I first was getting them whenever I had a physical, But now I administer them myself once a week. I just realized when U said U couldn't sleep, that maybe that is why I have insomnia. The energy from them is amazing. My stamina is off the chain in the bedroom. I can go for hours at a time.

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

Yes I did! And not ashamed of it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I admire how well Prince takes care of himself. Some of U are so judgmental . If I see someone and like the way they take care of themselves & their regimens they use. I can do the same thing whether its an athlete,actor,friend or whoever. So who cares what U or anyone thinks. I think U a sad individual for even saying that. But I'm not surprised by reading some of your other idiotic post. U Troll

Bloody hurt when they injected into leg and left a nasty bruise, didnt do much for me but I am falling apart so thats no doubt why

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

Yes I did! And not ashamed of it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I admire how well Prince takes care of himself. Some of U are so judgmental . If I see someone and like the way they take care of themselves & their regimens they use. I can do the same thing whether its an athlete,actor,friend or whoever. So who cares what U or anyone thinks. I think U a sad individual for even saying that. But I'm not surprised by reading some of your other idiotic post. U Troll

LOL at this guy.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

So, you got them only because Prince got them???

God, some of you are just plain sad.

Yes I did! And not ashamed of it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I admire how well Prince takes care of himself. Some of U are so judgmental . If I see someone and like the way they take care of themselves & their regimens they use. I can do the same thing whether its an athlete,actor,friend or whoever. So who cares what U or anyone thinks. I think U a sad individual for even saying that. But I'm not surprised by reading some of your other idiotic post. U Troll

Very odd... Eat a healthy diet and exercise. Becareful get your health monitored by a doctor. Pumping your body with needless medications can have adverse effects years down the line.

Personaly I would not and do not have anything unless medicaly prescribed to help my health.

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[Edited 9/12/11 17:16pm]

TypoQueen said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Yes I did! And not ashamed of it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I admire how well Prince takes care of himself. Some of U are so judgmental . If I see someone and like the way they take care of themselves & their regimens they use. I can do the same thing whether its an athlete,actor,friend or whoever. So who cares what U or anyone thinks. I think U a sad individual for even saying that. But I'm not surprised by reading some of your other idiotic post. U Troll

Very odd... Eat a healthy diet and exercise. Becareful get your health monitored by a doctor. Pumping your body with needless medications can have adverse effects years down the line.

Personaly I would not and do not have anything unless medicaly prescribed to help my health.

.

[Edited 9/12/11 17:16pm]

I do eat healthy(No beef 0r Pork) Workout(Gym, Bike ride)Also my B-12 injections are medically prescribed by my personal doctor. So there!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

TypoQueen said:

Very odd... Eat a healthy diet and exercise. Becareful get your health monitored by a doctor. Pumping your body with needless medications can have adverse effects years down the line.

Personaly I would not and do not have anything unless medicaly prescribed to help my health.

.

[Edited 9/12/11 17:16pm]

I do eat healthy(No beef 0r Pork) Workout(Gym, Bike ride)Also my B-12 injections are medically prescribed by my personal doctor. So there!

Have you got a medical illness example: Anemia?... A lot of doctors you pay will give you whatever you want as long as they see the money.

And writing "so there" is rather childish...

Anyway your choice just hope it dont backfire on you many years down the line...