Vitamin b12.

Rocoup
Rocoup Posts: 669 Member
edited December 14 in Chit-Chat
Anyone had any problems with low b12?

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  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
    I do, and I take shots for it every month. I also have low D and take prescription D every week.
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,744 Member
    Yes. The shots will make you feel amazing.
  • Rocoup
    Rocoup Posts: 669 Member
    I had the shots for 2 months then it was normal. Just worried its low again
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited December 2018
    No, I injected it..(student RN...not paying $80 for it..) because I was worried I might be low (vegetarian) and my B12 level is insanely high. You need intrinsic factor for it to be absorbed. Might need to get some serology and diagnostic done.
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,744 Member
    Rocoup wrote: »
    I had the shots for 2 months then it was normal. Just worried its low again

    Mine was normal recently (checked before getting my shot that day), but my provider left the directive for shots open and told me to just come in when I felt like I need it. Maybe check and see if yours will do that.
  • TheresaOrtiz3
    TheresaOrtiz3 Posts: 28 Member
    I take B12 sublingual daily. I take 500 units every single day.
  • Rocoup
    Rocoup Posts: 669 Member
    I take a pill daily not sure if it's working tho
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,744 Member
    Depending on how low your level gets, pills might not be able to bring you to the level you need to be at.
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    I doubt you're already deficient if you tested normal two months ago. Takes a long time, years even, to become deficient. Ask your doc for a blood test if you think you're experiencing symptoms related to B12 deficiency.
  • Rocoup
    Rocoup Posts: 669 Member
    kam26001 wrote: »
    I doubt you're already deficient if you tested normal two months ago. Takes a long time, years even, to become deficient. Ask your doc for a blood test if you think you're experiencing symptoms related to B12 deficiency.

    I had the injections for 2 months. That was early this year though
  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
    My B-12 problem is hereditary. My father landed in the hospital thinking he was going to die, but he really only had very low B-12. His hemotologist told me that my father was not absorbing B-12 and that is a hereditary thing and it would likely happen as I got older. I was pretty sure I was low by the way I was feeling, had the blood test and it was very low. 4 weeks of shots, now I only have to go monthly.
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