Vitamin B12

[sam295]

Can anyone tell me about Vitamin B12 and have they been recommended to take it and felt better?

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Has your doctor recommended that you take Vitamin B12?

[G1nny in reply to Activity2004]

I forgot to mention omeprozale ruins b12 absorption and I no longer take it.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to G1nny]

Thank you for letting us know. 😀👌

[sam295 in reply to G1nny]

Yes thank you for that information.

[sam295 in reply to Activity2004]

It was a nuitritionist

[Zest]

Hi sam295

There is an article from Healthline about Vitamin B deficiency, and it does mention vitamin B12 in that article, plus some of the natural foods it is found in etc. You could have a look at the article to see if it's of interest to you:

healthline.com/health/sympt...

I haven't got any personal experience of taking it as a supplement as I try to get my vitamins and minerals from real food sources as much as I can.

Zest

[Hidden in reply to Zest]

Thank you Zest for sharing the link on B12, I see that Vegans do not get enough of it because of the food they eat hence someone in my workplace who is Vegan recommended that I take B12.

Alicia

[sam295 in reply to Zest]

Thankyou everyone for all this help

[G1nny]

I became b12 deficient a little over a year ago. I had low b12 and had trouble swallowing even after surgery to help it. I stopped eating an egg every morning and took omeprozale which makes you not absorb b12. I couldn’t swallow meat and went completely vegan and I never took b12. It was a huge mistake. I got some nerve damage and enlarged red blood cells. My doctor told me nothing but after researching it myself I take 2 b12 tablets every day since there are 2 kinds and no one can say which one will work for you. Methylcobalamin and cyanocobamin. After 6 months feeling much better and no more enlarged red blood cells.

[Hidden]

Hi sam295, I've been put on iron by my Dr's and had a bad reaction to them as they act like a laxative for me, I was very anaemic and was given 500mg iron tablets and told to take 2 four times a day. It was due to anaemia that I was diagnosed with coeliac and I didn't take the iron and because I'd eliminated gluten my gut recovered and my iron levels bounced back.

So I'd want to know why you are anaemic and treat the cause rather than the symptom, so iron supplements are a short term med.

And good luck as anaemia really drags your down.

[G1nny]

That’s what I do, too funny. I only go for prescriptions I can’t get otc. It seemed like my doctor didn’t care . At one point when I asked for a sleep aid she said that I was getting and 4 hours of sleep should be enough. I was 62 at the time, I no longer go to her. Have a great weekend.

[G1nny in reply to G1nny]

I meant getting old

[suramo Star]

Vegetarians and Vegans are always deficient of vit b12.They need to take 1500 mcg daily. Sublingual form preferably. Oral b12 gets destroyed in the stomach.

Nonvegetarians don't need to take b12 tablets.

[G1nny in reply to suramo]

I take the sublingual kind and a bcomplex

[suramo Star in reply to G1nny]

Does it have b12 - methylcobalamine 1500 mcg? I'm not aware that b complex is available in sl form.

[G1nny in reply to suramo]

Yes merthyl subliminal the n complex is just a pill I swallow

[Hidden]

An answer to a question you didn't ask:

If you DO decide to take it don't be shocked by the color of your urine!

It will be the bright color a child would choose if drawing it with crayons.

It's... startling if not expected.

[sam295]

I am taking optimal liposomal active B12 with L-5-MTHF liquid

[Zest]

Hi, G1nny - Just tagging you here, as you wanted to know where you'd been discussing B12 deficiencies before, and it was here in this thread - over in Healthy eating forum.

Zest