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Already feeling symptoms are back

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Hi, I finished my loading dose on the 19th dec and already feel as if I need another dose as symptoms are creeping back - tiredness, bad painful spots, dry / brittle / wiry /strange hair growth on scalp, ache in hands.

Am new to the site and a new sufferer - is it normal for symptoms to return so quickly??

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lesbud1

Hi, I can not rely on the injections I have so I take sublingual (under the tongue) b12 methylcobalamin not the cyanocobalamin as this can give you headache although is cheaper! I take 1000mcg daily to top up the injections I get every 8 weeks. Hope that helps. Superior source is the make I take.

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Unfortunately it is very common for people to find that they need B12 much more frequently than the text book/GPs provide shots - especially as the regime of once every 3 months for maintenance in UK doesn't really appear to be based on any hard scientific evidence that anyone has managed to produce.

I find my symptoms start to return within 24 hours of shot so supplement heavily using other sources - includes some injections (is quite simple to source B12 ampoules from outside the UK) though not intramuscular - just subcutaneous. But mainly I use nasal sprays.

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Frodo in reply to Gambit62

Hi Gambit, which nasal spray do you use and where do you get it from? Sorry if you've posted this elsewhere already! Thanks.

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Gambit62Administrator in reply to Frodo

My favourite isn't available at the moment - but the company I get it from detox people

detoxpeople.eu/

also do a range of nasal drops - don't find them as easy to use because the 'spray' needs to be slightly inverted but they do the job.

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Frodo in reply to Gambit62

Thanks!

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Chocolate41

Yes I find the same.After I had my six loading doses symptoms returned after 8wks.I topped up with the spray in the mouth until I could have my 12wkly injection and it worked a treat. I have another 4 wks until my next and I can feel my aches lethargy returning?So it's back to my spray.Give it a try.You can't overdose on B12. Good luck.

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