Remember to take your supplement, leave the tab in the kitchen, next to a water jug or whatever, plus improve your diet with high folate foods (check online). Info I have from research is that it can take 3 to 4 months to recover from symptoms of low B12 so persistence is key, plus as others said improve B12 and folate/ iron. It is complex but do what you can for yourself.
Thank you Geronimo. This is month 5 since starting injections I have taken my folic acid every day for the last week so I am trying to get in the habit. Need to get in the habit of vit d next. It would be so much easier if they could all be taken together! X
normal range doesn't really apply after loading shots as it introduces the possibility of functional deficiency because your serum levels have been high - what counts is whether you are still symptomatic - which is going to be difficult to gauge entirely because of the overlap with thyroid problems.
what is happening about sorting out your thyroid levels?
Well I started 25mcgs in March, increased to 50mcgs 8 weeks later then this is my 8 week test following the increase so I have an appointment with my gp on Tuesday to hopefully increase a again. My TSH has come down from 6.53 on 25mcg to 4.7 (0.27-4.2) with the 50's so I'm not far off. My t3 hasn't increased that much though. 4.18 to 4.34.
It's really hard to know what's causing what but I'm getting the signs again, odd pins and needles more frequent but not for long, and blurred vision with one episode of double vision when I was really tired/stressed last week. As well as the usual fatigue, weight gain, dry skin etc x
it isn't uncommon for symptoms of B12 deficiency to seem to get a bit worse in the first 6 months or so of treatment - like nerves waking up after being asleep for a while - and the immune system coming back to life so reacting more to infections than in the past. Could be that if things are intermittent.
suggest you keep a diary of symptoms though as may be that frequency of injections isn't right for you and that should help to identify recurrence after a shot.
you don't have functional deficiency (high serum but not enough getting through to cells). You may be being undertreated but its difficult to draw that conclusion at the moment.
Because of the overlap in symptoms it is difficult to know if your problem is the adjustments to thyroid or B12 - would really recommend that you make sure that your thyroid is under control before assuming it is B12 that is your issue.
No that's why I'm looking towards the b12 but worried about causing functional deficiency if I was to self inject.
I felt a bit better after the last injection but it was around the same time my thyroxine was increased from 25's to 50's. It lasted a few weeks then has been gradually getting worse since.
My thyroxine was increased again nearly 2 weeks ago but I haven't felt any change just continuing to gradually feel worse
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