Worried...

[Ladybug_18]

Recently had many vilea of blood work done, including thyriod tests, metabolic panels, whole blood count. Everything came back normal with the exception of my B12 which was so high, it only read >2000. I've been reading online of possible causes but there are so many. I'm 27 years old and losing weight like crazy, and that scares me. My alkaline phosphatase also got flagged as "low", am I alone in this?

[Nackapan]

I'm sorry I don't understand your results. It's so important a doctor go through them with you. It causes so much anxiety when we given results we don't understand. I was handed my MRI scan results with irregularities on. Still waiting to see a neurologist to interpret for me.

Try and find out soon for your sanity.

Take care

[fbirder]

Have you taken vitamin supplements over the last couple of years?

[Ladybug_18 in reply to fbirder]

None

[Gambit62 Administrator]

as far as I can tell most of the nasties associated with elevated B12 would have resulted in elevated levels of alkaline phosphotase

webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/alk...

healthline.com/health/alp#r...

low levels seem to be associated with vitamin and nutritional deficiencies.

As fbirder says it would be useful to know if you have been taking B12 supplements - taking high doses can result in B12 levels being elevated. This can result in a functional deficiency - all the symptoms of B12 deficiency but high levels in your blood. Tests that could help to clarify if this is the case are homocysteine and MMA - tests which look at the levels of two compounds that will build up if your cells don't have enough B12 to recycle them into useful building blocks - they can both be raised by other factors so the tests need to be done in a context that rules these out.

You really do need to discuss things and work with your GP - this forum is about an auto-immune condition that leads to B12 deficiency so wouldn't seem to be appropriate to your current situation - which isn't to say you aren't welcome - just to say that you are unlikely to find answers here.

I appreciate that your anxiety is high (and that would also be a symptom of a functional B12 deficiency). This post may help you understand a bit about how anxiety works and give you some ideas for coping strategies whilst you are working with your GP to sort out what is going on.

healthunlocked.com/couchtob...