Levels up

[Georgiapeachy]

How long does it take to feel better once b12 levels are up?

[wedgewood]

You really can’t get an anwer to that . We are all different . It can depend on how long you have been deficient , and one doesn’t really always know that . It is such an individual matter . But if one has been deficient for a long time , then one sometimes get left with irreversible symptoms , unfortunately ..Your levels of B12 will go up quite quickly , but, the B12 needs to get into the cells .

Hope that you are taking a B9 supplement,called folate in food -(green leafy vegetables) and folic acid in tablet form .

Best wishes .

[Georgiapeachy in reply to wedgewood]

Thank you

[pvanderaa]

Are you taking folic acid and a daily multivitamin?

[Georgiapeachy in reply to pvanderaa]

I have not but will start. Thank you.

[pvanderaa in reply to Georgiapeachy]

After each injection you may feel worse for 2-3 days with counterintuitive symptoms like diarrhea, pain and hunger especially if you have had neurological damage and are still deficient.

When the cells in the body get B12 after being deficient, the backlog of metabolism gets worked off fairly quickly and uses up the folate and metals and minerals reserves.

The folic acid and multivitamin replace these.

As nerve repair starts, stronger and faster signals go to the brain and it thinks things are worse unit it figures out the new normal and recalibrates. Gentle range of motion exercises help it figure this out.

The chemicals of stress and worry about these new symptoms cause the brain to take longer to figure this out.

Thr getting started is the hardest but once you get going you may find that if you pace yourself, you can keep going.

You may feel like you are on a roller coaster ride of highs and lows especially if you have psychological symptoms from the neurological damage.

By using the logbook and knowing what to expect after each injection you get some control back. The “good” counterintuitive symptoms follow a pattern that is unique to you for 2-3 days. Once you recognize this pattern of symptoms you can relax and not stress out.

The more severe these “good” symptoms are after the jab, the more deficient you were and the larger the backlog of metabolism was before the injection. You can hopefully use this information to argue with your GP for more frequent injections.

Log any food, drink and other medications as well, as symptoms from these such as tiredness and brain fog are delayed and can occur 3 to 48 hours later because the gut is involved. Being able to identify and eliminate these symptom by eliminating the offending foods like gluten, dairy (casein protein), soya, and alcohol.

To monitor progress with the logbook, don’t compare day to day. Instead record a daily severity score of your own choosing and compare the score to the same day in the previous injection cycle or the cycle six months earlier. Nerve damage repair is extremely slow and imperceptible. if you have short term memory loss it is almost impossible to remember as well.

Treat the jab as day zero each cycle and reset your day counter. Then compare day 2 of the roller coaster ride to day 2 of your previous cycles. As you improve symptoms also disappear and the severity scores get better.

As you feel better, you will naturally do more and over do things and use up B12 faster as well as folate and other vitamins. You can see this in your logbook as well.

[Georgiapeachy in reply to pvanderaa]

My symptoms after injections are increased weakness, fatigue, cognitive issues and nausea. Symptoms last about

2 weeks. I’m one once a month now. It just gets worse as I go.