New and wanting to know this is "Normal". Your experience?

[anastasiaoctavia]

Hey everyone! I'm new to the platform. Little back story. In 2013 I got the gastric sleeve. Since then I have had chronic anemia. My iron has consistently always been low. At my own fault I hardly ever took supplements because of constipation issues. My life has been spent since surgery, always dizzy, fatigue, heart palpitations. On bad days restless legs. (This was typically when I would find myself supplementing and feeling better) Well, in October I got blood work done and found I was still anemic but also my b12 was at a deficit of 182. At that time I didn't have any serious symptoms other then new headaches and taking a lot of naps.... but it wasn't until a few weeks after I already started supplementing with my iron tablets and my b12 (5000mcg) and drinking of 68oz of water a day to cure the constipation, that I began experiencing neuropathy issues. Mainly right side. Sometimes it feels restless, sometime my toes or finger feel weird or numb sensations. I get pins and needle feelings in random areas of my body. Some days I feel like symptoms have subsided and then later in the evening something pops up or I wake up in the middle of the night with my leg or arm feeling tingly. I have also had a symptom where it feels like my eyes cannot concentrate or when I look around at farther distances things appear blurry. I never had eye issues before. I think at this point my mental health is affected. Thinking the worse. My paranoia resides in the fact that my serious symptoms started after I supplemented for a couple weeks. I've heard that "It gets worse before it gets better". 3 days ago I retested my b12 and it is now over 2000.

I would like to hear your experiences .... did you feel worse before getting better? What symptoms did you show?

[Nackapan]

So your surgery had probably caused the absorbtion issues. Are you on b12 injections?

Havd toh addressed other deficiencies

Folate

Iron.

Vitamin d

You probably will need a full nutritional status done.

Some react badly to methylcobalamin if that's what you are taking??

[anastasiaoctavia in reply to Nackapan]

Hey thanks for the reply! I am low on iron as well. I’m taking a chewable cyanocobalamin. 5000mcg. My last results showed me being over 2000 now. So I’m not deficient. But I am aware I’ll need to continue taking the supplements due to my surgery. It’s caused a lot of health issues to be honest. Including GERD.