nerve pain and B12 injection

[Purplegirl2]

I have neuropathy in my legs that I was born with and I get pain flares every so often. Today I noticed a particularly severe pain flare up after my subq b12 injection in the afternoon. The pain came on suddenly about 7 hours after my injection. It’s the usual leg pain I normally get - knees, upper thighs deep burning pain and tingling. I’ll have to wait and see if the pain spreads down both legs this time. I wonder is this a coincidence or should I expect more frequent b12 shots to trigger the pain more often? I never noticed a pattern of the pain increasing with my b12 shots before. My neuropathy doesn’t really have a pattern to it but I expect it’s been worse when my b12 is low.

[Nackapan]

Initially I did get more pain . I expect everything waking up.

I didn't have anything going on before b12 deficiency to compare too.

I m only guessing but a surge of b12 may well try and heal nerves.

You can also hit a nerve that might set off this chain reaction when injecting too.

I do notice if I've painful legs and hips a b12 injection does help and I sleep better. 😴

[Peder1962]

It happens 40% when nerves wake up. You should continue inject often to get better. Most inject 2-3 times per week. How often do you SI?

[Purplegirl2 in reply to Peder1962]

i just started on an OOD injection schedule (for 1 week). I’m on my 3rd injection. Then I’ll be on 2-3 per week and then stick to 1 shot a week for the long term. My levels are low right now & I have bad fatigue and brain fog. I’m so grateful that I can self injection now. And my doc even ordered subcutaneous injections and insulin needles so it will hurt less.

[Nackapan in reply to Purplegirl2]

That's good. I do sc injections at home with s 30G needle 1/2" long

[Purplegirl2 in reply to Nackapan]

nice. That’s good that your needles are also pretty thin so it hurts less.