Too much?

[Laverdista]

So, I'd switched to injecting every day, from EOD, for the last week (I'm just over 7 weeks into self-injecting).

Apart from my very distressing blip last week when I had an adverse mental reaction (I think) to hospital sedation and the stress of a colonoscopy, I hadn't noticed any ill effects from the switch, and had even had a few evenings of 'normality' (freedom from anxiety and depression).

In general, unlike my early days of injecting, despite the increased injections I had not found any increase in needing to pee after these recent injections. It was almost like my body was absorbing all the B12 I was giving it.

Yesterday, I had extreme anxiety all day - Literally couldn't relax or sit still. I didn't want to take a diazepam, because they seem to simply put me to sleep for an hour, & I wake up with even more anxiety!

So, I held off until early evening, then could take no more.

I thought 'if I do a second B12 injection, what's the worst that could happen?'. So I had a second Hydroxy injection of the day, almost 12 hours after the first. Almost immediately, my body calmed down, the anxiety went, and within an hour I felt hungry and 'normal'. I had a few hoursc of normality, and swapped some text messages with wwwdot! I did find my mind racing slightly more than usual at bedtime, but I was still able to get to sleep.

Anyway, this morning I thought 'I'll go back to one injection a day, but keep an open mind about a second'. So I had my 'normal' B12 injection at 9am. Almost immediately, my normal morning shakiness got much worse, jitters increased, almost felt like teeth chattering. My blood pressure eventually went down, but was 190/130 for a while (I'm on medication for hypertension, which hasn't seemed to work properly since I was diagnosed with B12 symptoms), but thankfully has calmed down now.

I'm just starting to feel slightly calmer, but the other thing that has happened is needing to pee large amounts of completely clear unrine (sorry, TMI!).

Could it be that this is the symptom of just too much B12 in too short a time period? Or a shortage of another co-factor? I've been trying to get my potassium in, but as mentioned previously, one of my medications keeps my potassium high, so I have to tread carefully.

Finally, does anyone know anywhere in the UK that does private U&E blood tests (potassium & sodium)? My GP won't give me another test, and I can only seem to see them via a hospital or the NHS.

[Chickens44]

Hi, as you know I’m struggling a bit at the moment. I wouldn’t say it’s full blown anxiety, but I am getting the shakiness, sweating and generally feeling faint. I wondered whether it was my potassium or magnesium perhaps, although in august the levels were fine. I’m waiting for a test from Gettested, but it got mislaid when it arrived in the lab, so now I have to wait another two weeks. I wish there was a test that was quicker.

[Laverdista in reply to Chickens44]

Thanks. I will look at Gettested. The shakiness, sweating and feeling faint is exactly what I have today! My anxiety is slightly lower today, but still there if I let my guard down (if that makes sense). I'm even wondering about trying one of the propanalol I have lying around. I hate taking diazepam!

[Chickens44]

I’ve just checked my last one I had from Gettested, and it includes potassium, magnesium and sodium, but is currently taking three weeks to get results.

[Sleepybunny]

Hi,

I found several providers of private blood tests when I searched for "private blood tests uk".

[helvella in reply to Sleepybunny]

In case it helps, a number are shown on the Thyroid UK website:

thyroiduk.org/testing/priva...

And a new has had quite a bit of discussion - Lola.

[Laverdista in reply to helvella]

Thanks!

[PlatypusProfit8077]

How are you travelling? I hope you’re feeling a bit better today!