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Just found out I have a b12 deficiency - struggling

Have been feeling down and generally unwell for months (maybe years). Then started getting pins and needles in my feet every morning since end of August (which...

Have been feeling down and generally unwell for months (maybe years). Then start...

•9 years ago

PA & hiatus hernia

I take omeprazole for a hiatus hernia, I recently read an article that suggested these interfere with B12 absorption, I asked the GP but she said not if you...

I take omeprazole for a hiatus hernia, I recently read an article that suggested...

•9 years ago

Not something else.......?

I went to doctors recently as for a couple of months now I have been getting terrible sinus type headaches and tinnitus. I thought I'd just got a head cold and...

I went to doctors recently as for a couple of months now I have been getting ter...

•9 years ago

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Mazamoomoo

Hi all, I have been to see the haemotologist this morning and he has suggested I see a neurologist so I am no further forward with a diagnosis, I have had...

Hi all, I have been to see the haemotologist this morning and he has suggested I...

•9 years ago

Oh no :-(

Ok not a good visit to Dr today :-( i was ment to have had my 5th loading dose today but because this week I've been more breathless and light headed than...

Ok not a good visit to Dr today :-( i was ment to have had my 5th loading dose t...

•9 years ago

PA/Thyroid/Vitamin D deficient

Hello All I've just discovered this site and have found it really interesting and at times very sad reading your posts especially about the misdiagnosis,...

Hello All I've just discovered this site and have found it really interesting an...

•9 years ago

B12 treatments

Hi, I'm new to this site. I have just been diagnosed with a B12 deficiency after having several 'seizures' like blanking out episodes over the last few months....

Hi, I'm new to this site. I have just been diagnosed with a B12 deficiency after...

•9 years ago

Coeliac disease/IBS - connection between other autoimmune diseases

This may have been posted before but I found this an interesting link on coeliac disease/IBS and the connection between other autoimmune diseases:...

This may have been posted before but I found this an interesting link on coeliac...

•9 years ago

PA and open nephrectomy

I was told last Tuesday that's its odds on I have kidney cancer. I'm scheduled to have and open nephrectomy early next month but it's only just dawned on me...

I was told last Tuesday that's its odds on I have kidney cancer. I'm scheduled t...

•9 years ago

Grate debate

Thanks for the link marred to that website- I found this which is great. Many of you may have seen it but for newer people like me:...

Thanks for the link marred to that website- I found this which is great. Many of...

•9 years ago

Mazamoomoo

Hi I am seeing a haematologist on Friday, and this may sound a bit of a daft question, but here goes, once he has taken my blood, will it be tested at the...

Hi I am seeing a haematologist on Friday, and this may sound a bit of a daft qu...

•9 years ago

Anemic and don't know why

Hi everyone, I am anemic but yet my b12 and iron levels are fine, my folic acid is actually high, so I don't know what is making me anemic. Has anyone ever...

Hi everyone, I am anemic but yet my b12 and iron levels are fine, my folic acid ...

•9 years ago

Foot drop

Can b12 cause foot drop I have taken the bull by the horns and made appointment to see my doctor today as I can't wait the next 3 months till I see endo for...

Can b12 cause foot drop I have taken the bull by the horns and made appointment ...

•9 years ago

Antihistamines

Hi, Thank you all for replying. I do understand the difference of the H1/H2. I went to see a nutritionist as soon as I was diagnosed with PA, the first thing...

Hi, Thank you all for replying. I do understand the difference of the H1/H2. I ...

•9 years ago

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B12

B12 defiancy . My bloods are 167 . After 8 injections , I'm still feeling the same . I can't see any improvement . So tired , legs so heavy , muscles weak ,...

B12 defiancy . My bloods are 167 . After 8 injections , I'm still feeling the sa...

•9 years ago

I'm scared!!

Hi everyone, I am really scared! I have had an awfull night! Woke up at 3am and although I was tired, every time I nodded off I had a panick attack and got...

Hi everyone, I am really scared! I have had an awfull night! Woke up at 3am and ...

•9 years ago

Self injecting - Which B12 to use?

Can anyone tell me if the injectable B12 Cyanocobalamin is recommended? I'm hoping to get this from Goldpharma. Also, where do you buy your needles? Thanks.

Can anyone tell me if the injectable B12 Cyanocobalamin is recommended? I'm hopi...

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•9 years ago

Being normal after symptoms

Hey everyone! I was diagnosed with a B12 deficiency back in July. I had a lot of neurological symptoms (severe panic attacks, anxiety, depression, sudden onset...

Hey everyone! I was diagnosed with a B12 deficiency back in July. I had a lot of...

•9 years ago

Antihistamines and B12 deficiency

Hi, Does anyone know if taking antihistamines can cause a B12 deficiency? I have been taking antihistamines for 10 years now for rhinitus. I think all my...

Hi, Does anyone know if taking antihistamines can cause a B12 deficiency? I have...

•9 years ago

Confirmed kidney mass

Hi guys I just wanted to let the PA society know that yesterday I was told by the great man they recommended that although my initial problems in my stomach...

Hi guys I just wanted to let the PA society know that yesterday I was told by th...

•9 years ago

Can anyone help!!

Does anyone know where I can get help with b12 deficiency and diagnosing it,as I am 4yrs post op a RNY gastric bypass without a single injection and nobody...

Does anyone know where I can get help with b12 deficiency and diagnosing it,as I...

•9 years ago

High Folate

Hi everyone, just got a printout of my last blood test results, and discovered my folate is over range ( range shown as 4.0 to 20.0). Mine was 24! Can anyone...

Hi everyone, just got a printout of my last blood test results, and discovered m...

•9 years ago

"Could It be...?

It looks like there is a film out on Sally Pacholok, who wrote the book "Could it Be B12? " Here is the trailer (hope the link works). Could it be that this...

It looks like there is a film out on Sally Pacholok, who wrote the book "Could i...

•9 years ago

Chocolate 41

Hi Just a quick question can I do hydroxcobalin subcutaneous or does it have to be 1M please. We are going away for 2 months and it will be due in the middle...

Hi Just a quick question can I do hydroxcobalin subcutaneous or does it have to ...

•9 years ago

Please could someone help me learn?

I have just been looking through numerous paper work of my results, I noticed that for a while my haemocrit has been noted high, I have also noticed that one...

I have just been looking through numerous paper work of my results, I noticed th...

•9 years ago

PA is negative

I know martyn Said his came back negative3 times,so how reliable are these test and do I get another done ? Start my loading dose of b12 tomorrow anyway

I know martyn Said his came back negative3 times,so how reliable are these test ...

•9 years ago

This is so embarrassing please help

I hope some one can help I was diagnosed wit graves last July And have been treated with carbmazole how ever although I feel better some of my original under...

I hope some one can help I was diagnosed wit graves last July And have been trea...

•9 years ago

mazamoomoo

I am due to see the haematologist on Friday 13th Feb, for blood tests. I am currently taking methyl folate, folic acid, methyl B12 5000mg that melt under...

I am due to see the haematologist on Friday 13th Feb, for blood tests. I am cur...

•9 years ago

More advice please...

Hi everyone, I posted on here early January and got great advice. I've been back to my GP and now have the results of latest blood tests. Both myself and my...

Hi everyone, I posted on here early January and got great advice. I've been bac...

•9 years ago

B12 quite low, Folate High meaning? What to do next?

I finally convinced the doctor to give me folate test and it is high. So this means I have B12 of 247 and folate of 21.4. This confused me as I assumed they...

I finally convinced the doctor to give me folate test and it is high. So this me...

•9 years ago

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