B12

[Tulips51]

Hi, just a question, I have under active thyroid, have noticed hair starting to fall out swollen ankle pains in leg, would it be worth taking b12 vitamins or should I have a blood test to see first?

Would there be any harm in just getting some, thanks Hayley.

[Chippysue]

When you have your thyroid blood tests you need to ask for your folate, ferritin, B12 and vitamin D to be tested. Your B12 needs to be above 500 and the others higher in the ranges.

Most of us hypo's seem to have low B12. If it's below range then you will be prescribed B12 injections, so it's important to have the blood test first,

It's pointless taking B12 supplements that are swallowed as we aren't absorbing the B12 from our food in our gut so we won't with tablets. I use B12 drops or the narrows B12 lozenges that desolve underneath your tongue.

Sue

thyroiduk.org

[Tulips51 in reply to Chippysue]

Thank you a trip to gp next. 👍😁

[Tulips51 in reply to Chippysue]

Hi sue,

My gp had results for vit d it was 20 of which he said was border line also my b12 had come down from just over 400 to 320, he said that was normal, I did challenge him about b12 injections but he said he would up my dosage of levo from 100 to 125 I am to give it a month to see if any change if not the he would refer me, also to get over the counter vit d tablets, so that's what I have done. He did ask if I was stressed about anything 😱😱... I think the changes in my health was a good answer...

Oh well I will soldier on..

Thanks Hayley. X

[Polaris]

Hi Hayley, It seems highly likely that the leg pains, hair loss etc are symptoms of B12 def. Very few GPs understand the symptoms and are only looking for anaemia and large red blood cells, which is the last stage, may never appear, or be masked by high folate. Devastating neurological symptoms can appear before this stage and should be treated without delay, so it is essential to research as much as possible to be able to fight your corner.

Best not to supplement before testing as it will skew the results.

Here are some more links you may not have seen:

b12deficiency.info/b12-writ.... (List of symptoms and an excellent film)

ukneqas-haematinics.org.uk/... :

chriskresser.com/what-every...

cmim.org/pdf2014/funcion.ph... :

Latest BMJ research document with useful summary if GP won't read the whole document.

[Tulips51]

Hi thank you for your reply very helpfull. 😁

[Chippysue]

You need vitamin D3 capsules, never mind border line, silly comments from your GP, why wait until you are deficient??

If you take B12 drops or sublingual lozenges see how you feel when your B12 is much higher.

Sue

thyroiduk.org

[Tulips51 in reply to Chippysue]

Thank you sue will do. 👍 x