do i need any other supplements ?

[jenniebee]

hi have read all comments and just ordered Barefoot Nutrition - Vitamin D3 with K2, Magnesium, Boron and Zinc Food Supplement 4000iu - 60 x One a Day Capsules - No artificial fillers or agents and Super B-Complex - High Strength B Vitamins with folate, B6 & B12 plus vitamin C, 60 tablets is there anything i have missed thinking and memory not good at the moment

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Considering the number of replies you had to previous posts suggesting your Active B12 level of 51.2 being below the threshold of 70 where testing for B12 deficiency/pernicious anaemia may be suspected, I'm surprised you're going ahead and supplementing with just a B Complex.

Remember to take your D3 supplement with plenty of dietary fat - you have two fat soluble vitamins in that supplement that will compete for fat for absorption.

[jenniebee in reply to SeasideSusie]

thought the B complex was the one recommended is there one with more B12 ?

[humanbean in reply to jenniebee]

People who are deficient or low in B12 often take a B Complex supplement AND a B12 supplement. Once you've got your B12 level to a reasonable place you can continue with just the B Complex and see how you get on.

[jenniebee in reply to humanbean]

any recommendations on which B12 would be sufficient

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to jenniebee]

It's not a case of taking a B12 supplement, I think the most important thing here is that so many replies have mentioned your below range Active B12, and anything below 70 is suspicious and should be investigated for B12 deficiency. If that is ruled out then you could take a B12 supplement. But if it shows B12 deficiency or pernicious anaemia then you'd need B12 injections.

[jenniebee in reply to SeasideSusie]

asked the GP about having active B12 tested in june but she said the NHS only do total B12 thats why i had it done at medichecks .Serum folate level 4.7 ug/L [3.1 - 19.9] at docs but under range with medichecks .Serum vitamin B12 level 294 ng/L [180.0 - 914.0] at docs

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to jenniebee]

I know what your results are, I have commented on them in your other thread. Your Medichecks result for Active B12, as has been pointed out by numerous members, is supicious of B12 deficiency and further testing should be carried out.

Even though the NHS only tests serum B12, there have been many people with a serum B12 level in the 300s who have needed B12 injections.

[BadHare in reply to jenniebee]

My GP agreed to have the active B12 test sent to London. However, it came back negative as I hadn't stopped B complex supplements for 3 months.

I'd been surprised my levels were even low due to high intake from my diet as well as supplementing. I tried a high dose sublingual which increased my levels from low to top of the range in a month, as well as ameliorating symptoms that had been put down to fibromyalgia (a convenient medical kop out for refusing treatment). Only one brand of methylcobalamin seemed to work for me, but from chatting to other people, other brands work better for them so it's trial & error to find out. Since I started injecting hydroxocobalamin last year, I've lowered my overall thyroid hormone dose by about 20%, so must have needed an effective form of B12 for years.

[Karenk13]

Selenium if you are not already taking it for thyroid function support