B12 supplementation query

[goingholiday]

My active B12 level in 2022 was 66.1 pmol/L and following advice on our wonderful forum I began taking Thorne basic B complex. This raised my levels to 78.6 pmol/L in 2023. This year my B12 level is 76.3 pmol/L. So it hasn't continued to increase to the recommended 100 pmol/L.

For the past ten days I have been taking sublingual B12. My query is this ...... do I carry on taking just the B12 until the bottle is empty? Do I stop the B12 now and resume my B complex (which is the Igennus brand) or do I do a mix. Take the sublingual B12 once a week and B complex for the other six days?

Thank you.

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Optimal active B12 needs to be over 75, not 100.

You would be fine to continue the Thorne Basic B and perhaps add in the sublingual B12 3 or 4 times a week.

A B complex is important as it also contains folate.

How are your other vitamin levels?

[goingholiday in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thank you for your reply Jaydee. I’ve got my wires crossed then thinking b12 needed to be 100 ! Though you probably need to check!

Other vitamins are good, thanks to the advice given here:

Ferritin 78.30 ug/L (30-332)

Folate 35.6 nmol/L (>7)

Vitamin D 103 nmol/L

My viamin D is usually a little higher than this so in May with all the horrible weather we were getting I did up my dose. Now the sun is out so I shall see how long the sunshine lasts before lowering the dose.

[Jaydee1507 Administrator in reply to goingholiday]

Even if you were outside all day every day the British sunshine is unlikely to raise your vit D level by much at all.

103 for vit D is good.

Other vitamins look good too, well done.

[goingholiday in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thank you Jaydee.

My vitamins are good because of the wonderful help and advice offered here which definitely got me on the path to better health. And I would like to say a specific ‘thank you’ to the Admins who do a tremendously magnificent job 👏💖

[goingholiday in reply to Jaydee1507]

Just to be clear - would I still take the b-complex on the days I took the sublingual b12? Or would the sublingual b12 be taken instead of the b-complex on those days ?

[Jaydee1507 Administrator in reply to goingholiday]

You would effectively be topping up with the B12 sublingual because a little extra would be good.

So take B complex every day then in addition take B12 sublingual every other day.

[goingholiday in reply to Jaydee1507]

Gotcha ! Thank you once again 😊