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Am I B12 deficient ?

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wendy12420
wendy12420

Hi 

I went to the doctors because of constant pins and needles and extreme tiredness ,my blood results showed that my red blood cells where too large ! So more bloods have shown my B12 is low at bottom of the range (190), I'm now awaiting blood results from intrinsic factor but from reading I know this isn't always reliable ,my gp said come back in a month but I feel awful,

Any advise appreciated 

thank you

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  • wendy12420
    wendy12420

    Posted

    Thank you Clive I was shocked when I got the copy and couldn't believe I'd been told it was low but ok !! In future I will always check results myself 

  • dee86517
    dee86517 wendy12420

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    Thats the problem with doctors - when i spoke to private dietitian - he said all my symptoms were b12 related- i suffered terrible headaches too. When i went to my gp and said my pain in fingers and toes was so bad i needed 4 ibuprofens to settle it before i could fall asleep - she gave me a lecture on overdosing ibuprofen - i was like- you are missing the point- something is wrong- she just told me she never heard of it. Honestly i walked out and cried cause she made me feel like im making it up. Thats why im saying - dont give up keep digging - ask them to repeat b12. It has changed my life. Holland and Barret do B12 spray which is meant to be better than tablets - maybe try to supplement first - you dont know if problem is with absorption in which case you may get better with tablets or spray?

    I have also went to a private doctor (im polish and go back home at least twice a year - its very cheap and easy over there to go private) who prescribed me injections which i do myself- ofcourse its not something i will advise you to do - but my private doctor keeps an eye on my levels and also told me that european guideline for treatment is an injection once a month - in UK once every 12 weeks which sometimes just isnt enough. 

    Keep going back and dont give up x

    • wendy12420
      wendy12420 dee86517

      Posted

      Thank you I find it shocking that the doctor says the symptoms aren't connected when it was so simple for me to find out that they are !!! Why wouldn't doctors know this 

      many thanks

    • clivealive
      clivealive wendy12420

      Posted

      Apparantly (Dr) Jeffrey J Stuart co-author of the book "Could it be B12? An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses" [/b]said that during all his years of training he spent only one half an afternoon session on Vitamin deficiency.

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