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Vitamin B12

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Elmtree57
Elmtree57

has anyone really benefitted by vitamin b12?

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  • aileen07483
    aileen07483 Elmtree57

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    Yes, in 2007 I was diagnosed with B12 deficiency and began receiving B12 injections which continued until 2020 the first year of the Covid pandemic in the UK.

    Throughout that time a couple of weeks before the 3 monthly injections were due I would go downhill physically and mentally with a recurrence of the original symptoms. In 2020 my GP phoned me and asked me to take part in a research study seeing if people really needed to take it. I agreed since the GP said I would be able to restart the injections should I need to. I am not well now and yet my GP says that since my B12 levels are within the normal range my injections will not be restarted and I should buy over the counter remedies. It has been shown that those do not work and that people who do not absorb B12 efficiently will show normal levels. So yes, B12 does have an effect and I do not know how to speak to my GP now to make them take me seriously.

  • kevin20179
    kevin20179 Elmtree57

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    hi, i had my last dosing jab on 19th April and require one every 3 months thereafter. Just had my first 3 month 'top up' on 19th July. Still have a feeling of weak legs, although i can walk fine. Strange sensation in the hands too, difficult to describe. Have i benefited ? I'm not sure as i dont know how long these things take to get right. I appreciate that B12 affects the nervous system and nerves are a funny thing

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