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B12 deficiency leading to headaches & face tingling/numbness?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Nov 22 6:44am | Replies (31)
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@patrickb76

Hello Rachel, thank you for your quick reply!

i have been on Metformin for 5+ years now, i am a prediabetics, no insulin and my readings are always good.

Starting about a year or so ago, i started to feel depressed, paranoid, tired, irritable, then a few months back, i started to have pain in my calves and floaters and few weeks ago some pin and needles on my face and 2 weeks ago having headaches.

I did some research and i read that Metformin can diminish B12 levels and that B12 deficiency can even be misdiasgnosed as prediabetes, which was a shocker to be honest

I'm having an appoitment with my Doctor next week to talk to her about this

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Rachel, Volunteer Mentor | @rwinney | Oct 17, 2023

Hi patrick, unfortunately I am not familiar with the medicine metformin but it definitely sounds worth checking into, regarding your symptoms. I'm glad you're going to meet with your doctor next week. Will it be a neurologist or your primary care provider?

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austex | @austex | Oct 22, 2023

If you are PRE diabetic then why are you on Metformin? What does your doctor expect to give you if you flip to diabetic?
Here's my experience - and I'm kinda long winded....
In 1982 I saw a doctor that also did acupuncture as I had just moved to another town and needed help with a migraine. He sent me down the next morning for a SIX hour glucose tolerance test. Yes, SIX hours.
He told me I was pre-diabetic and the best way to manage it was simply not to eat anything with sugar, honey or glucose (or other -ose's). Period. So I followed his instructions.
In 2010 I had to see an endocrinologist to look at a goiter I had developed. I keep meticulous records of my blood tests and showed them to him - all the way back to 1982.
He told me that with the results I was now having with A1C1 it was clear that I had diabetes II but that it was controlled well with diet. That wasn't good enough for me so everyday for a year I had a HUGE tablespoon of cinnamon in my morning oatmeal and a HUGE tablespoon of cinnamon at night on my toast. Now my A1C1 results are always terrific (without the cinnamon) and I have stopped telling anyone that I am diabetic. I just say I am allergic to sugar, honey and glucose, because I do get hypoglycemic and I don't want anyone shoving a teaspoon of sugar down my throat !!!

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