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How long does it take to recover from a B12 deficiancy?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 11 9:12am | Replies (16)
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@donnasouthwick

I guess it depends on WHY you have a low B-12 deficiency. For instance, I have Pernicious Anemia, which means that the intrinsic factor in my gut that changes food into B-12, isn’t there. I could eat 40 steaks and it wouldn’t matter. Same for eating or drinking B-12, I don’t have the factor needed to get it into my symptoms. Btw, as a red head, I know that medication affects me differently, depending upon what it is. So instead of taking my shots every month, I take it every three weeks. It just doesn’t last long enough for me. If you’re comfortable sharing more, I’d love to hear more!

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nicolez123 | @nicolez123 | Apr 8 10:32am

Hi Donna. It has been a bumpy ride for me the past few months. While I seem to have recovered from my B12 deficiency symptoms, I'm not certain this is under control. I've been getting the injections monthly and taking 1,000mg of liquid B12 daily. I also gave up gluten in about 95% of my diet. A couple weeks ago, I had more foods with gluten thinking I could start to incorporate it back into my diet, but low and behold I started to feel TERRIBLE. I have all the symptoms of the deficiency again - tremors, memory problems, extreme fatigue, headache, nausea and the feeling that there is a hair wrapped around my thigh. It's so disheartening.

I'm scheduled for my annual physical this week as well as my monthly B12 injection. I'd like to ask my doctor to re-check my bloodwork. I want to see if I'm even absorbing this vitamin. The gluten really has seemed to put me in a tailspin since I had almost no symptoms for two months and was even back in the gym. Now I can barely walk around the block.

Everything I've had checked so far: full bloodwork panel from hospital, doctor and naturopath, abdominal CT, colonscopy, mamogram and papsmear (all in 2023/2024) and endoscope (2019)

I'm wondering if there is something else I should be asking for and if going a month in between injections is too long. I feel like I'm so close to being able to manage this condition but not quite there. Thanks and sorry for the extremely late reply 🙂

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