Abby, I sure do notice a distinct change in muscle strength on those rare occasions when my blood sugar drops. It's no coincidence. This is a really good article to explain all that:
http://www.altmd.com/Articles/Hypogl...ative-Medicine
This is an extreme example, for people with glycogen storage disease:
http://www.agsdus.org/html/typeivongierke.htm
Before I found out that I didn't have stomach acid and started taking Betaine HCL, I was having reactive hypoglycemia. My food didn't get properly digested and was dumping into my small intestines. Not a fun thing to have. I've had a glucose monitor ever since. I still tend to have drops in my glucose from time to time.
Do you eat breakfast? If not, you should start!
I do the "grazing" thing throughout the day. I concentrate on carbo/protein combinations, which is a bit harder when you have celiac disease!
Abby, Have you ever read through this site? Are you sure you don't have some congenital myasthenic syndrome. Some syndromes are late onset.
http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/synmg.html
Susan, I'm glad that is working for you. B12 is one of those vitamins where you can't really get too much, unless you're being nutty and having like ten bottles at a time. In that case, the body will simply pee it out. Mrs. D could back this up or you could go to the gluten forum here and get lots of info!
I take 5 mg. of B12 twice a day. More if my feet/ankles or lower back are flaring. I didn't get sufficient treatment soon enough after my deficiency and I have found that I can't miss my B12 or those areas "flare." They were the worst during my def.
Sublingual B12 goes to work in the blood stream, as you know. Some of it is used by the body, some is stored in the liver and the rest is peed out.
You need B12 to make acetylcholine. It was during my B12 def. that my symptoms of weakness came to light (after 40 years of having them).
Abby, I don't believe in coincidences.
Cause and effect? Yes. Instincts? Yes. But things just don't happen in the body for no reason. Too bad some doctors don't "think" that way. They might solve more problems if they were open to their patients' instincts.
Hope you guys are doing well.
Annie