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Originally Posted by Westgrl
I am on B12. I was diagnosed in June after 2 bad loss of balance spells. I've seen countless specialists for odd symptoms but nobody ever considered B12 deficiency. After this happened & I did research on my own, I told the Dr I wanted to be tested so he agreed. It came back at 163, very low. First month, I got weekly injections, now I am on monthly injections. My symptoms have worsened though.
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Have they retested yet, and if so, what are the levels at that time? Most injectable B-12, AFAIK, is cyanocobalamin, which not all people assimilate well (which could also explain the deficiency to begin with). Methycobalamin is ostensibly better assimilated and relatively inexpensive, but must be taken on an empty stomach. There's a lot more info about this on the B-12 discussion thread in the
Peripheral Neuropathy forum:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html
Were any other blood tests done (vit D? others?), and if you'd care to share the results (and the odd symptoms), some folks here may be able to offer some suggestions or other things to look into, or point to other resources to follow-up on your own.
Doc