Originally Posted by davos

i was told to get a test of B 12 a year ago. all i was told was i have
ELEVATED B 12...my PCP has the results of my test and ive tried and tried to get that information to the neuro im seeing for parkinsons.
have you thought about having too much of that "balimin" ?

thanks
davos
dx PD 2000
b 1936

Originally Posted by Bruce 01

Hi, and thanks for the site.

I'm a 58 year-old male, and have been healthy all my life except the last couple of years. It started with numbness on the bottom of my left foot, then I had blurred vision for a week or two at a time, then it would go away, light headedness, dizziness, brain fog, extreme fatigue, and I also got numbness in my right foot. In September 08, my doctor discovered I was B12 deficient, number was 234. He gave me 1000 mcg shots weekly for a month. He said it might help my foot numbness, and I wasn't expecting much, but within a day or two my vision cleared, my brain fog went away, and I felt like my old self. I spent countless hours reading about B12 deficiency, so I am pretty well up to speed on that.

After the shots were finished, I went on 5000 mcg B12 sublinguals. I felt great, and my feet did not change much, but month to month I did notice a very slight improvement. Then in early February my feet got a little worse, I had slight vision problems again, brain fog, and extreme fatigue. This lasted about 10 days then pretty much went away. I had an appt with a neurologist last October which I cancelled because I felt so much better, but I re-scheduled and saw him today.

He more or less poo-pooed the B12 problem, gave me a bunch of tests, and concluded that I should have a brain scan. He said there were 5-10 things that could explain my symptoms, but would not elaborate until the brain scan which should be within 2 weeks. Now I am pretty down in the dumps, worrying about what kind of uncurable, degenerative disease I might possibly have. I am an eternal pessimist and this will play on my mind constantly for the next 2 weeks, and I will assume the worst (in fact I already have).

Can anybody give me some encouraging words? Can this have a happy ending? Thanks!