[mrsD]

There is a condition, which BTW is not rare, called Pyroluria.

It can be misdiagnosed as mental illness. Estimates are that 10% of people can have it...and it can cause severe anxiety and mood swings.

Please read this:
http://www.drkaslow.com/html/pyroluria.html

[b onna]

Thanks for ALL your help this morning, MrsD.

I'm waiting for my vitamin order to come in and will make sure I ask my neuro what my B12 number is when I see her in two weeks, if not sooner. I hope the tests come in quickly so I can get in there quickly and start being proactive to get this under control.

[Martin_12]

In the USA B12 is measured in picograms/mL (pg/mL) while in Australia and other countries that use the SI system the units are picomoles/L (pmol/L).

According to the American Family Physician paper by Oh and Brown (2003)
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0301/p979.html
the conversion factor is approximately 4/3.

To convert from pmol/L to pg/mL multiply by 4/3 or 1.355

To convert from pg/mL to pmol/L multiply by 3/4 or 0.738

Martin