[julleri]

Originally Posted by Sallysblooms

Subligual is under the tongue. I let it dissolve slowly. I had such a low level of B12 15 or more years ago that it was barely on the scale. I had shots and sublingual for years, now sublingual works great. Source Naturals is good. Methyl B12.

I had severe vertigo and problems from that low level. Reg. docs had no idea why. Makes me so sad I went through that, then CFS, then POTS. Finding integrative doctors are the key for me at least. He tested a LOT of things.

Things are better now. Docs seem to know more about B12, Vit D and others. So easy to prevent illness by checking the blood.

Thank you, Sally.

This experience with this has been pure hell on earth for me, that and having had an adverse reaction to antidepressants and now withdrawal from them. My vitamin D is low, too. I'm supplementing that as well. I'm only 30 years old, too. I feel like a worn-out 75 year old man.

I really hope my conditions improve over the next year or so. I just worry I'm not getting enough B12 or that I'm not doing it right, etc. Everyone seems to do or say something different about how to get it. One doc said once-a-month shots were good enough, another says once a week then once a month. The method of taking oral (oral vs. sublingual) seems debatable, too. With all this debate, it just heightens my anxiety (which is already high from the antidepressant issues) as to whether I'm getting enough or am doing it right.

This might be a good question for MrsD - I have actually found a couple studies online that were done with the question of sublingual versus oral, and it seems that sublingual didn't make a difference in serum cobalamin levels versus high-dose oral just swallowed. I can't think of the studies off the top of my head, though. Maybe I can find them to share.

I am also giving myself a shot of methylb12, 1 mg, once a week for the next 9 weeks just to complete the shot series. It makes me feel better to just finish them off. That way I will have had 20 shots (or thereabouts) total, which should be more than enough to replete the liver. And on days I don't take the shots I will take the oral 5000 mcg.

Thanks again, Sally, for your advice!

Jason