B12 and PCS
 

Hi,

First, for all the contributors here: you're doing a great service. I've stumbled across this site over the years and have always found positivity and hope here, even when things seemed darkest for me.

I'm a new poster so will give a bit of background first. I'm 30 years old. I suffered three concussions between the age of 22-24 while playing college sports. For each of the first two after 2-4 weeks of post concussion syndrome (PCS) I returned to baseline. After the third concussion I returned to near baseline after a few weeks, but have had mild ongoing symptoms continuously for the past 6 years. The most pronounced symptoms are fogginess, struggling with name recall, and a dissociated feeling when in larger groups. Over the past couple of months these symptoms have been getting worse.

This past week I had my b12 tested and found that it was at 389 pg/ml. Obviously this is not my only issue since I have a well documented history of PCS, but am curious if this could be worsening the situation.

Thanks in advance, and I hope that in time I'll be able to give back to this great community.

Hi zephyr, welcome.

It's not that low, and there's no telling how long its been there, or where else it's been (unless you have other previous tests), but... let me put it this way... it wouldn't hurt to take some B12 and get that number up higher. A lot of folks here take 1 - 5 mg (1000 - 5000 mcg) of methylcobalamin daily. Lots of info in MrsD's B12 Thread.

There's also a forum here for Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Concussion Syndrome, where some folks might know more about this particular issue/question.

Doc