Karen,

I may have missed your answer elsewhere. Did you by any chance stop menstruating around that time?

rose

lol

no,

I have to go back to my time lines and see, but I think I noticed that the skin under my nails wasn't as blue anymore... at the same time I still had LONG periods. Way past when I should have had them. I'd go through menopause, then with a lot of stress I'd have a heavy flow again...

I also know that my periods were "normal" when I was taking melatonin, and would come on unexpectedly when I ran out...

Also, I could always tell if stress had done a number on me if I got my period (when I wasn't supposed to) or my gums bled... then, if I had a B12 shot the bleeding would stop.

I still have nosebleeds sometimes, and that too, for me, is an indication that my B12 is too low.

You just have to get to know yourself.

Time Lines help.

Hi Rose, I checked my Time Line and saw that on 8/2/99 I noted that my fingernails were no longer as blue underneath. That was 8 months after I was shown how to give myself the shots. I can't remember if that was after my neurologist told me to have more shots... I read it, but I can't remember. I'm too tired to go back and read it again.

I still had my period for years after that... (which my Time Line also shows)

So, I think B12 makes the blood cells able to carry iron better, or something, because of the way it allows blood cells to divide properly.

Also, B12 deficiency can affect the efficiency of the heart. It did in my case, and although I didn't develop blue fingernails, I did develop an inability to function mentally after walking a bit.

Thank goodness, that and the tachycardia and panic attacks stopped within a year of treatment.

As one researcher/writer stated: "B12 deficiency affects every cell in the body," and since we have different genetic makeups, different environments, etc., it affects us in different ways and to different degrees early or late in untreated deficiency.

rose

Good point, Rose, I think that's why it worries me so much that my paternal grandfather died of a heart attack (at an age 40 years younger than my Polish grandfather who gardened a lot). My paternal grandfather worked under stress most of the time.

I know I've often felt uncomfortable chest sensations.

I also know that I found a research paper linking something to do with the left ventricle to low B12.

I remember that when I looked at my heart test, I forget what it's called, that there was something a little out of the ordinary with my left... but the doctors said it wasn't important.

Which of course now reminds me of how Clinton had masses of tests that apparently the doctors didn't find anything important in, just before he had to have emergency heart surgery....

Plus, all the material linking homocysteine with B12... and heart problems.

There are just SO MANY reasons to take B12, preferably the Methylcobalamin form.

I checked my wife's fingernails...and they do not look bluish in color ..

But to give an update ..doc(endo) said that take Iron tablets..which one ..or how much he said we will have to try what suits her.
Anyway , I read about proferrin ...their site says its heme Iron which is easily absorbed by the body and much better than normal Iron pills as it is easy on the stomach ( so no or less constipation)..Doc did not know about this ..but I am thinking will give it a try anyways...
b12 will continue as it is .....2000mcg/per day along with B2(100mg),B6(100mg),folic acid(400) and yes melatonin (will start taking that this week )
so will see how fast the recovery will be.....

Sorry im too lazy to go back and grab the melatonin quote. I know its hard to find melatonin haters in this pro-vitamin/supplement/nutrient/herb place. but i am one of those, I heard that it messes with hormones, causes irritability, mood changes, decreases blood flow, crazy nightmares and in some patients makes it hard to breathe. I had a horrible experience with it as it exacerbated some of my mental problems. I am now taking inderal, and I heard that melatonin takes away the bad effects of inderal, so I'm hoping the reverse would be true in that it will take away the bad effects of melatonin. I think melatonin should have a label which says 35 years of age and older. cause when young people take it, we dont really need it so it probably causes an overflow of some sort, wreaking havoc on your hormones and thus creating some physical/mental problems

quick rose rose need your help, ever since i started taking methylcobalamin with the dosage on my signature(1mg-4mg) man hands started feeling very cold. im starting to get slightly worried. waht should i do? i think maybe i shod lower the dose(4 now) to like 500 mcg-2000mcg waht do u think? it just so happens that this cold feeling happens especially after I crack my neck to relieve some neck tension.

Sounds like you have a couple of things going on, and also sounds like there is some connection between the hands symptoms and your neck. Makes sense. Also, if you do need B12 (or specifically methylcobalamin), it is likely that your nerves are more susceptible to problems, and in that case sometimes manipulation can make a difference in symptoms without getting to the root of the problem.

Hmmm. And maybe you shouldn't be cracking your neck.

If it were me, I would continue with the methylcobalamin. If it's doing anything it is helping.

rose

hmm ok will do, i forgot to add that ive been pretty loose lately. ever since ive started with the methylcobalamin. and recently I have had(kinda weird mentioning this) green bowel movements. which is weird cuz I've never had in my lifetime, and i hafta say it must be due to the methylcobalamin, since ive never taken it b4.