Vitamin B12 deficiency

[Vinayaka]

There are many causes. Trouble is to pinpoint the right one. Also, people do vary on what's normal for them. So one needs to look at the symptoms more than the numbers ... not just in B12, but in blood pressure, cholesterol, iron, etc.

Symptoms are tricky too though, because many things will cause parallel symptoms.

I had totally normal (within normal range) on most everything they regularly test for, and still had a mild heart attack. Individuals vary, said the docs.

 

[smith annie]

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[wizanda]

B12

B12 is found in fungi.

In my opinion.

 

[Marcion]

A vegan diet can cause the deficiency, or even a vegetarian diet if not done properly.

And even a diet with meat, eggs, dairy and fish is no guarantee to stay free of the definciency.
I take B12 once daily in a pill mixed through my smoothy.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Yep, I haz it. Doc's office called with my routine blood work results. My B12 is 138 on a scale of 200-350. I have to go once a week for 4 weeks for a B12 shot. I guess he'll re-test after that. I have to take 1 mg of folic acid. B- b- but I take a super mega B complex supplement, and I eat red meat! Well, apparently that don't mean a rat's hoo-ha. So why the B12 deficiency? Welllll... I take lamotragine (Lamictal), an anti-epileptic as a mood stabilizer for bipolar and depression. Guess what lamotrigine is well-documented for... yeah, vitamin B12 deficiency.

But here's the rub... Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause bipolar and depression. So which came first, the chicken or the egg (actually the egg because chickens are dinosaurs and dinosaurs laid e... oh nevermind). Am I on lamotrigine because of a B12 deficiency (can take years to develop) causing bipolar, or was I put on lamotrigine erroneously when my bipolar and depression could be caused by an idiopathic B12 deficiency? I guess we'll find out after the shots and follow-up blood tests.

B12 deficiency can also cause tingling in hands, light-headedness and vertigo, fatigue, including the aforementioned mood swings and depression, all of which I experience. The tingling in my hands, light-headedness and vertigo are supposed to be from nerve compression in my neck (herniated discs), but now I'm not so sure.

Thanks for this post. My housemate is on the same medication. That may explain some of her issues.