Vitamin B12 deficiency...

[Mahonri]

.... adding trip to health food store today for 'dots'... and I thought you only got those when you went to a movie!

 

[Fudgie]

LOL Mahonri, not THOSE dots!!!

 

[cluckychick]

hmmm...constant chapped lips and constant headaches, I wonder....

I've also had MRI's and CAT scans all normal. I also suffer from IBS, so I wonder if B12 is the culprit all these years.

If you take the B12 supplement w/o being tested is there a side effect to having to much?

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I am so glad you posted this thread! Both my sister and I suffer from horrible headaches. Hers are worse by far than mine. The last one landed her in the emergency room. I talked to her last night and she said her lips are always horribly chapped. I sent her off to the store for some B12. Auto-immune problems run in the family (I have Crohns, Dad has myasthenia gravis, Mother has IBD). Nice to think that perhaps there is a reason for these headaches!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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B12 is water soluble so it doesnt build up in the body.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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She should ask the doctor to test her B12 because if her body can absorb it, taking the pills wont do any good and she will need either shots or the Nascobal nasal spray..

 

[Chicken Salad]

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What she said.

I definitely feel better when I take it. I get headaches (and a lot of other stuff) when I don't.

My personal theory which has no basis whatsoever in science is that since Americans are for the most part dehydrated that water-soluble vitamin deficiencies are taking their toll on health (along with a lot of other self-inflicted diseases and conditions).

A lack of B12 can cause fingers and hands to tingle or feel numb. Some folks who think they have or who have been told they have carpal tunnel (because it's a trendy thing to have) that isn't treated *god forbid* with surgery have this. (Other folks who think they have or have been told they have carpal tunnel have thoracic outlet syndrome - but that's another discussion).

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

I will pass that on.
Thanks!

 

[Fudgie]

HMMMM getting somewhere here! My hands and arms tingle all the time!

 

[seismic wonder2]

Make sure you take a high quality multi-vitamin and multimineral in addition to the B12.
Vitamins need other vitamins and minerals to be absorbed properly and used in your body. Taking B by it's self is about 1/3 to 1/2 as effecticve as if taken in conjunction with Multi vitamins.