This is not a joke, this video is partially responsible for saving my life. I’ve been in the ER 4x in a few weeks & 4 different doctors. I wish one of them had ordered a vitamin blood panel. My sister is a nurse & suggested it. If not, something simple almost killed me despite trying to eat healthy. The quality or the food in America is so bad I can’t get proper nutrition from food alone. Keep making these videos.
same thing happened to my wife. All of a sudden had all kinds of problems. In and out of ER. Drs all tried to say "just depression and need antidepressants" She asks several times for vitamin blood work, none would order. She found a Dr that would and her B12 was totally gone, along with other B vitamins. She did all her own research and figured out she had a gluten allergy and her body was not absorbing B vitamins. She went on B12 injections and immediately started feeling better along with cutting out gluten, she is a totally different person now. Drs do NOT care about your health. They only care about their bottom line and pushing big pharma poison
Be aware sometimes taking supplements do not work. I have Chrones disease, ie bowel disease. My bowel does not absorb the b12 so I now have injections. The main source of b12 in food is red meat, so all you vegetarians out there take something. The red meat sometimes sets my Chrones disease off, so I have cut my red meat intake.
Run from where these so called Drs. are. This is a basic go to, with these symptoms. If they didn't check your hemoglobin, don't see any of them ever again. Bad.
1. Fatigue 2. Mood swings and emotional instability 3. Dizziness and Anemia 4.Blurred vision 5. Tingling in hands and feet 6.Difficulty in concentration 7. Changes in mobility 8.Loss of appetite 9. Mouth pain
At 35, I almost died from B12 deficiency. It was missed by more than one doctor, including a neurologist who thought I had MS, which B12 deficiency eventually mimics. By the time I was diagnosed, I had symptoms of dementia, could barely stand, physically couldn't speak at times, and a laundry list of other symptoms. I can't stress how unbelievably sick I felt. It actually was a traumatic experience, and never should have gotten to the point it did with me. I now know that I have malabsorption problems, so I do B12 shots and take sublingual tablets. It's absolutely insane that vitamin deficiencies aren't focused on more in medical school, and checked more often by doctors. These things are literally what make your body function.
I believe most of our health issues extends from poor diet or certain vitamins or minerals deficiency, and most of the doctors are only focusing on what medication to treat what symptoms, but not about prevention.
Also having large red blood cells is a sign of B12 deficiency. I keep seeing it in my labs for about 8 years and asked about it to many doctors they shrugged it off. Finally a new doctor caught it and ordered more labs. I lacked the intrinsic factor. B12 was insanely low. Unfortunately most of the damage was done by then. I do injections monthly now and I'm doing much better.
I JUST discovered this after seeing it on lab reports for the past few years. It’s insane that not one doctor ever said anything. I’ve been going through my labs, treating my own self 🤦🏽♀️
The biggest problem is to hand over your own responsibility of your own body to a doctor that does not live in your body. Doctors do not know your body better than you do!!
Carmine, each person should be his or her own safety officer. A doctor wants you out of room. The quickest way is to write a prescription - sleeping tablets, anti depressants, pain killers ANYTHING to get you on your way. Big Pharma pays them in foreign holidays if he reaches their targets.
The best form of B12 to take is METHYLcobalamin instead of cyanocobalamin. Also , it's a good idea to take all B vitamins together in a quality B Complex formula, rather than separately. Stay healthy everybody!
Can you state why this is better as I have vit B12 deficiency due to Pernicious Aneamia meaning I have no intrinsic factor in my stomach so have no biding factor for b12 also my red blood cells are larger than normal.
@@angiestone1966, methyl version is bio available. Your body gets to skip the step of converting cyanocobalamin to methyl version to process it. We learned that genetic variants like COMT and MTHFR also affect the conversion of B12. My daughter recently saw a functional medicine doc, was tested thru 23 and me health and traits and the data uploaded to another site recommended by the doc. We learned she cannot process efficiently B9 and B12 because her methylation ability is down regulated. So the methyl versions have made a big difference in her health as they get used more effectively. Hope that helps.
I hear many people using in their disclaimer to check with your doctor. For years we have put doctors on a pedestal. This was partially due to big Pharma pushing this because doctors are used to push their pills. Times are changing. We now know that they are not the experts on medicines, the Internet is. Use the net and listen to different disciplines of healthcare for answers to your questions.
Please note B12 deficiency is an insidious and dangerous condition. I had it for many years before it was diagnosed (due to ridiculously low lab ranges). There is a glycoprotein called Intrinsic Factor, secreted by your gut mucosa that is essential for B12 absorption. Atrophic gastritis causes this to be destroyed and you can no longer absorb B12. You then have to have B12 injections for life. High Homocysteine from B12 deficiency can also cause damage to heart vessels which is what happened to me. It can cause permanent damage to your nervous system. The very first symptom is bad fatigue. The feet and hands tingling that he mentions eventually leads to peripheral neuropathy which can also be permanent. It can also cause Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord. A lot of doctors don't take it seriously enough.
I have been diagnosed with atrophic gastritis since 2007. I have been suffering profound fatigue, shortness of breath hypoxemia, and have been on permanent oxygen therapy since 2010 and the doctors don't know why. I've noticed all my blood work shows me to have macrcytosis. Meaning I have very large and too few red blood cells. But..... My B12 level came back looking normal. I'm already on Folic Acid for being deficient in that. But.... I think I have Functional B12 deficiency. I just don't know how to bring it up to my doctors without sounding like a hypochondriac who surfs the web for medical problems all day.
Years ago my grandfather was diagnosed with "Pernicious Anemia", which was what they called a B12 deficiency at the time (back in the 1920's or 1930's, or so - I don't know when the name changed). It was regarded as fatal. A doctor had read a paper published in a medical journal and thought he could use an experimental therapy with him. The therapy involved chewing small bits of raw calves liver, about the size of a sugar cube, until it was almost gone. He had to do this two or three times a day. My grandfather was one of three patients on this therapy, and he did this for several years. He recovered. Some years later a drug company came up with an extract that became the basis for a prescription medication. The local newspaper featured him in a story about this. The reporter asked him about the other two patients. "They didn't like the calves liver, so they stopped. They died." The drug company furnished medication to him, free, for the rest of his life.
Vitamin B12 is combined with a protein called intrinsic factor in your stomach. This mix of vitamin B12 and intrinsic factor is then absorbed into the body in part of the gut called the distal ileum. Pernicious anaemia causes your immune system to attack the cells in your stomach that produce the intrinsic factor, which means your body is unable to absorb vitamin B12. My wife has this condition and has to have a B12 injection every three months. You can definitely tell when it is wearing off. Another issue, which was not mentioned in the video, is that she was unable to get pregnant and kept having a miscarriage. Once she started having the injections, she became pregnant.
Low b12 or environmental from lack of good diet is very different then pernicious anemia. I have to do my own shots every other week due to pernicious anemia. I could take all the b12 pills I want and my gut can't absorb it. It's not a condition that goes away. I had to start giving myself injections many years ago because I can't drive due to epilepsy and it became difficult to get to a doctors office for a simple injection so often. Yet despite maintaining my b12 and folate I still have megaloblastic anemia which can occur after years of b12 and folate issues. You can do everything right and still struggle to keep things from going wrong.
The author failed to mention a very significant cause leading to the vitamin B deficiency. You could eat tons of foods high in content of this vitamin and still suffer severely from lack of B12 The reason for the condition is that your stomach, for some unknown reason, has stopped producing a certain secrete needed for the absorption of this vitamin which we normally take in from food ( By the way our body needs only a tiny amount of this vitamin ). Patients used to die from this kind of B 12 deficiency . Nowadays one can easily be helped by skilled doctors who assign small doses of B12 injections Every month or two And you keep well and safe.
Chewable B12 is a good supplement. Chewing the supplement helps with absorption because the mouth will start breaking the supplement down making it easier to absorb. The reason the stomach produces less intrinsic factor and acid is not unknown. It can simply be aging, and also people take antacids which neutralizes stomach acid.
According to my doctor, B-12 injections are no longer given, only through intravenous...why I don't know, I would have to research that topic. I went in for b-12 injection, and she had already seen my labs on hand...she said, one would have to be extremely low and only be given intravenous...I was blown away. When I was in my twenties, I had to go in weekly to get an injection and I felt better. Those were the good days.
@@H4me7215 you could ask your dr.to prescribe cyanocobalamin injection plus syringes which can be dispensed by the pharmacist in your local pharmacy. Then bring it to your dr.s office to be given by the nurse once a month or if you know someone who is a nurse they can give you the injection too. Btw cyanocobalamin is a injectable form of vitamin B 12. If all that fail if you can buy high potency of B12 sublingual tablet which must be placed under your tongue to be able to absorbed y your body.
Please stop the mindless music loop while you are talking, it serves no useful purpose! Otherwise please explain how that mindless music is either helpful or beneficial. BTW - thanks for the info that seeps through the background noise!
Jan 2021 I found myself in a wheelchair. Could not walk past 20 steps before collapsing. Could not hold my toothbrush to brush teeth nor if my head tilted down, I had to get help to lift up. I had something like vertigo, too. No appetite. Fell twice lifting one leg out of bath where the other leg couldn’t hold me. Doc ran many images etc was faced w a brain scan and neurologist. Daughter was getting married in 5 weeks so I decided to get B12 injections once a week, eat liver and beets. I literally started getting all my strength back and was able to walk down the isle. Kept the wheelchair handy but today….I walk faster than my daughter. Cut b12 to once a month now and it’s nov 30, 2021. Doc never tested b12 ever. Totally aloof to MY OWN CURE!
I'm 38 now, my dr. ordered a COMPLETE blood panel, everything was good except my vitamin b12 was kinda low. I take 2500 mg every other day. I never knew it has such an important impact on the human body. The only symptoms I have yet are basically tingling in my hands, sometimes "jelly legs syndrome" and fatigue.
Thanks 🙏 great video. B12 is on my list of vitamins among others. Had to discover it on my own from extreme fatigue. Surely feel much better. Wish the physicians would be more informative particularly with diabetes. No wonder why there are so many with Alzheimer’s probably due to a lack of getting the right info. Thanks again and grateful for your video and RU-vid
Doctors ..wont .tell you what to take if .you need those vitiams.the say watch yur diet... know all about it.. those vidios are great info...im grateful for them
@@teasym2762 and they should. To recommend to watch our diet is like ridding a car with flat tires which can become enable to run properly again by inflating the tires . A vague recommendation does not help since as a general rule they are more knowledgeable about the human body than the patients themselves
@@teasym2762 I agree with you. Doctors don't really seem interested in actually helping patients anymore. I met a lady who is prediabetic. I asked her what info her Dr. gave her; he told her to avoid sweets ! That's it !! Since I'm diabetic and manage it without meds I gave her a quick course and pointed her in the direction of finding more info on her own.
@@sheiladuncan1027 can you help me out and point me in the right direction? Or just start taking B12...is there anything else I should be taking? Thanks in advance I am sick and tired of being SICK AND TIRED😪
@@angiemartin9920 I suggest you go watch Beat Diabetes here on RU-vid. He gives tons of good, useful advice. Biggest tip that helps bunches is to simply use that glucose meter. Eat something you like, then test at 30 min.; again at 1 hour; and finally at 2 hours, to see how you personally react to a food. For instance, in my case, I put brown rice to the test. One 1/2 cup serving. At 30 min. my test was only up 35 pts. I was excited. At one hour it was up 135 pts.; and by the 2 hour mark it topped out at 175 pts. !! So, I don't eat rice. Chicken, no matter how it is cooked, raises my number 30 pts. Beef only raises it 10 pts. Both aren't bad, but I heal cuts better when I eat more beef. Keto is your friend. Try to keep your carbs below 60 per day; 40 is better. Quit eating when you slow down from the day; fasting, or timed eating helps, too. Try to be aware of your triggers. I'm an emotional eater. Right now I'm very tired; ( been up 20 hours already ) so I crave carbs. Body wants fuel to function when it really needs sleep; so I'll have a hot tea and head for bed instead. Hope something I said helps you. Unless you are Type 1, you can Beat Diabetes !
It took over a year of appointments where I was telling my doctor I was exhausted before I found out it was low B12. A year if being told it was because I was aging (I’d just turned 30) and/or because of weight (which had been stable for years). A solid year of going “this isn’t a normal exhaustion. I know exhaustion. This is more” Eventually it took going to a different doctor because of dizziness and having a really slow processing time (I could barely stand to teach a lesson, and was starting to have trouble processing when my students simply asked me to use the washroom…. I’d stare for a few seconds before processing what they asked). Turned out my B12 was incredibly low. Over a year of trying to get help and not being listened to.
I had a very similar experience but i was low on iron, i was anaemic. Very exhausted, could barely function, nosebleeds, i even collapsed from exhaustion after laughing. I was 15 and the school nurse just kept telling me to go to bed earlier. 😑
This is, unfortunately very common when a woman complains of not feeling well 😞. We are considered, hormonal, hypochondriacs and told it's all in our heads. My sister had complained repeatedly to both her GP and her OBGYN about severe pain especially during intercourse. She was told to literally sit in a tub of hot water with a tampon and to essentially mimic intercourse with it so she could "adjust" and it was basically psychological. Turns out she had a tubular pregnancy and damn near died when it burst her fallopian tube. 🤬🤬🤬
I am a nurse, have a degree in nutrition, and a family history of vitamin B12 deficiency and couldn't get a doctor to believe I was B12 deficient. I started treated myself and saved my life. Finally I told my new PCP I was treating myself. I told her she could either help me or I would continue to treat myself.
Not having energy and being tired in the morning caused me to depend on coffee way too much! I struggled through the day and thought I was depressed. B12 and taking all your vitamins together really helps!!!
I remember my mother having all of these symptoms years ago. She went to doctor after doctor after doctor who all told her she had a "B12 deficiency". Even gave her B12 shots. Needless to say nothing changed and a lot of her symptoms stayed. She finally found a doctor, who finally after 2-3 year later, told her she has neuropathy. I love my mother more than words but unfortunately she is in a nursing home w/ dementia now. She will be 64 in March. Breaks my heart 💔
The symptoms are so confusing.A lot of diseases have these specific symptoms.For years i complained at local clinic about this symptoms.Firstly they suspect sugar,then blood pressure,cholestrol,iron deficiency,sent blood samples away.After môre than five years no answer.Because I seemed healthy,nobody take me seriously.But you can't see pain and confused brain that forget things in seconds.And I'm just 47. Nobody will understand what you go through,just as nobody will understand what is in your mother's heart .Especially when she experience clear moments.All I can do is wish you well.
@@mrkshinwari6033thank you. It's been rough to say the least. She moved to MS to live w/ her best friend in 12' & I was still living elsewhere when in 18' our house went up in flames. Her best friend wanted me to come get her bc in the end she needed her privacy. With everything that had happened at that time I couldn't, I had no where to bring her back to. So her BF put her in a nursing home where she slowly started getting early on set dementia and where is has progressed since. It's a struggle between my heart and mind bc I promised both my parents I would NEVER put them in a place like that unless I absolutely had no other choice. We live in SC now so it's definitely a lot further to her now. I want to get her transferred here where we are soon. Just the look she gives me when I am able to go visit with her. Almost like she's still there somewhere but just can't get out. She remembers my niece, my brothers little girl who will be 11 soon, but she will never get to know my daughter who turns 2 tmrw. I lost every photo I ever had of my mother, of my brother and I when we were babies and so much more in that house fire. It sucks.
@@jordanhall517 Jordan I can understand your feelings its very sad 😔 don't lose hope pray from almighty GOD and trust him everything will ok she will be with you 1 day when GOD wish and right time comes.
@@henkmeiring01 thank you so much. My mother was/is the sweetest person you could have ever known, like most moms. I'm so sorry you had to experience going through what you went through. A good doctor doesn't just say it's one thing, they go through every option it could possibly be and get down to what it actually is. That's what her last doctor, the one who said she has neuropathy, did. He didn't hesitate to get to the bottom of what was going on. Her neuropathy got so bad before going into the nursing home that she was numb from her waist down. Started in her feet and just worked it's way up. She actually got into an accident about a year and a half before the nursing home where is crushed her right leg and she had to have a rod put in, a skin graft and they had to clip the tendons in her toes just to straighten them back out. I wish she had never moved away to MS.
I have low b12. I was having all sorts of mental health issues and nothing was working. It took a trip to the Mayo Clinic and a two week visit with a wonderful doctor to discover I had a b12 deficiency, as long with other vitamins. B12 was off the scale by 1%, so not too low I would need injections. It's been almost two years now on daily supplements and I've never felt better. I can't miss a day though or I start to get sick.
A good B complex is better! B vitamins are like a train. You need all of them together, or you will become more deficient in all of them. Balance is important.
This is why some elderly people fall & fracture their hip. My aunt fracture her hip was placed in an old-aged home as she became immobile & needed help with her care. Her health quickly deteriorated with a diagnosis of alzheimers & within two years passed away. I do believe she was severely low in vitamin B12 which explains many of her symptoms. If low b12 left untreated may lead to cognitive decline & nerve damage leading to falls. Please especially any elderly family members to make sure their iron & b vitamin levels are adequate.
I have been having anxiety and nervous system issues for a long time. I eventually started having a lot of other symptoms like finding it hard to concentrate and focus among other things. It finally got to the point where my resting heart rate was out of control, blood pressure was all over the place, irregular heartbeat, tinnitus, and a sense of vibrating in body and limbs. My eyes sight was getting worse also, and I felt like I had a harder time swallowing. My dr ignored everything and said it was all anxiety. A friend suggested iron, so I started researching symptoms and found something about B12. I started both, and everything has become so much better. I am eating better (not great, but better than before), but I think it is actually the B12 because I haven't been doing any of those things for very long. I'm not eating better to the point that I think it is what is making me feel better and the iron takes time.
I recently had to start injections of B12 for my husband- he had a large tumor removed a year ago and the surgeon resected his bowel. He’s fine now but his dr told him that not being able to absorb certain vitamins after that surgery is common. He feels so much better now! I’m going to have my levels checked as I am experiencing some of these same symptoms! Thanks for the info!
Pernicious anaemia is another fact and not having the Intrinsic factor to absorb it I'm not a doctor I have it in my family you can have a simple blood test to find out if you have a B12 deficiency.
Not to belittle what others have gone through, I developed a B12 deficiency on a vegetarian diet. It was not until I was browsing an early nutritional 'bible' that I recognized the cracks at the corners of my mouth as low B-12. At the time I was welcoming the loss of weight, but it was getting out of control.
Good thing you figured it out, I hope you made a full recovery! Vegetarians and vegans definitely need to keep track on their B12 and use supplements or fortified foods when available.
Do u include eggs and dairy in vegetarian diet? Cuz dairy and eggs are good sources of b12 I'm vegetarian from birth ,but I drink 300g of milk and 2 eggs daily which satisfies the b12 requirement(2- 3 micro grams of b12) ,and I didn't take any b12 tablets and I'm perfectly fine Hope this helps u 😊
@@rb98769 Strange! I am from India and my community have been strict vegetarians for Generations. Our diet used to be plenty of greens, cereals, millets, milk and curd. Our body reacts to sudden changes in diet. Our community is well known to produce finest of Engineers, scientists and Financial experts. This Vitamin B12 thing needs a lot more scientific study.
Western diet is low in vitamins. Growing up in India i never had b12 deficiency, thanks to variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables in my village. Living in western vegeterian diet almost killed me, i didn’t have cognitive impairment but half my head turning grey at 35.
Very helpful. I think my doctor had mentioned I had Vitamin B12 Deficiency, but did nothing for it. I suffer from all you said. Now to March back to my Doctor and have a Woman to Doctor talk!
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I have some demyelination going on.. had a blood test a week ago, I'm clumsy, got the tingling etc.. sounds like I'm in need of the B12. Gonna call the Dr as they haven't called me yet
The best supplement is the spray form as it absorbs through the mucus of the mouth instantly and the digestive tract has no chance to filter it out. It is also easy to use, more convenient than the sublingual/undertongue version especially for kids or the elderly.
I did too much nitrous oxide at a party and was hospitalized for this for a month and am still recovering. I had no clue this could happen so please spread the word
I was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia twenty years ago, I was so tired all the time, I had two miscarriages which my doctors ran every blood test known to mankind. My GP called me to say that they wanted to rerun some more blood to double check, they arranged my injections very quickly, I had to have an injection every day initially to get my levels within range! Thankfully my best friend is a nurse so she would inject me daily, I was relieved that I didn’t have to attend my GP daily. I now have a injection every three months, I know if I am overdue as the fatigue is awful, my hands and feet are tingling all the time! My son is waiting for a blood test as he is fatigued, he has lots of warning signs, is it passed on? I hope he will be ok, he is autistic and I know he will get stressed out!
Crystal, I feel your pain! The old name for B12 deficiency was "pernicious anemia', as a comment below states. People used to die from it. Bobby's comment, below, explains exactly how it occurs and why taking B12 tablets may not be enough. The lack of red blood cells in one's blood occurs NOT because they are not manufactured, but because they are too large to get out of the bone marrow. Yes, it's weird. A deficiency can be easily diagnosed with a blood test that includes measuring the SIZE of the red blood cells -- "corpuscular volume". It is a standard item on a blood test but often overlooked. My B12 deficiency was diagnosed late as well. I think the problem is that there are so many possible symptoms and most doctors don't make the connection. Older women, particularly, are often diagnosed w/dementia when what they have is B12 deficiency. One symptom not mentioned in the video is hair loss, which I had, as well as the red spots on my tongue. They got so painful that I could no longer eat anything with any vinegar or salt. I give myself B12 injections once a month. Not fun, but better than a slow death.
I've got microcytosis (the opposite of macrocytosis). Red cells too small in size. I am taking b12 tablets now (multi vitamins actually) and feel better, not sure there is any relation. But I've got breathing problems, after three steps going up a stair my heart is pumping like crazy. I can do a 6hr hike but very very slowly, and my heart is racing always when I'm going up. I agree, when anybody do a blood test should also ask the red cells size.
The annoying music in competition with the commentary put me off trying to listen after just 10 seconds!! A stupid and amateurish video presentation with music. I want to listen to what is being said, not music!! 😩😩👎👎👎👎👎
I’m 23 years old male who is deficient in b12, and running and exercising are not a good idea for a person who have anemia.. my heart starts beating and I get shortness of breath I feel dizzy and I barely be able to eat. So it’s better to not run or exercise until the person is physically able to do it.
@@Ben-ey1en cardiovascular excersise will cause an increase in red blood cells. At the very least, you should walk, do something. But sedentary is not good
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! My daughter has almost ALL the symptoms and found out recently that her body's B vitamins are almost non-existent. She has been tested and has a methylation problem. If anyone has any more info or suggestions, please let me know...
I would like to add, in order to really profit from the b12 injections - a lot of people in the early stages may be treated with sublinguals but not all, lots do need shots - people should know it also takes a good active b-complex for the b12 to get properly absorbed by the body. All b-vitamins work together.
As we age it can become necessary to get b12 through injections at our doctors office. The older body sometimes stops assimilating it in pill or sublingual form.
While that may be true animal products rock B-12 better than anything. Vitamin B12 supplements can treat a deficiency, but Dietitians recommend getting your vitamin B12 from food, if possible, before trying a supplement.
I am experience all these symptoms i will start eating red meat ..lack of concerntration, lack of sleep, digestive problems, light head and light stomoch, finger pain, muscle pain in hands, memory problems, vision problem ..😑
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be very dangerous. I woke up one morning and I could not use my phone. I was totally confused and a neighbor took me to the hospital. The hospital did not know if I had a stroke or Vitamin B12 deficiency. It took awhile but a neurologist said I had the deficiency. I was in the hospital for 3 days. I was not aware of a B12 deficiency one day then the next day I was in the hospital. What an experience.
I took many B12 supplements over the years but somehow it skipped my schedule the last few years. Last year I came back from my dads funeral one year ago and felt like I had a near dead experience myself, when suddenly my body started to feel icecold and it was like life was draining out of my body. It lasted for like an hour in which I was terrified to die. Weird was that I had no fever or anemia (I always check my circulation first to decide wether or not I need to call emergency number) it was basicly a sensation. I took several vitamins and especially Floradix which brought me back to life. I eventually fell asleep (with a note next to me in case I died, thats how scared I was) and woke up again. After that followed some weeks full of fatigue, hot flashes, shivering, tingling limbs, moodswings etc. It faded away over the course of 5-6 weeks in which I took a lot of supplements, but I also started to eat better again as I had no appetite and a sore throat as a flu struck me same time. It stayed away for a year while regularly taking multivitamines. But 5 weeks ago the whole show started again, and now during Whitsunday I desperately wanted to see a doctor as I didnt want to live with fear of dieing anymore. Well I went few days later, where they discovered high blood pressure. They took blood to rule out thyroid issues, menopause or diabetes. I was afraid that before my appointment for the results was, they would call me or send an ambulance to rush me to hospital due to heartfailure as my heart was also going crazy at times. But, they found nothing, I was declared healthy after blood pressure also went down to normal levels. Only some white bloodcells were on levels indicating possible iron and or B12 deficiency (not mentioned by doctor, my own research. Now I am still not ok, my legs are sleeping for no reason, my hands are numb, my left cheek is numb sometimes. I feel dead like there is nobody home in my body and I stumble, I feel like there is no feeling in my fingers and feet, my digestion is totaly screwed and my heart pumps like a madman whenever I have been eating. I decided to take an independent extensive bloodtest testing on 46 biomarkers without doctors intereference because doctors dont want to search whats wrong with me. Im currently waiting for results and they didnt call me yet which they would if something critical was found, so I assume it was nothing again. It also tests for B12. Today I felt horrible and decided to take a B12 supplement and found one giving 20000% of daily recommended dose of good quality B12. Together with the essential folic acid, iron, B2, B6, Copper and some other friends. I felt like I entered another world, I feel so great for this moment, my apetite was back and no upset gut afterwards. If I dont have B12 deficiency it was something else in this supplement. I know B12 normally doesnt work that fast but I dont think I am insane deficient, but sensitive to low levels. I dont know. I can only hope this supplement did the magic, but the bloodtest will tell. I never saw a supplement with such high dose, but if I have even one day without any symptoms I'd be sooooo happy.
@@marthavanderpool6829 I thought of that, but I have the rare condition of porphyria and copper is one of the things I have to be very careful with. Its not that I need to avoid it, but definitely not overload it because it will give me symptoms much sooner than in others. I take a supplement that has a slight over 100% daily amount of copper in it for trying to see if it helped me. Must say most of this symptoms I had a year ago are gone. I think it was mostly electrolyte inbalance that caused my symptoms.
@@marthavanderpool6829 Its from a Dutch brand (I think) called Physalis. It is called Ferro B12 Forte. It also has iron, folate and B6 all in active forms and I think also copper in it, but 25000% rda B12 as metylcobalmine.
I have just been diagnosed with very low B12 so my doctor is giving me a 6 week course of B12 injections my hair is falling out at a very fast rate so im praying these injections work! 🙏😔
I loved this information and actually had a co worker that was diagnosed with this condition. I would like to critic the narration, though. It reminded me of Beuller's day off. It was dry, but information given was what got me through video. Again I loved info and thank you for sharing.
My life was in danger from having super low vitamine b 12 and was emotional problems and mental health problems. I had all the symptoms. I now take suppliments and keep my levels up. I lost my appetite and sad getting super skinny and the nausea was doing me in.
my dad was out of the blue having random short black out spells . the final one made him crash a car into a large oak tree over an embankment . he woke up with his face up against the dash after the air bag deployed to see a guy tapping on the busted out windshield saying - buddy its going to be ok help is on the way. he broke his neck and if it would have been a few hair more he would have been paralyzed from the neck down . it took him 2 full years in a stiff neck brace for it to heal. doctors said they couldnt find anything wrong with him until a lady doctor of middle eastern back ground ran a differnt test on him and found out he was lacking B vitimins !! he has been taking super B complex since then and so far no black outs
I have this deficiency, had it for many years, and you've stated every issue i have, which, apart from fatigue, my doctor's have never linked to these conditions I've told them i have. I have huge reactions to the b12 injections or medication, even at super low amounts, so i take unfortified nutrition yeast and vegimite. It helps a lot, but i do have significant gut allergies/severe intollerances, and the lack of an appetite makes it more difficult. But thanks for this linking.
This video just reminded me to take my B vitamins. I have an absorption problem and I forget that not eating is part of it. I used to get B12 injections but now I just do sublingual or B complex. I woke up today after not eating more than a couple bites in the past 2 days and I'm still not hungry. I'm pale and I slept 8 hours yesterday night, then slept for 5 hours of the day on the couch yesterday, got up and went to bed for another 8. Sometimes I just blame depression without thinking about it. My body is unhappy with me lol. I'm back on them. I'm putting them beside my coffee maker since I never seem to fail to use that!
Bahri My b 12 is high 1760 n I have no symptoms n very healthy no diabetic 5.8 HAIC loss 30 lbs n 76 yrs . HAIC come down to 5.6 n back 5.8 later but still Same diet . I have little symptoms l sometimes feet cool n told doctor n did not reply . Can not research reason why?pls advise.
@@Vickie2417 try taking magnesium, and vitamin D everyday, best at bedtime because it makes you relax. Not sleepy . D is best in the morning because it keeps some people awake if they take it at bedtime. Good luck
I had gastric sleeve surgery in 2013 to avert liver failure. Worked out great. But I was unaware the changes to my diet thereafter would bring about severe B12 deficiency due to not getting enough nutrition. It has been quite an effort over the years to even determine it was a deficiency. One doctor told me I had MS and I should go home and adjust to life changes - whatever that means. I have a surgery list as long as your arm, some of which have hindered the problem. The most obvious symptoms for me are / were - sudden short term memory loss. In the space of just a couple of days I will start repeating myself which maddens the husband, when he snaps and says that’s the fifth time I’ve told him the same thing, I know it’s time for the injection. My eyes go foggy too. The symptoms have changed over the years, like a progression of sorts. So for now I mark it on the calendar and go in for monthly injection and that seems to do the trick. For now. I must say, it would help considerably if what seems like a large number of GP’s would be a little less quick to dismiss symptoms. So many times nowadays patients have to do a lot of investigating themselves because doctors give the impression you’re a sook and have more important things to do. I have learned if you feel your doctor is too dismissive or flippant, try speaking plainly with them. If they remain the same, consider going to another. Ultimately you are responsible for your own self and health.
I recently read that if you take a proton pump inhibitor, for GERD/reflux, you may develop a vitamin B12 deficiency. Ive also recently developed symptoms of restless leg syndrome. Which has been shown to be linked to a B12 deficiency. It makes sense because it’s a nervous system disorder. After watching this video, I was able to say yes to a majority of these symptoms and started B12 supplements today.
I thought I was dying, going crazy, my world turned upside down. Emergency Room MRI, CT Scan coun not figure out, discharged me. A Nurse Practitioner correctly pointed out I was dangerously low in Vitamin B12. So, injections followed. I feel permanent damage, and too late. Hope and praying I am wrong, and no permanent damage
Just turned 64 back in July, woke up with in a 'Fog' every morning. Started taking 2,500 milli grams of B12, no more fog, & seemed to be more mentally acuity. I'm 6'4", 280 pound male. My Dr. didn't "Give A Rip" as long as my Triglycerides were okay.
I had all of these symptoms, except for the loss of appetite. Blood tests showed I was low on B12. I can tell such a difference in the way I feel since I started taking it. I didn't know all of these symptoms tied in with B12 deficiency until I watched this video. New subscriber.
I have injections twice a week, I had dizziness, fatigue, nausea, numb hands and feet, short term memory loss (temporary) ,lots of mouth ulcers over all very weak with head aches
B Vitamins are synergistic meaning they work together. Isolating a B Vitamin would only work well if you take a B Complex and a B-12 supplement together.
Because the body sometimes has more trouble absorbing B12 (especially women, especially as they age), it is often necessary to take B12 by itself, and to make it get around the stomach by injections or by sublingual pills. Obviously people need other B vitamins too, but usually the body absorbs other B vitamins better than B12.
Please excuse the use of CAPS in this, but Pernicious Anaemia is too nasty to be not bringing attention that way. I was born with Pernicious Anaemia never diagnosed as a child and then had my Gall Bladder removed in my early 20s and ACQUIRED PA never told about that either. Bowel and stomach surgery also puts that person in the ACQUIRED PA category but most doctors won't tell you this. I found out I had PA when I was in my early 40s way too much nerve damage had been done by then. My Blood Serum Levels were 131. My children also have Genetic Pernicious Anaemia and a couple have Acquired PA because of Gall Bladder surgery. I shuffled like an OLD man, I would belt into doorways, Brain Fogs, Memory, Concentration, Sleep, Mouth issues, a lot of what you mentioned. One indicator that was not mentioned was hair colour change and hair loss. I was in my 20s when I started to get grey hairs and yes, hair loss. Another was how this affects in a negative way a person's sex life. The other issue I have with the medical profession is that they DO NOT BELIEVE Vitamin B12 deficiency is as nasty as it is. Many will tell folk to take more B12 TABLETS! EXCUSE me but your patient has a DIGESTIVE ISSUE where they CANNOT ABSORB B12 through the gut because of the LACK of INTRINSIC FACTOR and you are telling them to take TABLETS??? Then IF you manage to get the injections - and this is probably only when your Serum B12 levels are BELOW 200 - you are really LUCKY to have a doctor support you having these injections when your body NEEDS them NOT when the doctor graciously says you can have them. 🤬 I gave up on the injections years ago because my body needs B12 EVERY DAY, sometimes twice a day, depending on my SYMPTOMS. So I switched to the SUBLINGUAL LIQUID - DO NOT USE THE SUBLINGUAL TABLETS - and use a couple of sprays UNDER the tongue first thing in the morning and if I know things are 'not quite right' I will repeat that at night. I have cleared mouth ulcers within 24 hrs this way. I have had a 'doctor' scare my husband half to death with worry about me because she told him I was going to have a heart attack because was getting 'too much B12' LOAD OF CODSWOLLOP! NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH B12! If anything the issue is TOO LITTLE. 🤬🤬🤬 The other issue with Pernicious Anaemia is that it is an Auto-immune disease. So you have one - PA - you will have more. I have Fibromyalgia, PA, Sjogren's, Raynaud's disease, an issue with my legs and ankles which might have something to do with my lower spine that has as yet not been picked up because ... doctors ... and maybe a couple of other issues that have not fully shown themselves as yet. This is REAL. This does KILL people. And yet the medical profession at large are being part of their patient's suffering and death and thus part of the problem NOT being part of the SOLUTION. Check out on RU-vid Sally Pacholock also a three part documentary by the members of the Pernicious Anaemia Society in the UK "Living In The Fog" and also a documentary on Dr Chandy in the UK. Too many people have been lost to Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease and all it would take is REGULAR - keeping their symptoms in check - B12 injections or sublingual spray. That is ALL it would take and families would still have their folk with them. Please take this seriously. And in doing so keep well.
Had a period of B-12 deficiency. The injections didn't work. Unable to absorb through the digestive track. Ended up using quick absorbing pills sublingually . That is, letting the pill dissolve under your tongue. It was also easy to control B-12 level using this method.
@@peekaboots01 yes. You can find them where you find all other supplements and vitamins. You’ll want to look for sublingual (where you place is under your tongue and it dissolves) and you would want to look at the particular form - you’ll want methylcobalamine (spelling might be off on that).
@@lindsey5338Thx! I just ordered some making sure methalcobaline & sublingual we're in the description. I have zero motivation or drive, I struggle to clean my home. Been suffering for a very long time. I so hope this helps.
@@lindsey5338 PS I'm sorry you went through all that. My doctor has been useless, as well. He made me feel like everything is all in my mind just because he couldn't or wouldn't find the answers.
B12 can heal paralysis. My father is a doctor and he has healed thousands of people suffering from paralysis. It depends though, If the patient got paralysis from long time, like more than 6 years. Then it is difficult. But please don't start taking it without asking your doctor.
Man I really think I have this I’ve been having severe dizziness for awhile nobody can figure out why I’ve had mris X-rays everything is normal please if someone has this problem help me please
I have low b12 and here in Ireland i get an injection every day for 5 weeks which is put into the muscle its sore at first the liquid going in but after a bit it eases the vitamin b12 tabs are OK but injection better feel better after the 5 weeks
Just FYI -- If you end up taking B12, watch to make sure your levels of iron, potassium, etc. are keeping up with your B12. B12 without the balance of minerals can make you get a really high volume of blood --- which will mimic high blood pressure.
Thank you for this because as of Today I am still receiving B12 injections and Iron Infusions. I have to get 3 more infusions because I am still low. It a good thing you produced this video because people think the iron low is causing the anemia. The B12 is also the culprit.
the video is great, thanks watching the new video help me to know that i have vitamin b12 deficiency. Thank you so much for the video ❤ anyone like me, i am missing red blood cells
Had this my entire life...sometimes a big steak is on order. Liver rare x 3/day is what my doctor ordered 58 years ago. Beef,salmon,clams,eggs,etc.us what works for me. I have had a lifelong aversion to pills..so I get B12 in diet.
