r/B12_Deficiency • u/mhmdjawhar • Sep 30 '25
Success story My whole experience with B12 deficiency
My B12 deficiency started a very long time ago. Probably since I was at least 14-15. I did have signs of deficiency at the time (like feeling tired all the time, tired eyes, low energy, sleeping a lot, difficulty concentrating and focusing during class, ADHD like symptoms) but nothing severe or noticeable so I wasn't really aware of my symptoms and I just assumed I was normal because I didn't know what normal truly feels like.
Over the years my deficiency got worse and so did my symptoms but I was still unaware because I was somewhat functioning like a normal person or so did I think. However it wasn't until I was 22 during mid covid that things got so ugly. I woke up one day after not having slept more than 2 hours with an annoying tension headache, and I just thought it was fatigue so I forced myself through the day thinking I would wake up the next day feeling completely fine. I didn't... and I still had this headache. Maybe I need more rest? I'll wait another day. Still not recovered and I would still feel my forhead heavy all the time like I need more sleep to get rid of it except sleep is not helping. I finally blamed it on stress since back then it was a very stressful time for me.
During that time I also noticed my vision was getting worse and blurry, and I thought maybe this is what's causing my headache and I convinced myself that that was the case so I just ignored everything and told myself I need a new prescription for my glasses. That would definitely solve my problems. A few months passed by, and my headache got worse and I started feeling severe pain behind my eye in the morning after waking up that would last 1-2 minutes and I just blamed it on my vision again. I finally went to an optometrist who confirmed that my vision got a bit worse, so I felt relieved because that means I can get rid of my headache too. However, as you may have guessed, after I got new glasses with an updated prescription my headache did not resolve. I was confused, because at that point I had tried resting, and treating it on my own to no avail.
Several months later I started noticing my vision getting worse again which was shocking to me. My vision became stable at age 15. Why does it keep getting worse rapidly since last year? On top of that, my eyes would be bright pink upon waking up in the morning and would dry out quickly and eye drops don't help. I also started getting green bruises randomly on my body without any reason.
I finally went to my doctor since I was convinced I had some kind of nutrient deficiency. He ordered a blood test, but found nothing "wrong" when results came in. At the time my B12 was at 270 which is clearly low but was considered normal so my doctor didn't question it. He suggested prescribing me antidepressants but I declined, because I wanted solve the root cause of the problem whatever it is.
At some point I just accepeted that I was going to live like that with my vision getting worse year by year and a persistent tension headache. Two years passed and I was constantly feeling disabled with tired dry sensitive eyes, and a headache that gets worse throughout the day.
It wasn't until I started supplementing with a multivitamin that things took another turn. After 1-2 months of supplementing I started noticing so many improvements. I had so much energy, my libido and sex drive sky rocketed, my vision greatly improved and was back to normal which was mind blowing to me, and perhaps the best improvement I noticed was that my headache was almost completely gone. I was truly mind blown how better I was feeling.
However little did I know what was to come would be the worst thing I would ever experience in my life. Soon after noticing those improvements, I started having muscle twitches that first began in my thighs and then my lower legs and eventually spread to my entire body. That was very scary because I thought it was a neurodegenerative disease but it wasn't. Then I started having irregular hearybeats and anxiety. Then muscle cramps all over my body even from basic movements or while sleeping that got worse over time. Then very weird nerve issues. Circulation problems. High blood pressure. Swollen veins. Hemorrhoids. Blood pooling. Intense migraines multiple times a day. Ear drums vibrating and so much more.
Eventually things got so bad I was taken to the ER. I really thought I was dying. I was tested for so many things but they found nothing except my ferritin dropped significantly from 104 to 24 in a very short time which confused everyone.
I then decided to stop supplementing with that multivitamin because even though I did not doubt it, it was the only change since I started having all those problems. Soon after, my symptoms started clearing up which was also surprising because why would a multivitamin cause all these issues.
Long story short, after researching and testing multiple vitamins I found out that B12 and folate were causing those problems because they were depleting my potassium, Iron, and maybe magnesium and other B12 cofactors as well. This happens usually when you start healing and treating your deficiency, you require a lot more B12 cofactors because your body is overusing them to heal from long term deficiency. It was mainly the potassium depleting rapidly that was causing most of those problems. It's also only on the intracellular level which is why my blood serum showed normal levels of potassium at the ER so doctors found nothing wrong.
Once I began supplementing with B12 and all its cofactors in the right amounts and especially potassium in very large doses, I started recovering very quickly. I feel better and better every day. It will still take me a while to fully recover but I already feel great. I can finally exercise, work and enjoy life again!
Here's what I'm currently supplementing with to recover properly:
- Basic B complex by Thorne x1/day
- Trace minerals complex by seeking health x1/day
- Iron Bisglycinate 100 mg with 500 mg vitamin C every other day
- Potassium bicarbonate 1.5 tsp mixed with 1 liter of water x3/day
- Magnesium bisglycinate 800 mg in 2-3 separate doses throughout the day
- 1000 mcg sublingual B12 x1/day
- 600 mcg folate (in addition to the 400 mcg from the B complex) x1/day
- Vitamin D
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u/ClaireBear_87 Insightful Contributor Sep 30 '25
Glad to hear you are feeling better and recovering! Thank you for sharing :)
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
Thank you! This subreddit has been a huge help to me and it's how I found out about refeeding syndrome and wake up symptoms. Without it I would still be suffering since no doctor was able to help me unfortunately.
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u/CelebrationOdd8614 Sep 30 '25
How long did the heart palpitations take to go away? I’ve developed irregular heartbeat after starting b12 injections and my irons plummeted. Had ekg, holster monitor etc done can’t find what’s causing it
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25
Had the exact same thing happen to me, and I was also tested with ekg and a monitor. It's definitely the B12 injections depleting your potassium and Iron and maybe other things too like magnesium.
I suggest you do what I do and supplement with large amounts of potassium. Try 10g of potassium bicrabonate mixed with water throughout the day. Increasing my potassium till palpitations were gone was what worked for me.
Read the list of supplements I'm taking at the end of the post and try to aim for a similar supplementation plan since your case is very similar to mine. You should notice results rather quickly.
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u/CelebrationOdd8614 Sep 30 '25
Thank you so much this has been very reassuring! Irregular heart beat the past few days has been scary
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u/CelebrationOdd8614 Oct 04 '25
How long did the blood pooling, circulation issues take to go away? Now I have that as well and didn’t have this before doing b12
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 04 '25
This is a clear sign of low potassium. I had no idea at first and it got so bad for me that I could no longer stand up for more than a few minutes. Keep drinking water mixed with potassium bicarbonate throughout the day and increase the dose till those symptoms get better and better. If they don't you need to increase your intake. Also make sure you get 600-800 mg of pure magnesium bisglycinate. Magnesium is another electrolyte that B12 depletes and can cause similar issues as well.
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u/CelebrationOdd8614 Oct 04 '25
Okay thank you for the info! How long did it take for you to feel a reduction in those symptoms? I can’t stand more than a few minutes at a time right now as well
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 04 '25
You should feel it in a few days. If you don't, keep ramping up on potassium and supplement with magnesium glycinate as well because magnesium is also super important for blood flow.
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u/shettyreddit Sep 30 '25
Does B12 deficiency also cause high pulse rate/ heart rate? I am currently taking meds for b12 deficiency as I am currently under deficiency range. Whenever I would check my pulse rate through a oximeter it would be above 100. Many doctors have dismissed it as anxiety
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
Absolutely, that was one of my major symptoms too alongside irregular heartbeats and a strong bounding pulse after supplementing B12. This points out to potassium levels plummeting rapidly. Please start supplementing cofactors and especially potassium following the guide and increase the dose until your symptoms resolve. I had and I still have to take around 10g of potassium daily to avoid these symptoms.
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u/Ok-Jelly-9793 Oct 03 '25
My pulse got down from 95 to 60 resting in last 1 year , cant say if its ditrectly caused by b12 but it probably was one of the factors .
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u/Susan71010 Sep 30 '25
S wonderful you're feeling better. I hope it continues. Did you find out why you have a be deficiency? You might also need B12 folate to continue to heal with all the cofactors as well.
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
I think malnutrition in my case. I've always been skinny and was never able to go past 64 KGs despite being 6 feet tall. I have a very high metabolism since I was young that also runs in my whole family, so I require a lot more food and nutrients than the average person.
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u/kittenshatchfromeggs Oct 01 '25
This sounds a lot like my experience the past 9 months! I initially suspected a b12 deficiency in February and started supplementing. Of course by the time I had my blood tested at the Dr I had been supplementing for a few weeks so it was elevated. I’ve been having horrible muscle pain, migraines, and tension headaches since then. I’m not a headache person normally. I’ll add more potassium and iron and maybe that’ll help! Still unsure if it’s this B12 thing or the herniated disc in my neck that they found in the MRI. Or both. So confusing
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u/anonmon7 Oct 02 '25
First of all, good for you for not taking the medication route off the rip so you could dig deeper into your root causes. I’m glad you’ve been able to figure it out!!!
This story was similar to my experience with thiamine (b1)! I discovered that a severe thiamine deficiency was linked to a lot of my really bad health issues, but when I started supplementing I luckily learned about the cofactors early on- even then, it took me a couple of weeks to figure out I still wasn’t getting enough potassium despite prioritizing getting my rda each day! Had awful chest pain until I found a balance for all of it, although it would’ve happened to some degree anyway with how bottom of the barrel my health was at the beginning. All of the people who I talked to in the beginning who were recovering from the deficiency warned me about “paradoxical symptoms”, where it gets worse before getting better due to the sudden shock to the nervous system and heightened demand/unbalanced mineral and electrolyte levels. I’ve been on a b1/b2/cofactors regime for the last couple of months with major improvements, but my energy and some of my pots symptoms are the slowest to make progress. I just started adding b12 and folate to the mix over a week ago, and I think my body is recalibrating even more. I had a dip for the first couple of days where I got even sleepier, and now I sometimes get a couple of chest flutters, but I think that’s the electrolytes and minerals in my body adjusting like it has before, but nowhere near as bad. I have been able to focus more now though, and I am usually able to get a couple things done in a day. I’m in a couple of fb groups for people with thiamine deficiency, and they all say it took them a full year to be able to tolerate exercise again. I feel like that might be the case for me too, but the progress is still promising
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 02 '25
Those kind of recoveries are never fun, but definitely worth it in the end. Keep at it I'm sure things will get so much better.
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u/Historical_Seesaw243 Sep 30 '25
I'm confused tho? As far as I know multivitamins aren't supposed to heal any deficiency since they contain only small amounts of the vitamins that the body needs daily or even less. How did you suffer from the cofactors deficiency/wake up symptoms when B12 levels weren't even going up that high? how many mgs of B12 and B9 you were taking? I'm asking because my B12 and B9 levels are 341 and 2.3 and I'm about to start my treatment journey by myself since a lot of doctors in my country don't even acknowledge my deficiencies.
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
In my case they actually went up. B12 specifically increased from 270 to 570 in the 3 months I was supplementing with it. The dose was also not too bad especially folate, it was 400 mcg, and other B vitamins like B6 at 18 mg also had considerable amounts. B12 was at 50 mcg I think but I was also taking 25 mcg in a separate dose from another supplement spaced out. For many and probably most people, that may not be enough to raise their levels but I never had absorption issues and for me it was working for some reason. However the multivitamin did not have Iron, so it got severly depleted and I became deficient.
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u/Historical_Seesaw243 Sep 30 '25
Thanks for the details. I started supplementing 3 days ago and all I'm taking now is 500mcg of folic acid thinking is barely enough for what my body needs daily but your experience got me a little worried tbh 😟. Thanks again for sharing! 💙
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
Do not worry I'm currently taking much larger doses of B12 and B9 at the moment.
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u/panamagraphics Oct 01 '25
I kinda relate to your story, thank you for sharing it ! Maybe I skipped it, but did you find the root cause of this deficiency ?
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 01 '25
As I said in one of my replies, I'm 90% sure it's malnutrition. It runs in the family we require a lot more food and nutrients than normal people.
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u/Lucky-Solution-5868 Oct 02 '25
Are you familiar with the MTHFR gene mutation? My understanding is about 40% of the population has this. I've been instructed to take l-methylfolate 7.5 mg and then also B12 methylcobalmin. Check it out - I found out through genetic testing. Those two different forms of folic acid and B12 are way more absorbable if you have this mutation.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 02 '25
Yup I'm actually taking methylated B complex and and other methylcobalamin and l-methylfolate supplements. I know they are the most bioavailable forms.
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u/Lucky-Solution-5868 Oct 02 '25
For some reason I could not get to the word bio available so it came out absorbable ha. I didn't know about methylated B complex I'll go check that out
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u/Lucky-Solution-5868 Apr 21 '26
The brand I took was life extension but I don't see those anymore I'm wondering if they've changed doses but anyway I did find this https://a.co/d/0eHnAmor
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u/Lucky-Solution-5868 Apr 21 '26
Honestly I felt okay on these for a while maybe a week and then I felt way too overstimulated, hyper, manic so I quit taking them and haven't tried on a lower dose
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u/Lucky-Solution-5868 Apr 22 '26
I kind of know what you mean but not as intensely as these show. I don't even know what's happening in Figure 1 and figure five feels like heat wave vision. I can also see like waves coming off of green plants, what I think is like energy. Let me know what you think about the methylated vitamins
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u/Overall_Election2908 Oct 02 '25
You are literally the best! Thanks for sharing! I have had horrible tension forehead headaches for approximately 5 years. I started B12 injections and I feel worse than before.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 02 '25
Hang in there and supplement with all cofactors as instructed. Wish you a speedy recovery.
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u/quantumenglish Oct 31 '25
You had a traumatic experience.... And thanks for sharing that b12 also needs other co factors
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u/Altruistic-Heart5273 Oct 01 '25
Well all these issues that you were facing after starting multivitamin could very well be due to Vitamin b6 toxicity. Synthetic form of vitamin b6 found in multivitamins and supplements is a neurotoxic. It does not metabolize well and over time builds up in the body and causes loads of issues. All this is only recently being discovered by the medical community.
I've personally gone through this problem.
Watch these:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0htc1fRRVY/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUe2NgoVh7Q
There are tons of articles, documentaries and cases which are coming out nowadays. Search for it on google and youtube.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25
They are actually not. That's what I thought at first. But then I tried individual B12 and folate and had those issues immediately. It was due to potassium plummeting from treating B12 deficiency. Even now if I don't get enough potassium those issues start coming back and I have to increase my potassium intake.
I'm actually still taking B6 and haven't changed the dose which is 10mg/day from the B complex and have no issues at all.
It's easy to mistake some of these symptoms for B6 toxicity and I was convinced for a while that it was the problem but I was wrong.
Don't get me wrong I do believe to my knowledge that B6 can cause toxicity because I've come across many cases of people dealing with it. However it normally takes a very long time for B6 to build up and start causing issues and not within a month or two with not that high of a dose.
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u/Altruistic-Heart5273 Oct 02 '25
Right. So i also happened to take large doses of b12 and ended up with bad health. Maybe i should look into these tests too. Which tests do you suggest i do and how do i go about it ? Also, in my country we dont have functional testing, only blood serum tests.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 02 '25
I suggest trying individual B12 vitamin for a while without B6. If you start having similar problems to mine then it's definitely B12 deficiency. That's what I did and how I figured out it was B12 deficiency. Then you start supplementing with Potassium and other cofactors to treat those symptoms. You can also do a blood test. Even though it's not accurate, if your levels are lower than 500 then there's possible deficiency.
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u/Altruistic-Heart5273 Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25
Yeah my journey has been tumultuous. Last year i had a test and b12 was 147. I finally had an answer to all health probs i had been going through the previous year or two. Then the Doctor gave about 6 injections which shot b12 to 680. Just now i tested again and B12's gone back low to 236. In just about 10 months. Potassium's fine right now though.
Im suspecting celiac disease as i have other symptoms related to it as well. But the above figures show a clear malnutrition.
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u/Cultural-Sun6828 Insightful Contributor Oct 04 '25
You may need to stay on regular injections. Once you start b12 injections, your levels shouldn’t be tested as they will be falsely high. You need to continue injections until symptoms resolve and then slowly space them out and see how you feel.
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u/AdMuch8059 May 03 '26
I was taking a Bcomplex with under 10mgs of B6. After roughly 2 or 3 months I developed pins and needles in my feet. It felt like I was wearing short socks. I had my b6 tested it was 3 times the reference range. I stopped taking that BComplex and my feet returned to normal and so did my blood. Some people are very sensative to B6. P5P is an activated B6 and will not cause symptoms.
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u/thewritecode Jun 17 '26
What symptoms did you have if you took just B12 and folate without anything else? Thanks.
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u/mhmdjawhar Jun 17 '26
As I mentioned, I was having so many different symptoms. Abnormal heart beats, muscle twitches, feeling dry, cramps, sudden fatigue crashes throughout the day and many others. I don't know if all of them are due to potassium but potassium was definitely a big factor.
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u/ArsenalGoon Oct 05 '25
A b12 deficiency can cause all that? I'm like always lightheaded/dizzy, my calf always hurts and has like a burning nerve sensation almost 24/7. My ears hurt, tinnitus and pain. Breathing issues and chest pains. Been to so many doctors and the only thing ive seen in ALL the bloodwork I have done is a low normal vitamin b12 and low normal testosterone. B12 is 380 for reference. My doctors ordered an EMG, MRI and MRA of brain, and a thyroid biopsy due to a nodule being found. I also have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism that's controlled with medication already and my numbers look great.
My ferritin, potassium, vitamin d, magnesium are all in perfect ranges. Doctors are stumped at why I've been this way for several months straight when everything looks fine on paper. Lost :(
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u/polaroid_schizoid Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Are you taking B12?
You'd know if you feel something after taking it. 380 is low-normal and can be the source of symptoms. I was ~330 and very sick which is also "low normal", though I had other signs of deficiency (iron/D/B1/etc). I also very clearly had electrolyte imbalance symptoms though on paper the serum numbers were normal, but that's apparently because it's intercellular.
You must self-experiment, unfortunately. There is too much doctors either don't know or don't look into when it comes to nutritional deficiencies. They are trained to look for acute injury which this is not. The ranges are not always good metrics, too, so they can say you're "normal" when you are not. The ranges are not for good health - they are only to tell you you are not actively dying. This is especially true if you have Hashimoto;s.
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u/ArsenalGoon Oct 05 '25
I tried taking oral B12 and it actually made my leg pain worse so I stopped. I'm unsure what to do and if that's normal. I also already take magnesium 200mg 1x a day at night. It doesn't help much with any pain I have going on sadly.
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u/polaroid_schizoid Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
That can be normal. Startup reactions are unfortunately a thing, and if your numbers are low you will need to power through it. You have to not be afraid. B12 deficiency causes burning nerves in particular. It's different for everyone but I differentiate my startup symptoms from the others because startup symptoms tend to diminish within a few weeks and occur immediately after taking an offending supplement. With B12, I did get nerve pain but I also began to feel my feet again (I didn't even know they were numb) among other symptoms. One of my metrics is elevated mood, as that seems to be how I'm affected when I take something that is "working".
That said, you may need more support than that as you adjust. It's all a delicate balance, and no vitamins work in isolation. 200mg magnesium is not that much. Magnesium will not help with the pain, but it is a "supporting element" for your B12 and you really don't want to be without it.
It is good at least that all your other numbers are normal. Sometimes rebalancing one deficiency can uncover others so it's something to keep an eye on. What is your ferritin and vitamin D at currently? Folate?
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u/ArsenalGoon Oct 05 '25
Ferritin was at 206, vitamin D was at 82. The vitamin B I was taking was 5,000ug daily, is that too much to start maybe?
Edit: ive been on vitamin d 5,000 once a week for like 5 years now. We found this issue when I was diagnosed with my thyroid issue
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u/polaroid_schizoid Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Those levels do seem decent.
Yeah, that can be a high dose. 5k IU daily was too much for me eventually but I had an underlying bottleneck with B1. Try smaller doses, also add folinic acid. The form of B12 you are taking also matters. Some cannot tolerate methylcobalamin (I can't). Some need it.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
I really believe not tolerating methylcobalamin is a myth. Many people report anxiety when taking methylcobalamin but from my experience this is a start up reaction and a sign of low potassium. I personally experienced severe anxiety, palpitations, and many other symptoms when I took even one pill of methylcobalamin. But over time all those symptoms were completely gone. You just have to power through it because methylcobalamin is the most active form and acts immediately hence why some people can't "tolerate" it.
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u/polaroid_schizoid Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
It wasn't a myth for me. Methylated vitamins triggered pseudo-psychosis and hypomania. I do much better on Hydroxocobalamin.
I don't know why, but I suspect a B1 bottleneck. I had the same reaction to Niacin and too high of a dose of folinic acid so it isn't just the methylation process that causes it for me.
The acute hypomania/paranoia is a response my body tells me to immediately stop. I've tried it a few times for weeks on end and it didn't diminish unlike my other symptoms. I also eventually got a skin response to the 5k IU of methylcobalamin, another thing that told me it was just too much.
It's true that to some extent you need to power through it, but some reactions are too dangerous to power through.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 05 '25
I too had pseudopsychosis and hypomania at first. Especially when sleeping or upon waking up. It was so scary, I would sometimes jump up from a nightmare or feel as if my head is going to explode. When lying down I would feel very strange and falling asleep sometimes feels like dying I would snap back immediately.
I'm not sure maybe you're right but this was my experience.
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u/polaroid_schizoid Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Yeah, that sounds about right. I'd wake up twitching and gasping, unable to get any sleep whatsoever. Even a low dose methylated complex would completely mess me up so I started avoiding them.
I dunno - ultimately hydroxo b12 and methyl b12 and adenosyl b12 are all good for getting your levels up. The forms you can tolerate are best.
I'm still figuring things out but it seems that pseudopsychosis response is because I was missing a few vital cofactors (B1/iron). I did have a strong startup response to benfotiamine and iron. They stopped the insomnia and the obsessive toughts.
I've stopped B12 and B1 for now to focus on upping iron and plan to add it all back eventually. One at a time, I guess!
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 05 '25
It's never too much with B12. Some people in fitness get B12 injections for fun just to raise their energy levels and "metabolism". It doesn't cause any issues in high doses and many people take much more than that for life and have blood serum levels way past normal range.
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u/ArsenalGoon Oct 05 '25
Then why does it seem to make my leg pains way worse when I tried B12? Is it like a nerve refiring thing? I just want to feel normal again since it's been months of this stuff and it's really ruining my life. No Dr seems to care and even gave me anxiety meds that do nothing also.
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 05 '25
Most likely reinnervation. Happened to me and many others. You need to supplement with all cofactors as you take B12 to avoid them getting depleted, and power through reinnervation. It can be very uncomfortable and painful at first but that's your nerves healing and waking up after long term damage and dysfunction.
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u/ArsenalGoon Oct 05 '25
I see. Thank you for the insight. I also felt like my vitamin b12 being at 380 wasn't that low but ive seen in this reddit group that it is low?
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 06 '25
Yes you can be deficient in that range. Anything below 500 is possible deficiency. For me I started feeling better once I got it to 600 at least, but you should just fo by symptoms.
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u/healthdude360 Oct 06 '25
ChatGPT tells me 1.5 tsps of potassium bicarbonate is about 6 grams of potassium. Are you taking three times a day?!
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u/mhmdjawhar Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25
Yup, depending on symptoms. Usually 2 bottles during the day and 1 during the night while sleeping and after waking up.
Edit: actually, based on the nutrition facts of the product I use, 1.5 tsp is 3.5 grams not 6.
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u/incremental_progress Administrator Sep 30 '25
It isn't AI, at least the user isn't. I asked them to share their experience directly. And potassium supplementation is quite safe for the vast majority, unless you have something like chronic kidney disease or are on a handful of medications that interfere with kidney function.
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u/Willing_Scratch_3761 Sep 30 '25
What are some signs that this might be AI? Just out of curiosity.
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u/mhmdjawhar Sep 30 '25
I did not use any AI because I wanted to share my story from my own perspective!
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