What other deficiencies, accompany, low vitamin B12?

[Systemlord]

MY vitamin B12 is circling the drain and would like to know what other vitamins I should test alongside vitamin B12. I started taking 500 mcg and soon after my veins started getting puffy again as they had been rather deflated and was having cold feet and coldness in general.

I have been eating a lot of meat with protein, mainly chicken and turkey, and some London broil.

I have been going to the gym for 8-10 weeks every day for 1-2 hours and I’m probably burning through stuff.

 

[gerardo]

MY vitamin B12 is circling the drain and would like to know what other vitamins I should test alongside vitamin B12. I started taking 500 mcg and soon after my veins started getting puffy again as they had been rather deflated and was having cold feet and coldness in general.

I have been eating a lot of meat with protein, mainly chicken and turkey, and some London broil.

Are you doing TRT? As you say your feet feel cold, have you had your thyroid tested?

 

[sammmy]

5000 mcg sublingual tablets or liquid B12 methylcobalamin are very effective at rising the blood levels - I get above the normal range if I take them every day.

If B12 is low, probably you have low absorption of all B vitamins, so supplement with a vit B complex - some of those are rather overdosed, like 100 times above the daily requirement, but if you are deficient will do you good in the short term. For a long term usage later, find a vit B complex that is not overdosed.

Test also vit D.

 

[JmarkH]

Have you ever tried MIC B12 injections? I do EOD methionine 15mg, inositol 50mg, choline 100mg, B12 cyanocobalamin 1000mg.

 

[Systemlord]

Have you ever tried MIC B12 injections

How is injecting my vitamins, different from taking it orally?

If B12 is low

Yeah bottom of the ranges at 241 (200-910 pg/mL). I took 500 mcg and didn’t feel as cold today and my veins were fuller right after taking it. I always have the coldness and shrunken veins at the same time.

 

[Systemlord]

I felt like I had more energy in the gym today which I haven’t felt in several weeks. I actually took three 500 mcg capsules today.

I did find a vitamin B complex with 6 mcg which seems more reasonable as 500 mcg doesn’t seem like a good long term dosage.

 

[JmarkH]

How is injecting my vitamins, different from taking it orally?

Some have issues with absorption from oral B12. I take it you really don't care for needles.

 

[sammmy]

Actually the methylcobalamin B12 tablets or liquid are so massively overdosed (mine are 5mg = 5000 micrograms, which is 1000 times the daily requirement) that they very effectively raise my levels above the normal range with daily administration, despite the fact that obviously I do not absorb it well - it is low normal if I don't supplement. Now I take them occasionally 1-2 times a week. No need for injections.

 

[Systemlord]

Some have issues with absorption from oral B12. I take it you really don't care for needles.

I started TRT using 18 gauge syringes and was injecting daily at one time using insulin syringes for over a year. I don’t have a problem with syringes.