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Based on my experience, I don't think the majority of doctors even ever consider B12 deficiency as the cause of any medical conditions...

Hopefully, the cocktail will help.

This early in the morning? Good thing you had the rest of the post there or we would be thinking you

Maybe I did drink the wrong kind of cocktail since I've almost passed out twice this morning. If I'm going to pass out, I should at least be having a good time...

I went to the 99Cent Store yesterday to get some face masks. I wanted the light blue ones but they only had purple and white. I got the purple ones because I've never had purple face masks before. . Don't know how I got so off topic. I wanted to say that the face masks were marked at $5.99 but rang up at $3. I should've bought more but I'll go to another 99Cent store and see if I can find the blue ones. If I can't find them, then I'll have the blues and not have the blues at the same time...

I had a B12 and Potassium deficiency which was easily corrected by taking a few vitamins. However, my neurologist tested me for B6 and Zinc and I was low in both of those (very low in B6 which is uncommon). I don't like taking those supplements (they mess me up) so I still have the deficiencies. My iron has been trending lower for the past 3 years. It's now in the abnormal range. They did a CBC panel and half of my tests were abnormal including my hemoglobin which indicated iron-deficiency anemia. My TSH level was also low (overactive thyroid) but I don't know if there's any relationship to the vitamin issues. I feel no difference when my B12 and Potassium levels are up or down. They're just numbers. I don't know what to do about B6 and Zinc. I think that I have a problem there. With the iron, I always feel tired and wiped out. I have fainting issues and an irregular heartbeat. I've had multiple heart attacks but I don't know if any of it is related to iron. I was bleeding for 3 weeks after my surgery at the end of August so that might be why my iron is low. My doctor hasn't talked to me about it yet because the results just came in.

Based on my experience, I don't think the majority of doctors even ever consider B12 deficiency as the cause of any medical conditions, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. Before I was diagnosed with my deficiency, I was often told to take iron (which I personally dislike immensely).

The year I was FINALLY diagnosed, I was constantly fatigued, even when I tried to get a full 8 hours of sleep. I also had brain fog & was finding myself forgetting things. The final straw was when I caught myself going to put M&Ms in my mouth and instead of them ending up in my mouth, they ended up on the table in front of me. This had happened several times.

My primary doctor, who I love overall, listened to my concerns & ran blood tests, then suggested maybe I take something for my stress because the tests came back normal. I literally ended up curled up in a ball on the floor in the corner of the room crying, because I really felt like I had a brain tumor or something and didn't want his silly stress medicine.

Lucky for me, an internal specialist had just joined the clinic I go to and he was using the rooms next to my primary doctor. They were talking about me in the hall while I cried. My primary doctor and the internal specialist came in. He asked a few more questions and suggested a test to check for a B12 deficiency.

My numbers were ridiculously low, so they started me on B12 shots once a month. My husband could actually tell when I hadn't had my shot on schedule! Luckily, as time has passed, the OTC B12 vitamins have improved and I no longer have to have shots, but I do take my B12 as one of the first things I do every morning.

The B12 has no negative side effects like iron (lol). The biggest thing is I have to make sure I take it early or it will keep me awake at night. Usually I can take it as late as noon, and I have taken it as late as 3pm if I had a very busy late night planned, but it definitely boosts my energy levels.

Even with my history, I have to remind my primary doctor every time he orders my bloodwork to include the test for B12.

So do I think it is worth you asking your doctor to include the test the next time you have blood drawn? Why, yes, I think it is worth it.

My vitamin cocktail worked pretty well yesterday. I took a nap right after I took it and woke up without a headache. I felt better for most of the day but still not very good. Unfortunately, I had a bad night. The headache came back and I had multiple near passing out episodes. I took another cocktail this morning. These are vitamins that I'm deficient in or have been recently. I started it off with multivitamins and then added B12, B6, Zinc, Potassium, and Iron. There's one vitamin that I don't like but I'm not sure if it's Iron or Zinc. I currently have the headache again. Hopefully, the cocktail will help.

I notice no difference if I stop taking the iron. Well, actually a lot of the supplements. I am just kind of trusting they are doing their job and going off of bloodwork results. I do notice if I stop my Glucosamine. And I truly believe upping C and elderberry if I start to feel sick helps me. Everything else is just kind of on faith.

All very interesting. I may add a B12 as I did some reading and as a vegetarian that doesnt really eat cereal I dont have a natural source regularly. In my reading I saw that you should take B12 and C a couple of hours apart for maximum effect. I know I tried a B-something of my husband's once. My face got really flush (bright red) and I got scared I was having an anaphylaxis reaction because that's how my last one started. Fortunately, that was just a normal reaction to the B-whatever it was and didnt progress. Do the B12s make you flush?

Please get the KN95's!!! You can use your Wag's Cash to buy them. They are much better than the blue ones!! I don't see them on the Wag's nor CVS websites, but I have seen them in store hanging in CVS pharmacy area. The ones they have online are the Honeywell and 3M brands that have the elastic that goes around the head like they gave out Free that you and I got and they don't fit us.

Hell even if you have to go to Amazon, its worth it. Please!!

My vitamin cocktail worked pretty well yesterday. I took a nap right after I took it and woke up without a headache. I felt better for most of the day but still not very good. Unfortunately, I had a bad night. The headache came back and I had multiple near passing out episodes. I took another cocktail this morning. These are vitamins that I'm deficient in or have been recently. I started it off with multivitamins and then added B12, B6, Zinc, Potassium, and Iron. There's one vitamin that I don't like but I'm not sure if it's Iron or Zinc. I currently have the headache again. Hopefully, the cocktail will help.

I don't like iron because it has a tendency to make me need prunes.

Based on reading about the various supplements, I take all of mine at least 30 minutes apart, with some of them separated by more hours than that. I would suspect taking a ton of them all at once could make an otherwise compromised system feel worse, even if some of them are helping your system internally. Not a doctor, just my opinion.



I also take extra C & zinc and add on elderberry if I start feeling bad.

B12 does not make me flush.

I notice no difference if I stop taking the iron. Well, actually a lot of the supplements. I am just kind of trusting they are doing their job and going off of bloodwork results. I do notice if I stop my Glucosamine. And I truly believe upping C and elderberry if I start to feel sick helps me. Everything else is just kind of on faith.



All very interesting. I may add a B12 as I did some reading and as a vegetarian that doesnt really eat cereal I dont have a natural source regularly. In my reading I saw that you should take B12 and C a couple of hours apart for maximum effect. I know I tried a B-something of my husband's once. My face got really flush (bright red) and I got scared I was having an anaphylaxis reaction because that's how my last one started. Fortunately, that was just a normal reaction to the B-whatever it was and didnt progress. Do the B12s make you flush?

Maybe the nap helped more than you thought it would since you quickly dismissed my suggestion of getting rest. If nothing else, you didn't have to deal with a headache while sleeping. Take care.

I wish that I had known about the Elderberry. I had so much of it from all of the RA deals. Maybe 50 bottles but it could have been more and I gave them all away. I didn't even keep one for myself. I was lucky to have the Iron bottle. I gave them away too. I've got a big problem with Boost. I don't have much space and I'm never going to drink it even though it's not that bad. I might have to give them away, too. It'd better than having them sit here and expire. Maybe I should just drink the Boost and forget about the vitamins. That would be easier for me.

Open a package of Boost and put a few in the refrigerator. Once they are cold, open one and drink it. I have been pleasantly surprised, they aren't bad.

Sambucol Elderberry from CVS deals is what got me started on elderberry. Once I had to fly to CA on business. BY the time our flight touched down, I felt terribly bad and had a very important meeting the next morning. I went straight from the airport to the closest CVS, bought a bottle and took a huge swig. I took another swig before I crawled into bed. By the morning, I felt like a new person. Strange tasting, but something I swear by as helping me multiple times over the years.

Since I've gotten multiple messages asking what the glitch at CVS was, I will tell you it is dead and there was really no reason to discuss it here.

Evidently, a $10 ecb for the Gillette/Venus deal last week was not disappearing from accounts if stc. People were reusing it over and over again. I was told the glitch was fixed by early Sunday morning. Monday morning, they removed the $10 ecb earned from all accounts. If the ecb had not been used at all, it was replaced by a new $10 ecb. If the ecb had been used more than one time, the ecb account was closed.

Some people who took advantage are bragging they used all their ecbs, so the account closing doesn't matter because they can always get a new card. Others evidently are sweating over it because they had their real name, address and phone number on their card.

So it's probably better it's not something we heard about in advance.