Boo's Healing with B12 Journal
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Published
- Sep 2014
Summary
About two years into B12-deficiency-related neurological symptoms, depression and heart palpitations severe enough to include hospitalization for a suspected cardiac event, she moved to monthly hydroxocobalamin injections alongside potassium, magnesium, iron and vitamin D. Arm pain resolved within days of an early dose, and depression lifted markedly with the injections ("feeling really good today mentally, happy"), improving from active suicidal ideation to feeling better. The picture stayed mixed and maintenance-dependent: an ongoing "emotional rollercoaster" with persistent anxiety and nighttime muscle jolting, stopping B12 had previously triggered a depression relapse, and she was still hoping to "get back to 100%."
What they credit
Credits Supplements, B12 injections and methylation, Selenium, iodine, minerals, Vitamin D and sun exposure.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Anxiety & low mood, Heart symptoms & palpitations, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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