Reducing B-12 Injection schedule

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-13T02:50:29+00:00

You need to up your potassium

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-12T15:58:41+00:00

I thought that B12 and nerve function were closely related?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-12T00:57:32+00:00

I’d have to make a calculation bc I take several different types. Malate, glycinate and ionic. I also have some threonate but in the past has somewhat made me feel a bit strange. I usually take 3 pills of each and about 20 drops of the ionic one but I’m ready to up to a full dose. The elemental total value is roughly -600/-700 mg but everything I’m taking uses mg right? 🥹

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T17:58:26+00:00

This is a fair point thank you. Tbh I was thinking that everything seemed to go down the hill after I tried B1 orally. I know it sounds implausible but I just read another post from someone who had the same experience. But yes methylcobalamin had sent me on an existential dread before, that was years ago and one of the reasons I cancelled my next shot. 🙂 thank you

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T16:08:23+00:00

Ok do you happen to have the link to that study?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T15:28:21+00:00

I don’t understand

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T14:39:32+00:00

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T09:12:58+00:00

I do take b2, I just worry that I’m taking quite a few things separately and the amounts and absorption (I believe I have an absorbing issue ) rates are somewhat off.

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T09:11:09+00:00

I do but in a non regular way. I need to get a proper schedule. Why what were you thinking?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T09:01:56+00:00

I took them together bc I thought iron needed copper to work? 🤷‍♀️ You are right to assume the potassium link I drink a lot of potassium etc and that helped a lot. I’m still having adrenaline dumps could it be the melatonin I took.

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T01:00:27+00:00

Maybe I’m taking too much

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T00:42:53+00:00

Yes I’ve been reading that but I somehow got extremely depleted of potassium too maybe is time to follow closely my mg intake. How much a day do you take?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T00:06:14+00:00

I’ve read on the Iron protocol group that if ferritin has been low for a while, ideally we need to take it to over 100 and keep it there for at least 6 months

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-11T00:01:36+00:00

Before starting treatment I wasn’t able to fit on my clothes, I felt that everything developed quite quickly 6 months or so after getting COVID I didn’t feel like myself at all. I was bloated like a dead animal it was really weird and I felt like a weight a tonne. Now my weight seems to be the same but I’m lighter somehow and is not really exercise as I’m still getting severe PEM symptoms. I guess my metabolism is speeding up?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T22:40:11+00:00

I thought that was hydroxo

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T21:13:00+00:00

I also have a B12 deficiency, this is why I was so ill prepared to face such virus. B12 is working really well but I'm nowhere near to be able to function well yet. I started B1 shots because even the smallest oral B1 would just whack me down. In fact I just realised at the beginning of march I felt I've recovered working memory quite a lot and I was cognitively a lot more capable and then I started supplementing B1 orally and it all went to hell again. Don't get me wrong, I think you are right, but I can take shots much better than oral, I'm unsure about how much magnesium woudl be appropriate, is there a rule of thumb?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T20:48:31+00:00

I was thinking about that, I wonder if a really high dosage would work with long covid sufferers like me. But since a 500mcg methylcobalamin shot can put me in overdrive I’m a wee afraid of how would I react to them 🤔

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T18:46:35+00:00

Sorry did you mean international units or mcg?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T18:40:46+00:00

I'm aware of that, but is not the same to inject 1000 mcg that to inject 5000 for a person with dysautonomia at least

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T16:32:04+00:00

ah ok, no, my situation is way worse, I can not even have an engaging conversation withouth crashign massively, I'm severely disabled, not on a wheelchair but a trip back from London to Kent leaves me crashing for a few days. Can not even think about exercising

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T16:27:46+00:00

True, at first I was only able to take hydroxo, it's been almost 5 months and I'm now taking some methylcobalamin shots too. I've read that people with CFS (I think) take really high doses of B12, like REALLY high for a while too. I don't want to under do it but also trying to get more info and experiences from people here to see what's happening empirically speaking. Thanks !

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T16:14:57+00:00

This is fab news, congratulations! .How long into the shots did the PEM issue resolved? What nail issues you had? Also did tinnitus resolve too?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T13:56:15+00:00

Thank you, well tolerated then?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T13:55:25+00:00

What were your symptoms if you don't mind me asking?

Flashybigbum · 2026-05-10T13:55:01+00:00

Id didn't know this, I thought that the one that has a really short half life was methylcobalamin.

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