If methylcobalamin (B-12) works for you then you might enhance it by also taking folic acid.
Methylcobalamin's only role is to transport "methyl groups" and folic acid is an important source if you are deficient. That's why B12 deficiency and folic acid deficiency can look the same at first.
is that L-5-MTHF ?
I've worked out why your comments are so cryptic, that's the B12 deficiency.
Must make raping haggises a problem too.
that will be it rod
you get b12 from haggises
Not when your system is f***ed so you can't get it from what you eat anymore.
you should just go for the injections then
That presents an ethics problem for the doctor.
If he finds out you're low, then because of the "permanent damage" issue, that pretty well forces his hand to give you an injection of B12. That's because it quickly raises the liver level.
My doctor for example, gave me 1ml injections, once a week for four weeks. Instead of just one shot for the month.
But the other aspect of the issue, is making treatment of the condition easy for the patient. Nobody wants to have to go to doctors office and wait to see doctor and get the shot. It's a waste of time. Getting a bottle of B12 pills as a supplement, it's easy to correct the situation yourself.
But to prove the pills are working, takes time. And if your bodily conversion process was broken, there could be permanent damage to you, while the doctor pisses around proving the pills work (or not).
You can see how many vials I went through, before I got off the treadmill. Today, I'm taking pills. And I asked for the blood test, to prove my experiment was working. I'm glad I'm shed of the injections, because the line at the clinic goes "round the corner" and getting a shot today would take virtually the whole day.
Paul
Sums up 'Reform' voters in a nutshell
Take your pills before watching this video about a steam loco manufacturer in "North Britain" (Glasgow) :-)
9:33 isn't that old man steptoe overseeing the checking the alignment of a loco frame with string ?.
If you have auto-immune pernicious anaemia then you could consume as much B12 as you want, but it would all go straight through you, leading to nerve damage if untreated with regular jags.
If you have the auto-immune disease that has destroyed the cells that line the stomach, then all the dietary supplements in the world will not help you though :-(
As heard on TV, when Harry Secombe was relating his spell in the army, where he and another guy were given the job of cleaning the craphouses.
Someone took the piss out of them, at which point the other guy said "You might laugh but to me this job is my bread and butter".
Actually, some of the symptoms of B12 deficiency are similar to those of early dementia
Doesn't work like that with our 'free' NHS Paul.
First you engage guerilla warfare with the GP receptionist in order to get an appointment with the doctor.
After a few weeks you get to see the doctor and have 15 minutes to persuade him(or more likely to be her these days) that you have something wrong. He/She/'They' then decide what blood and/or other tests are needed. You then trot along to the hospital out-patients department where you are surrounded by all the flotsam and jetsome of society, many with infections and bugs that you really do not want to catch.
The test results go back to your doctor, thankfully these days probably electronically via the NHS Intranet.
Now you have to either phone up, requiring another battle with the receptionist bouncers to get through to, and speak to, or get another appoinment to see the doctor in person.
Or you could go private and get it all done at times to suit you.
And remember: this system is the envy of the world - and don't you forget it.
Sums up 'Remoan' voters in a nutshell
Here you go.
Dont have a B12 deficienty myself
It's some carry on isn't it
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