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My B12 injections don't make me feel better, but the continued nerve damage if I didn't have them would have made me feel a whole lot worse in the longer term (and after a year of injections I did get at least some feeling back - again, it's a gradual process). Are the injections actually causing problems? (apart from the obvious discomfort if the nurse isn't a good shot!)imhaving b12 injections
they do not seem to be doing me any good
what happens if i stop it
Would that apply to the ones absorbed via the oral mucosa too thus bypassing the digestive system entirely?There may be a particular reason for having B12 injections. Some people cannot absorb B12 in food or tablet form.
On my personal experience of those mentioned above it was highly effective. As you said. I guess it depends on the cause of the lack. Mine has not been established unfortunately.Thanks @HSSS, re: sublingual absorption, I have heard that sometimes it suffices, sometimes not - this was with checking with a blood test after several weeks on sublingual.
Is your folate level good? No point having b12 if you have inadequate folate. The b12 needs the folate to form a more useful b12 (a methylated form). This is the form that the body can actually utilise. Otherwise it's floating around your body not doing very much. This is why methylcobalamin tablets are the better form of b12 as it's already formed the useful b12 and can be used immediately. I had borderline b12 deficiency and took a 1000mg tablet twice a day before meals and at 10 days I had a vastly noticeable difference in my energy levels, though depending on how low your levels were to start with it may take longer.imhaving b12 injections
they do not seem to be doing me any good
what happens if i stop it