taniaaust1
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A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with b12 deficiency.
I'm scared that taking a lot of methylfolate makes my b12 deficiency worse. I took 2000 mcg metafolin today and 3000 mcg b12. I don't know if I need less or more. In what ratio are most people here taking metafolin/b12?
Seeing you have B12 deficiency, you arent going to be able to compare ratios with what others are doing as obviously you will need a higher ratio of B12 then someone who hasnt got B12 deficiency.
If you having issues with getting your supplements right.. maybe it would be a good idea to take a step back and just sort on fixing your B12 deficiency first and then come back to this with starting off at the normal procotols which are done here to see how things go. Treating with supplements isnt a race but should be done cautiously as everything interacts with everything else (over taking something could screw up other ratios and cause new deficiencies which may be complicated to work out)... and you dont want folate masking B12 deficiency.
Experiment slow with the principle in mind to do no harm.
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You said you dont take other Bs. When I was naturopathy collage we were taught that if one has a deficiency in one B.. there are often problems with other Bs too. You may want to consider taking a multi B vitamin too (note some countries have the start of their normal range in still deficiency levels)
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