HI there everybody,
So now on approximately my sixth post on this site asking for advice, so once again, thank you to anyone with the patience to respond.
Basically, I started taking vitamin B12 - Jarrow, 5000mcg last week, but I just feel really bad.
I've had intense back pain for maybe a week now, at the top of my spine, similar to the one I got when I quit gluten.
My muscles and limbs hurt - calf muscles, arms...
I just feel really kind of heavy, tired and tight? As though everything is an effort, I'm trying to finish my thesis but I feel like I just can't think... I'm distracted by the pain and tiredness... I don't know what's up.
I wrote last week after I think my potassium dropped right down. I had basically taken the B12, 400mg of folate (been taking that a few weeks), about 25mg of Niacin, and dipped my finger in the contents of a B6 capsule and licked it because the capsules are 100mg and the last time I took a full one I had a panic attack. Maybe I got about 20mg of B6 that time. I've also started taking Zinc, 30mg about a week ago, and I take calcium and magnesium at about 120% of the RDA. I haven't taken any B6 or Niacin since last Friday, when I got terrible leg cramps, lost sensation in my fingertips, got nauseas, dizzy and heart palpitations. I managed to stave it off by eating literally 10 bananas, but that night I woke up at 4am, ridiculously awake and didn't get to sleep until about 10pm the following night. I'm wondering if my current tiredness is the result of missing so much sleep that night.
Since then I've massively upped my potassium, I must be getting 4000-5000mgs a day now, I get 2000 at breakfast just from taking half a teaspoon of lo-salt in a glass of orange juice then a smoothie of 3 bananas. I eat high potassium foods throughout the day too, including tomatoes, tomato juice etc. I have felt much better since Friday, but I still feel an ache in my legs, like they wanna cramp but it's not that bad yet, plus just the aches and tiredness in the rest of me.
Ive also doubled the calcium + magnesium tablets after I pretty much didn't go to the bathroom for 2 weeks, which has only just started to improve.
Is it normal to feel so bad after starting B-12? I'm pretty sure I was deficient, as blood tests showed half the minimum platelet count, oversized red blood cells and a B12 level barely within healthy levels. I've been Vegan my entire life so I'm not sure I actually know how it should feel to be within normal B12 levels....
I also don't know why but I feel like I'm intuitively CRAVING minerals. I just want them, don't know why lol. I've been eating nuts and seeds to get selenium and manganese but they contain such low amounts
Will the pain go away soon?
Thanks in advance for anybody who has any tips.
So now on approximately my sixth post on this site asking for advice, so once again, thank you to anyone with the patience to respond.
Basically, I started taking vitamin B12 - Jarrow, 5000mcg last week, but I just feel really bad.
I've had intense back pain for maybe a week now, at the top of my spine, similar to the one I got when I quit gluten.
My muscles and limbs hurt - calf muscles, arms...
I just feel really kind of heavy, tired and tight? As though everything is an effort, I'm trying to finish my thesis but I feel like I just can't think... I'm distracted by the pain and tiredness... I don't know what's up.
I wrote last week after I think my potassium dropped right down. I had basically taken the B12, 400mg of folate (been taking that a few weeks), about 25mg of Niacin, and dipped my finger in the contents of a B6 capsule and licked it because the capsules are 100mg and the last time I took a full one I had a panic attack. Maybe I got about 20mg of B6 that time. I've also started taking Zinc, 30mg about a week ago, and I take calcium and magnesium at about 120% of the RDA. I haven't taken any B6 or Niacin since last Friday, when I got terrible leg cramps, lost sensation in my fingertips, got nauseas, dizzy and heart palpitations. I managed to stave it off by eating literally 10 bananas, but that night I woke up at 4am, ridiculously awake and didn't get to sleep until about 10pm the following night. I'm wondering if my current tiredness is the result of missing so much sleep that night.
Since then I've massively upped my potassium, I must be getting 4000-5000mgs a day now, I get 2000 at breakfast just from taking half a teaspoon of lo-salt in a glass of orange juice then a smoothie of 3 bananas. I eat high potassium foods throughout the day too, including tomatoes, tomato juice etc. I have felt much better since Friday, but I still feel an ache in my legs, like they wanna cramp but it's not that bad yet, plus just the aches and tiredness in the rest of me.
Ive also doubled the calcium + magnesium tablets after I pretty much didn't go to the bathroom for 2 weeks, which has only just started to improve.
Is it normal to feel so bad after starting B-12? I'm pretty sure I was deficient, as blood tests showed half the minimum platelet count, oversized red blood cells and a B12 level barely within healthy levels. I've been Vegan my entire life so I'm not sure I actually know how it should feel to be within normal B12 levels....
I also don't know why but I feel like I'm intuitively CRAVING minerals. I just want them, don't know why lol. I've been eating nuts and seeds to get selenium and manganese but they contain such low amounts
Will the pain go away soon?
Thanks in advance for anybody who has any tips.