I am in a few forums that discusses whats going on in our bodies. One of them is a all-hormone forum, and another one is everything, but leans more towards the brain. Anyway, in the hormone forum it is pretty much standard that if someone is having thyroid and adrenal problems that addressing nutritional first is necessary. This means getting vitamin b12 to the tippy top of the range.

I take 2000mcg of b12 a day. I have felt a decent difference since addressing me vitamins.

that is great news for you.

some people have really excellent results with the b12 shots, and you are one of them!!!

double good on you for being proactive and trying new things.

JFK, if you didn't know, had addison's disease, and was quoted as saying that without b12 shots he never would have been able to achieve the presidency.

might i suggest raw beef or raw beef liver or raw clams.

I'm not sure. It either helped a little but I couldn't tell because I was coming down off the B12, it did nothing or it made me feel worse. Not sure.

The doctor gave me a half dose of the B12 just to test it out and when I spoke with her the day before my vitamin drip, about 5 days later, she asked me how long the B12 lasted. That was the day that I noticed a marked decrease in energy.

So, I'm not sure if I'm gonna do the meyers again. I think for now I'm just gonna do the B12 for a while and see how far I get.

Yesterday my mom got all giddy talking about B12 and said, "even your laugh was different". I'm like, "you mean the difference between not laughing at all and actually laughing?"

But yeah, the healthy me has a big gregarious laugh. It was back!!!!

Believe me, i am definetely going to look into it. I can't lie, i'm not a big fan of shots. I supplement with very little testosterone shots and it does not feel so great.

But the benefits outdue the uncomfortable feelings of a shot.

My D levels are up to 92. But I don't know what my B12 looks like. Will have to wait and see for another 3 weeks or so before my next appt. Thanks for thinking about me Beth. I appreciate it.

Los

Hey Los,

She gave me 0.2 cc's. The nurse told me that a normal dose for a person my size is 0.5 cc's and that they would probably increase it to that slowly. The nurse specifically said that the doctor usually prescribes the B12 for people with fatigue, trouble breathing and for weight loss.

She didn't test my B12 though. She just said, "Lets try it and see what happens. We'll start real low just to be safe.". I like her.

One thing that I read that was interesting in the wilipedia article was about potassium in the blood becoming too low after B12 is increased to the right level. I wonder how this relates to the salt wasting.... I need an exorbitant amount of salt. I wonder if I will need less. I just got another shot this morning and will make sure to keep closer track of what happens.