This Nut Isn’t Really Cracked
Several weeks ago I shared with y’all that I’d been skating on a slippery slope of mild depression for several months and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. Well, actually, I didn’t think anything was wrong with me and I was chalking the whole thing up to anxiety…but my darling of a husband started to not-so-gently point out all the ways in which I seemed to be slowly losing my mind. My nut was cracking, and he was worried. I went to the doctor; she did a blood work-up and discovered my vitamin B-12 level is deficient.
I apparently have an issue with how my body absorbs the vitamin, regardless of how much I ingest through my food. I’ve been getting B-12 injections once a week for the last six weeks, and oh what a difference! B-12 is my new drug of choice, and it’s completely legal and covered by insurance.
I have more energy, more focus, and my memory has stopped taking increasingly random vacations. I’m still crazy as a bat, but at least I can remember insanity is my normal state of conscience and nobody has to be too alarmed.
I feel really optimistic again. Oh sure, life still requires I play doge with pitchforks, but whose life doesn’t require some zig and zag? You know what else? I’m a lucky woman to have a husband who bugs the hell out of me when he suspects something is wrong. Sometimes he’s the only person I listen to, and he’s the one person who always stands up to me. I may complain when he tells it like he sees it, but I always appreciate his honesty and his advocacy.
The poor guy, though, he’s not sure what to do with me now that I’m smiling and doling out extra hugs like one of Santa’s elves with candy. After several months of living with my mood swings, cold shoulder, and erratic sate of mental malaise, he’s probably waiting for the pendulum to swing again.
I wonder if the bag of syringes and vials of B-12 I brought home from the pharmacy after my doctor agreed to let me shoot up at home are at all comforting to my family. With physical evidence in the house that happy serum will continue to flow, perhaps he’ll feel a little more confident in my long-term state of mind. Hell, maybe I’ll even let him make the needle tracks on my arms just so he knows I’m keeping up with medical protocol. Then again, my new-found optimism may not be encompassing enough to put a needle in my husband’s hand and give him permission to poke me. I think I’ll just give him another hug.
Oh, I’m going to go buy some B vitamins this week. You’re not the only person I’ve heard lately that says it helps their mood immensely.
I’m SO glad you’re feeling better!!
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Got to love hubbies that love us enough to call it like it is! I am so glad that you are feeling better! Hugs and love.
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OH! We all want you feeling your best.
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I am so glad that things are better for you! That totally rocks! I am so happy for you!
P.S. – You are just keeping Kim on his toes. He would grow old without you to keep him spry and ready for anything!
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My mom told me vitamin B-12 would help with my migraines, so I take it in pill form. Maybe I need the shot, cause I still get lots of migraines…
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I just started taking a vitamin B complex but I’m not sure if I’m seeing any miracle changes. Maybe I’ll talk to my doc about the injections. How long after your first one did you see a difference?
I’m happy it’s working for you and I KNOW HBL would love to shove a needle into my behind but never ever ever….no way.
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You’re lucky that your vitamin deficiency was diagnosed. I’ve heard of cases where doctors didn’t do the obvious thing – order a full blood work – and fixable conditions such as this remained undetected.
SO WEIRD! My mother just noticed my lack of energy and my sour disposition and handed me a baggie of B vitamins last week! I’ve been carrying it around in my purse for the last week, thinking she was under the influence of some kind of placebo effect, but as soon as I got through your first paragraph I dug those suckers out and took one. I hope it works for me too!
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Glad to know you’re feeling better. And you’re gutsy to take those shots yourself.
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Hummmm…thou hast made me wonder? Maybe I’ll crack out the B vitamins.
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This is very interesting. I need to look into this. I am wondering if the shots are much better then the pills? I used to take vit B complex but didn’t see any changes so stopped. So do you have noticable changes? Please let me know if this really helps and continues to do so!
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Midlife Slices and Lori,
It really took about 4 weeks before I began to notice a difference. I’ve read that you can take B-12 orally as well, but I’m not sure how a B-complex vitamin works and if it has enough of the specific B-12 to boost levels if they’re low. Apparently it can cause long-term mental issues and damage to the spine and nervous system. It also mimics the symptoms of classical depression and fatigue.
Not sure if this helps you, but I’m wishing you all the best!!
Hugs,
Tricia
I think I want to be poked with a needle too!!
I’m so glad to hear it has helped!
I also had good luck with B-12…it made me feel livlier. Have you read “When Your Body Gets the Blues”…it’s short and has good information about the importance of all the B vitamins. Glad you’re feeling better.
How wonderful that you and your doctor found the problem and fixed it. I fear there’s no help for me. I am just truly nuts. *sigh*
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Yeah, my guy, (who interestingly, has been hanging out in the tropics all winter) keeps saying to me over Skype, “you need some vitamin B….and let’s get you one of those sun lamps”. It’s amazing when we find ourselves feeling certain ways, reacting to things the way we dont usually, or hunkering down into a state that isn’t “us”. I hate it. I just got out of one of those months.
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