Vitamin b12 deficiency

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Hi there just after some advise . I recently had a blood test after feeling rubbish for quite some time and my vit b12 has come back as 184 ng/l on the note on my test result (on the patient knows best app) it says that anything between 180 and 320 needs to be retested in 3 months if vit b12 deficiency is suspected .
The doctor got back to me and said it was on the low end of normal and I can buy some of the vitamins which I have done. Just wondered if anyone has any experience with this and if so how long untill the vitamin tablets start to work? I have so many of the symptoms of low vitb12 but Google tells me all different things!
Sorry if my post doesn't make a lot of sense I'm trying to cook dinner with a 2 and 4 year old interrupting me every 5 seconds !

Assuming your test is a total serum B12 test then you are clearly B12 deficent and symptomatic.

Unless you are on a restrictive diet or suffering a gut infection then you will have a malabsorption issue and B12 supplements will do little for you except raise B12 serum levels. These have no bearing on what B12 your body has at a cellular level to heal and repair neurological symptoms.

Join the Vitamin B12 Wakeup FB group or view The B12 Society Website.