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B12 question! Need help

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Loosingthewilltolive111 · 13/09/2025 20:32

So I posted previously about having a blood test for easy bruising and other symptoms.
I have been told I have a b12 and iron deficiency however my GP no longer provides b12 injections unless you have a certain condition which I do not, before joining this practice my levels were higher than they are now and I was offered a loading dose and then the regular b12 injections afterwards.
i feel absolutely rubbish, I’m breastfeeding and I am utterly exhausted.
so in desperation I have booked a private b12 injection at a pharmacy next week, my question is, after I take the b12 injection, do I carry on taking my b12 tablets every day?
I can’t ask my GP this because I can’t take up an appointment for a question.
i feel lost and don’t know what to do!

OP posts:
Loosingthewilltolive111 · 13/09/2025 20:54

Bumping for myself

OP posts:
SparklyBrickViper · 13/09/2025 20:59

If you pay for B12 injections privately, you’ll always have “false” test results as your reading will be higher.

No issues with taking your B12 tablets - you can’t overdose on B12.

Lots of information on here, including letters /information useful for conversations with GP’s.

pernicious-anaemia-society.org/

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