Posted by itsme2003 on May 1, 2005, at 20:30:08
In reply to Re: search the web and your library for books and » joebob, posted by TamaraJ on February 23, 2005, at 10:27:32
I wanted to see if I could help improve my depression by increasing my B-12 levels.
At a nearby health food store there is a traveling lab technician who comes by every couple of months and for a fee that is considerably less than in a Dr's office you can have any medical test done that you desire. I'd had my B-12 tested and it wasn't low at 400 (I apologize, but I've forgotten what the units are), but I thought that I could be in a situation of having a sub-clinical deficiency.
I used the sublingual tablets (one or two at a time) over the course of 9 months and was able to raise my B-12 level to 1150. I was a little concerned that I had overshot the top end of the normal range, but I asked my Dr. about it and he said to not worry about it since I had done it through supplementation.
I'm not suggesting that everyone could raise their levels that much with the sublingual tablets, but you could raise it quite a bit with them.
Changing my B-12 levels didn't cause any changes in my depression levels, so I discontinued the supplementation.
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