How much B12 supplement do you take, if you take it?

[Anonymous]

Trying in this thread as well as health, as no one has answered- ovo-lacto vegetarian.

[Anonymous]

Get tested and see if you need it. I switch between 1000 mg and 3000 mg. When I'm low I take higher. The soft gels work well for me. No one can answer it as you need to get tested and talk to your doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get tested and see if you need it. I switch between 1000 mg and 3000 mg. When I'm low I take higher. The soft gels work well for me. No one can answer it as you need to get tested and talk to your doctor.

That's the problem, too much onflicting advice.

Did you mean mg or mcg...most come in mcg

[Anonymous]

My doctor has me on injections and seems to think pills can’t be absorbed very well. Not sure if that’s really the case or not, although I have heard the shots are better.

[Anonymous]

5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

A day, I was on 2500 mcg and then thought it was way too much. It's 100% over required. Dr said " a good supplement" another said 1,000. Apparently most people are in need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My doctor has me on injections and seems to think pills can’t be absorbed very well. Not sure if that’s really the case or not, although I have heard the shots are better.

I did both. Pills worked better for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

I don't know. I don't have any bad side effects. I guess this dosage is not too much for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

It supposedly comes out in your pee. I over did it and my numbers were crazy high but the doctor wasn't concerned. I now take it just a few times a week. But, I use the soft gels not liquid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

It supposedly comes out in your pee. I over did it and my numbers were crazy high but the doctor wasn't concerned. I now take it just a few times a week. But, I use the soft gels not liquid.

So, 5,000 mcg liquid about 3 x a week. So what do your numbers look like now?

Do you get tested yearly?

[Anonymous]

None. It constpiates me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

It supposedly comes out in your pee. I over did it and my numbers were crazy high but the doctor wasn't concerned. I now take it just a few times a week. But, I use the soft gels not liquid.

So, 5,000 mcg liquid about 3 x a week. So what do your numbers look like now?

Do you get tested yearly?

I've tested a few times in the past few years. I had to beg the doctors to test for B and D. It was silly given they were testing for other stuff. I was very very low for both. Last time I tested after doing the shots then pills I was alarmingly high but nothing bad has happened. Its worth testing for. Otherwise do 1000 mcg a few times a week. 5000 mcg is very high (which I've done). I will sometimes do the 5000 mcg 1-2 times a week or the 1000 mcg daily depending on my mood.

If you are a vegetarian, its important to test as its very hard to get B from foods without meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5,000mcg of liquid B-12 from the health food store.

What happens if you take too much?

It supposedly comes out in your pee. I over did it and my numbers were crazy high but the doctor wasn't concerned. I now take it just a few times a week. But, I use the soft gels not liquid.

So, 5,000 mcg liquid about 3 x a week. So what do your numbers look like now?

Do you get tested yearly?

I have no idea about the liquid. I take the soft gels. I have no idea what my numbers are now as I haven't tested in about 9 months. But, I take it sportatically now and know its just something i need to maintain. I will insist on it at next blood tests.

[Anonymous]

I take a daily spritz under the tongue of a dose that’s 20,000% of daily intake, at my doctor’s insistence. I have an ancestor who commit suicide from the mental health complications of pernicious anemia and almost all of his descendants seem to suffer from various vitamin malabsorption/metabolism issues. If I miss more than a day I begin to notice my anxiety, usually unnoticeable, becomes unmanageable.