posted Tue, 07/29/2014 - 19:39
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B-12
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Any ladies have experience with b-12 injections? My wife is dead ass tired all the time. She gets plenty of sleep but still dead tired all day? Trying to find something to give her a boost. She wants to workout but she cannot get that tired worn down feeling to go away.
She has tried OTC vitamins, supps, and recently even prescription aderal.
She has had blood work done and thyroid checked and all that.
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Be aware that b12 injections may induce some acne to break out
On the thyroid, did they check Free T4 and Free T3? I used to have a doctor that just checked TSH for a thyroid check and said that since TSH was normal, I didn't have any problems, but my thyroid wasn't working.
It just sounds like thyroid. Finally, went to another doc, did a full thyroid workup and found the problem and corrected it. I was dead tired from the moment I got up in he morning after 8-9 hours of sleep.
I have also had iron deficiency anemia after kidney failure where I went to the doctor's office each week for 5 weeks to get IV iron. The fatigue from the anemia is nothing compared to low T3.
I am not sure but it sounds like it will be worth checking into. Thanks
Not female, but I could never get that feeling to go away until after I started going to the gym. And it comes right back if I skip more than 2 days.
Did she have Vit. B checked in her blood work? My understanding is B 12 shots do nothing unless you were deficient.
Good luck in getting her feeling better.
Yes she had it checked with other blood work. It came back okay. Everything came back okay but something is wrong.
Has she had children?
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Reason I ask that is bc chronic fatigue is a symptom of iron deficiency anemia. This condition is pretty common in females, especially post natal. Reason being that the mother's iron stores are used for building the babies iron stores. Generally, people either don't eat enough iron from animal origin or they don't absorb enough bc of other dietary factors.
Yeah her diet is shit. I have tried to help her with her macros but she isnt interested. We had her iron checked it was normal as well though.
Dietary iron comes in two basic forms: heme and non-heme (spelling might be off). You heme iron comes from sources of animal origin, and non-heme from plant sources. Because we are animals, heme iron has a much greater bioavailability to our bodies than non-heme. And nutrition facts labels won't tell you which type the food contains.
What this means is that a salad that says X amount of iron per serving will not equate to the same amount after digestion bc it is plant based. And another factor that affects absorption/bioavailability is a plant compound called tannins. Some pretty common sources of tannins are coffees and teas.
Cereals are fortified with tons of vitamins and minerals as part of an FDA initiative from decades ago devised to address micronutrient deficiencies. Cereals are common breakfast foods and great for nutrition, depending on the type of course. The iron content goes to waste in that cereal when coffee or tea is drank with or close to the meal because the two compete for absorption and the tannin wins.
So increase grains from cereal and meat proteins while eliminating coffee and tea and you iron levels will increase.
Only fortified grains will have the increased nutrients. But that's one way. I like variety. Find the days requirements and exceed with meats, grains, and veg's. You can also cook with cast iron pots and pans. The mineral will leach into the food and raise iron content.
Iron is used to make hemoglobin, which is the part of the red blood cells that picks up oxygen from the lungs and carries it to the cells that need it. Low iron means a decreased ability to deliver oxygen to the cells and oxygen is a major part of every metabolic function, especially energy metabolism.
Means iron deficient people get tired easy, short of breath easy, fatigued all the time.
My mother is iron deficient so I'm a lil familiar. Iron pills make her sick so we use diet to treat her. I've killed two medical bills by tweaking her diet and adding supps. That was one.
The other is a B vitamin deficiency she got after surgery from Crohn's disease. They took out 6.5 ft of her small intestines and it was the portion where b bitamins are absorbed. She used to get B12 shots periodically. Without them, she was fatigued and got headaches. Now we do fresh fruits, fortified cereals, and b complex.
Hope that's helpful
They took ALL of my large intestines! Fuuuuuck the doctors man
Damn.
Absolutely helpful and bet informative.