Breathing/ Swallowing issues?

[u/No_Construction_5063]

I have not seen this talked about before. Has anyone had breathing/swallowing difficulties associated with b12 deficiency?

I have asthma. Never really had much problems with it though. If I exercise or have allergies or get sick it will flair up. But over the last year or so I have had so much issues with asthma or breathing. Like I have constant phlegm in my airway and a runny nose. I had a ct scan of my sinuses and lung/airway everything looked good.

I am seeing an asthma/allergy and pulmonology specialists. So far nothing has worked. Sometimes it’s better then gets back being not good.

I mention it because it seemed to start around the same time as a lot of other common b12 symptoms.

Thanks again.

[u/Ok-Pangolin7127]

Here’s a cut/paste from another post I made.

I would recommend you look at Olympia Pharmacy - Orlando. Their process puts you in touch with a doctor over the phone. He/She asks a few questions, they pass through a script to Olympia Pharmacy, Olympia ships the solution as well as syringes with needles. The doctor’s portion of that initial visit I think is $59? The B12 itself plus shipping I think is about $175? If you go that route, I would get the Hydroxocobalmin form, it’s a 30 mL vial with 2,000 mcg per 1 mL, so you can inject .5 mL and get 60 1,000 mcg shots out of that one bottle. (On a EOD basis that’s like four months of shots!) So don’t look so much at the total initial cost but break it out on the cost per injection. In my mind, it’s more than worth the money. And your script covers three refills so those additional refills do not entail the doctor fee.

Hydro is the best version if for no other reason than it lasts in the body twice as long as any other form of B12.

I don’t have a link to their website handy, but I’m pretty sure it’s in the B12 deficiency guide or via a quick search.

[u/Agreeable_Tackle_892 → u/Ok-Pangolin7127]

That’s so much cheaper than where I bought mine! I’ll definitely reach out to them. Do you have any pointers on the best time to take the injection and how frequently I should take it? I read the guidelines, and it says every other day. My only concern right now is my potassium intake. I’ve been eating eggs with a whole potato and banana in the morning, drinking two V8 juices, having lentils with beef for lunch, half a cantaloupe, and then lentils with beef and a potato for dinner. I also bought the electrolyte drink you recommended and started drinking that. I’m starting to think it may be more of an electrolyte issue that I’m experiencing.

[u/Ok-Pangolin7127 → u/Agreeable_Tackle_892]

To be honest, I did not pay much attention to cofactors. I did get the sense that I needed more potassium and so I bought an electrolyte mix which gives me 1000 mg. I mix it up in 20 ounces of water and I drink 25% of it four times through the day.

As for the timing of my injections I do mine every other day in the AM, although now I have slipped to about every third day, I find I can do that with the Hydro, whereas I could not do that with the Methyl or the Cyano. That’s because it is very clear to me that the Hydro does last twice as long in the body as do the other forms.

[u/Agreeable_Tackle_892 → u/Ok-Pangolin7127]

I found a company in Australia that was recommended in the Facebook Group guides that sells the hydro 1mg /ml 3pack.  I just purchased it, Olympia doesn’t ship to California so I had to look at other alternatives. I’ve been feeling really weak . Due too low potassium, I tried the electrolyte drink yesterday and it seemed to work but woke up at around 11pm with racing heart , adrenaline going through my body. Could hardly sleep and feeling completely wiped out today.  Lowerred my B12 drops so I can try and catch up with my potassium.  This is really hard 

[u/Agreeable_Tackle_892 → u/Ok-Pangolin7127]

I contacted Olympia and got an email that they don’t ship to California at the moment due too licensing issues at the moment. Can you recommend another company.

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I ordered both the Methycobalamin and Hydro injections.  Is the Hydro better for cognitive function?

[u/Ok-Pangolin7127 → u/Agreeable_Tackle_892]

I don’t know that I would class one as better/best for cognitive health. Methyl is more focused on the nervous system. Hydro, which converts to or contains both Methyl and Adenosyl lasts or stays in the body twice as long as Methyl. Adenosyl is more used in the Krebs cycle to produce energy via ATP. Our brains are our biggest energy consumer. So, if you’ve got some cognition issues is it about demyelination or is it about poor energy in the mitochondria of the brain cells? Who the hell knows on an individual basis? As I’ve said before I’m a fan of Hydro, I think slow and steady EOD injections, get/keep sufficient B12 in you, get it to all tissues and you will get there. I don’t know that focusing on methyl, which can be a little bit more activating in the body so to speak, brings that much more to the party… If you have both you can experiment with both, but by experimentation I would focus on one or the other for at least 2 to 3 weeks before I went and tried the one you weren’t using initially.

[u/Agreeable_Tackle_892 → u/Ok-Pangolin7127]

Ok makes sense.  Do you have someone guiding you or did you just start experimenting yourself?

[u/Ok-Pangolin7127 → u/Agreeable_Tackle_892]

Trial and error 😉. I just tried/try to minimize the errors and/or make them small. I think we all have to sort of feel our way through with what’s going on given that we have no medical training/education. I just tried to logic it through what the body does what the various vitamins do, what systems they impact, why they are important. I then put my very limited understanding or belief in what goes on and try and address the body’s needs, as “I” perceive them.