The under-the-tongue form of B12 does not work for everyone. And even if it did work for you, a tablet once a month is not enough to correct a B12 deficiency. And it is known that injections work faster than sublinguals.gekco789 wrote:Well I took the kind of B12 that dissolves under your tongue so that it can get into your blood stream. She said wait a month after taking it and then see if my symptoms go away. They did not. She did not retest my vitamin B12 levels at that time. I asked the doctor if I need to take it everyday and she said no that would not make any difference.
When I was first told about my vitamin B12 being low I asked about shots. My doctor told me that most insurance don't cover shots and that they did not even have any of the shots in the office because there is the over the counter dissolve ones that you put under your tongue. I was told that the dissolve tablets work just as good as the shots. But since my symptoms did not go away the doctor is not sure if this has anything to do with vitamin B12 anymore. I am just really tired and ready to have some sort of answer. But I take it one day at a time. Should I just try taking the dissolved kind under my tongue everyday for a week to see if that helps?
Since you have long-standing symptoms, low B12, and very short-term treatment (with possibly an ineffectual form), I cannot understand why your doctor would not retest for your vitamin B-12 level.
I believe your doctor is incorrect about insurance not covering shots. Your initial post stated that you feel tired all the time and have no energy; this is a valid reason for vitamin B12 injections, as I understand it; it is a matter of your doctor's office coding the diagnosis and treatment properly. I encourage you to ask your own insurance office. Is it possible that she discourages the idea of injections because her office does not offer the shots?
With the necessary doctor's prescription, you can get a 30 mL multi-dose vial of hydroxocobalamin, months' worth of injections, for about $40!