35F in the last few years my skin aged 10 years in maybe 2-3 years. It started going downhill rapidly in parallel with my other symptoms getting worse. I am low key hoping that my skin will improve or at least respond to treatments once I recover from the deficiency. Anyone really seen difference in their skin with treatment?
I recently had an epiphany that the way I am feeling is very likely the result of b12 deficiency as I have been taking PPIs and Metformin for years. My symptoms, to summarize, are that I am so exhausted mentally and physically I feel like I basically giving up on life in terms of actually trying to do things I would want or enjoy other than basic minimum. On top of that lots of neuro & psych symptoms, leg pain and cramping not relieved with any electrolytes, many doctors visit who plain straight told they know I have symptoms but they don’t know what it is.
So I actually ordered b1/b12 shots off the internet to speed up the process even though I didn’t do labs, mostly because I was inconsistently taking some b complex here and there so I figured why spend money on test that may be false negative when I can spend money on treatment instead. Today I gave myself first shot and it was harsh 😵 It took so much to actually go through with it and when I did I kind of messed it up, tensed my leg, needle kind of moved inside and it actually hurt, the liquid going in hurt too. And now my leg is hurting too with sharp shooting pain when I move it (it’s unlikely I hit the nerve and not panicking it won’t go away soon). The kicker? I am actually a nurse 😂 But tbh I always hated IM shots, both giving and getting them. And I even practiced IV on myself with no issue in the past so this is kind of a failure for me lol
I was thinking that maybe I can get some words of encouragement as to how to overcome this very much unreasonable fear for me and do better next time? Anyone had hard time with it too and it got better for them?
Ps. I rejoined reddit after reading posts from this group daily looking for reassurance and people here seem really great when it comes to showing each other support ❤️