Do vitamin B12 injections work to treat fatigue?
Certainly in days past, an injection of vitamin b12 was one of the standard ways of treating anyone who complained of tiredness or fatigue. Generations of older ladies and gents tripped along once every three or four weeks to their doctor to receive their "top up vitamin injection."
But did it work?
Does treatment with b 12 vitamins improve feelings of tiredness or fatigue?
Well, in cases where there is clear blood test evidence of vitamin deficiency then the answer is yes - of course it does. Where there is no clear blood test evidence then the answer is .... maybe !
Some recent research has looked at high dose b12 injection treatments in the treatment of long term chronic fatigue - particularly that kind of fatigue associated with immune deficiency. It's early days but the results do seem promising.
Have you had vitamin B12 treatment?
Did it work for you?
Vitamin b12 injections and fatigue
#ImTiredofSeeing | Twitter users say I'm tired of seeing ...
Even twitter users get tired it seems ....
The hash tag #Imtiredofseeing is today's most popular tag and reason for posting on Twitter.
People seem most tired of Justin Bieber but topics like joblessness, greed and "seeing our country go down the tubes" also make it big on the lists of popular posts.
What are you tired of seeing?
Citalopram side effects | Buzzing | Tingling feelings
Question: Can citalopram cause side effects like a buzzing feeling in my neck and tingling feelings in both hands?
It feels a bit like electric shocks from my neck to my feet or fingers sometimes. Is it the citalopram tablets that are doing this?
I read on another site that drugs like citalopram sometimes result in nerve irritation but I'm not sure if this is true. Also - could this be the same as "the jolts" feeling that some people with fluoxetine or prozac seem to get?
Thanks for your help
Adrenal Fatigue | Adrenal Gland Tiredness
What is this adrenal fatigue that I keep reading about?
How is adrenal fatigue diagnosed? Is it really related to the adrenal gland or is the adrenal bit more related to some kind of adrenaline deficiency?
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Adrenal fatigue is a slightly controversial topic amongst physicians. Some are very strongly convinced by the evidence of a problem in the adrenal gland chemistry as a cause of tiredness and fatigue. Others find the science less compelling and think that the adrenal fatigue treatment programs are some kind of scam.
Certainly many thousands of fatigue sufferers seem to have benefitted from treatment targeted at adrenal fatigue .... but are they gaining benefit directly or for some other reason?
What do you think? Have you suffered from adrenal fatigue? Did the treatment work? Leave a comment
Blood pressure tablets | Tiredness due to Medication
Antihistamine tablets | Tiredness | Fatigue with anti histamines
Do antihistamines always cause tiredness or is it only some of them that do so?
Many people feel tired when they are taking allergy relief tablets like antihistamines. Some of these drugs are promoted as being non sedative in nature but this is not always the case - and even those that claim not to cause drowsy feelings often still do.
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Why am I so tired?
Why am I so tired?
Always exhausted? Run down - worn out - just plain run out of gas?
There are thousands of reasons for fatigue but if you take it logically and try to figure things out then you can make some headway in getting your energy back. Remember though, you might need to see your doctor for blood tests or an examination if you are not seeing improvements quickly.
Tiredness has many causes and this site explores most of them in great depth - so feel free to browse around or use the search functions. But where should you begin if you are struggling to beat fatigue?
A good place to start is with your lifestyle:
How much exercise do you get? What about your sleep pattern? Are you looking after your diet?
Do you consume stimulants to keep going (I'm talking caffeine or sugar here folks) and then hit a wall when you let the levels drop?
Are you overweight - there's good evidence now that carrying extra weight leads to sometimes overwhelming fatigue and tiredness.
Next you might want to look at any medications you take. Countless prescription meds - and also those you can buy over the counter in a pharmacy or drugstore - will lead to fatigue. Common culprits are blood pressure tablets, antihistamines and treatments for depression, but there are dozens of others.
Sometimes you won't identify any clear trigger and will need to see your doctor for some blood tests.
If in doubt - get checked out.
But do realise that you almost certainly are playing a part in your own "downfall" - so take a close look at how you look after yourself before taking things further.