B-12 & stomach problem?

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Billie-Jo, what type of stomach problem means you have a B-12

deficiency? I've had stomach problems for years. I've had peptic

ulsers, gastritis, Reflux, you name it! And believe it or not it

wasn't caused by my implants!! It was caused by taking 800mg Motrin

for 2 weeks on an empty stomach. I hit a deer with my car and hurt

my shoulder & neck. The doctor put me on Motrin and either he didn't

explain it to me or I didn't read the directions, but I took it

whether I had food in my stomach or not. This was in 1990 and I

think Motrin was just starting to be widely used - or maybe not - I

might just have been too young and hadn't ever heard of it before. I

ended up going to several doctors before finally figuring out it was

the Motrin that did it. I was taking tons of Mylanta every day. I

had diarrhea so bad that every time I went to the bathroom to pee I

had diarrhea! I lost so much weight - I went down to right around

105 pounds from my normal 125 (well, that was normal then - not now

unfortunately!). Size 3's were too big for me. The doctors couldn't

figure out the ulcer problem nor could they figure out why I was

having such severe diarrhea. I told them how much Mylanta I was

taking and they never put the two together...DUH!!! Mylanta has the

same ingredient that Milk of Magnesia has - and you take M.O.M. for

constipation! I swear, we have to diagnose and treat ourselves

sometimes, don't we? When I slowed down on the Mylanta and started

taking Prilosec, the diarrhea magically went away.

Pam

> I have a suggestion for anyone expierencing terrible fatigue.

> I started taking vitamin B-12 a couple weeks ago and lately I have

noticed I feel a lot less tired.

> Buy the sublingual kind, you put it under the tongue and let it

dissolve. You can buy it at walmart for about 6 dollars.

> I saw an infomercial about it and thought, hey its worth a try, and

I love it, it really works!!

> They say if you have a stomach problem you may have a B-12

definciency.

> You can look up B-12 online and read about it.

> Anyway I would swear by it, I have felt so much better since I

started taking it.

> Let me know if this helps anyone.

> Hugs, Billie-Jo