vitamins for veggies

[arguchik]

i suspect i might be suffering a vitamin B deficiency of some sort. i've been extra foggy-brained lately, and i have noticed some slight tingling, occasionally, in my fingers and hands (not in my feet so far). i'm also having trouble with energy and motivation--getting my ass moving, even on a beautiful day. i get tired pretty easily lately too. i'm not depressed per se....though not exactly un-depressed either. i'd say *mildly* depressed, maybe, and feeling like i'm on the *verge* of being able to talk myself up and out of it.

i know vegetarians often suffer from a B-12 deficiency, and i've been re-vegetarianized just about long enough for the deficiency to show up (8-9 months). i do eat fish occasionally, but not all that often; and i eat dairy...eggs sometimes but not often, only when i can get really good, locally micro-farmed ones. anyway, i just picked up a b-complex vitamin to go along with my multivitamin, calcium supplements, and fish oil capsules. now the question is...is it possible i'm also low on iron, perhaps even anemic? and should i have my blood tested for vitamin levels, to see if i'm *actually* suffering from any sort of deficiency, before i go treating myself? it's funny, i never had this problem when i was a pretty strict vegetarian for like 3-4 years.

Comments

[costco77.livejournal.com]

remember that the older your get, the more susceptible your body is to small variations in your micro-nutrient levels. It is possible you're low on iron, but I suspect that you eat plenty of things with iron already, like spinach. However, one can also become anemic from Folate/B12 deficency, and that sounds more like your trouble...

eh, treat yourself!
I do it all the time!
(what can possibly go wrong? What's the worst that can possibly happen?)

[(Anonymous)]

Eh. I don't know squat, and you sound more knowledgeable than me!

Gor myself I'm flippin tired ALL the time. Couldn't be because I currently have five cats, a dog, toddler and a baby? Nah. =oP

K.