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Posted 12/24/2014 3:16 PM (GMT -5)
The only blood test I had that came back weird. My B12 level was >1300 pg/ml. It's not considered deficient until <180 pg/ml. The high is considered >900 pg/ml. I have taken vitamins for practically my whole life. Does anybody else have a high blood B12? I read it could mean I'm not utilizing it properly.
Posted 12/24/2014 3:22 PM (GMT -5)
I had one B12 blood test done after a couple of months taking 3000 mcg of methyl B12. It was very high, too.

When I went to a ND several months later..she mentioned I should take B12 - and I told her that I had stopped because of my high levels. She said high levels are fine. I was surprised with that.

I have gone back to taking 1000 mcg daily.

I am interested in some other responses...so it could mean that if it's high in my blood that my body isn't utilizing it properly? oh great...something else to worry about besides my adrenals, thyroid, Vit.d ...it never ends, does it?
Posted 12/24/2014 3:53 PM (GMT -5)
Another possibility is the MTHFR gene mutation - have you been tested for this?
According to the STTM site:
"What a defective (mutated) MTHFR gene does to you:
...
You can find yourself with high folate or high B12 i.e. your body will have problems converting inactive forms of folate and B12 to the active forms. So the inactive folate or B12 will simply build up in your serum, also inhibiting the active forms. Most serum folate tests are actually measuring folic acid, which needed to be converted to methylfolate to be used metabolically.
..."

www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/mthfr/
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