@amylee 

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amylee

B12 shots and fatigue

Hello, I have been relapse free for about two to three years - currently on no medication. However, I do suffer periods of fatigue and heavy/pressured head and very low mood (taking anti depressants for this). It can last for a few days or a few weeks. Currently been in bed for three days sleeping on and off and not wanting to leave the house - everything feels so tiring! I have read here and there that B12 shots and Vitamin D may help for MS fatigue and will be available from my doctors. Has anybody here got experience of this? Hoping to see a doctor this week to ask for it. Anything else that people take or do to help fatigue? Whenever I have mentioned this to my neuro he always says the only cure is sleep, which is great, but I have a lot of uni work piling up and house stuff to be doing! Any ideas would be great on this
@chezy17

Hey Amy. Sorry to hear that you're tired but I can sleep 12 hours and still feel tired or I can have 8 hours and feel great! I had a blood test done and it turned out my vit D levels were about 38, and I started taking a 4000 dose and have been doing for a year. I felt alot better but then found that my b12 or folate levels were low so started taking a high dose of that too! I stopped eating gluten and since then my levels are over a 100 with vit d and back to high levels for my b12. Took me a year to get there but I feel alot better now, I take full advantage of when the sun is out, not that it's out much here but it will help 😊. I also tend to push myself when I'm feeling tired, go out for a walk or do some exercise, I know it's the last thing you want to do when you feel drained but it always makes me feel better 😊. Take care 😊.

@Stumbler

@amylee , you'll probably have to have a blood test before they consider giving you D3 and B12 supplements. Other than that you could ask your Doctor to prescribe Amantadine or Modafinil, to see if they help. I hope your Uni knows about your MS and is allowing you some flexibility.