Vitamin Defiences!

 Go to a hematologist asap - take this seriously.  This is correctable but
don't fool around asking questions here.  You need a doc.  Good luck!

Please post all your lab results, with reference levels (what is listed as "normal" levels for your lab, because it varies). Folks here will try to give feedback.

However, you are in lots more trouble than any website can help. Please get to a hematologist ASAP if you aren't there already.

Hi,
I am 5.8 years out and I suffer from vitamin defiances.  I take prescription Vitamin D and Potassium, along with a handful of mainstream vitamins.  I've been taking these since about 6 months after my surgery.  I have my labs checked regularly and I still need the help. 

One step forward for your D (packed in oil that you're malabsorbing a good amount of)  is to ditch the prescription stuff and get dry D.  This is hard to come by OTC, but vitalady.com has the mega-doses you need in the formulation that can be absorbed.

I see that Andrea U has already replied.  She's a great one to stick to like a bee to honey to help you. 

I'm not a pro at any of this yet, but I have a dear family friend who's a retired surgeon and he makes a point to keep himself abreast of any alerts he gets related to WLS for me!  

This week, he sent me a post card he received alerting WLS surgeons to include checking for THIAMINE DEFICIENCY in the lab checks.  ("Beriberi- A modern threat after WLS")  It can dive /deplete quickly (like withing 20 days without proper supply) but it can be corrected fairly quickly too (500mg thiamine 3x daily for 3 days is the recommended treatment)

Deficiencies in this can cause (some listed)   mental confusion, eye movement abnormalities and gait instability, cerebellar dysfunction.  One of the first signs this might be an issue can be persistent vomiting.  The card refers to the following name as well:  Wernickes Encephalopathy.  

My Dr friend called the other night to ask about whether I've noticed any sudden changes in my body (other than the weight loss)  I explained lack of energy and what seems to be a sudden change in my eyesight - (needing my glasses all the time vs just for reading) and the recurrence of migrains.  He suggested I make sure to mention that before they draw my labs this month as they can check for anything that could trigger that - or it could be nerve damage in the eyes too.

Just my two cents...

You're probably already getting this checked, as B1. And you should already be taking a B complex, which would include thiamine---but perhaps not enough.

I had a B1 deficiency and didnt' take anywhere near a dosage like you are saying. I take 300mg a day and have since 5months out when I was diagnosed.  It brought my levels up quickly and continues to maintain them. I will take this dosage forever unless my labs say otherwise.  I can't imagine taking 1500mg a day, that seems quite extreme.

I'm glad that he's reading about it, but that "news" about Wernicke's is no longer new.  See these:
scholar.google.com/scholar

What he's telling you has value, but if he's running this many years behind on "news," you might want to find additional sources.

I have had a lot of vitamin issues.  I also started going down hill at about 3.5 years.  You need to make sure that you are taking the right kind of vitamins.  There are others that are great at the vitamin thing.  I just know what happens when you dont take them. 

How often are you getting the B12?  Ive had to go so far as to have them daily.