nervous about getting B-12 injection
on 8/16/11 1:16 am
I'm anxious about it because I understand it will give me energy, but will it affect my sleep? I REALLY like my sleep, I'm so grumpy without it.
Those of you that get the injections, can you share with me your experience.
Thanks
RNY 5-5-2011
The shots don't hurt, either. Now, there are two ways to do them, intramuscular or subcutaneous. To do them IM you need a slightly bigger needed and you might feel it a bit more than if you do it sub-q, but it's not painful at all.
Kelly
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I like my sleep too. I doesn't seem to affect it at all.
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They are no big deal and totally painless. Make sure you get insulin needles and do them in your stomach. Pinch a tiny piece of flab and inject. It is painless. Many will try to tell you that it needs to be done in the muscle with a large but it simply isn't true. It says right on the bottle of B12 - for IM or SC use. SC means subcutaneous or below the skin. I recently spoke to my hematologist and he said he gives them to his patients with insulin needles and my last hematologist said the same thing. They are the experts and treat B12 deficiency
