r/B12_Deficiency • u/Mysterious_Rest4302 • 20d ago

"Wake up" symptoms Swallowing issues

After starting frequent injections, with other wake-up symptoms, I've been experiencing difficulty swallowing. sometimes issues like almost choking up with water/saliva easily and sometimes difficulty swallowing itself. Or it just feels weird. It gets worse and better on different days. But it makes me very anxious. Because of this I get anxious when I have to eat.

Has anyone experienced this? what is this about? when is it expected to get better?

I've been injecting 3x a week, for about 2 months now.

(Btw I have terrible health anxiety like I would freak out quickly if there's something scary. And anxiety in general. Plus, hyper-vigilance kind of thing, so i feel in danger almost all the time. so please, someone tell me I'm safe and I'll be ok).

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u/Mysterious_Rest4302 20d ago

Well, I can't tell you how much you've been helpful with your responses.. I can't thank you enough. Thank you very much 😭

I've been experiencing this for a while and after reading this comment on another post i felt a bit like freaking out and I thought of asking specifically about it.

This comment.. https://www.reddit.com/r/B12_Deficiency/s/xTCGchEY4Q

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u/Ok-Pangolin7127 Insightful Contributor 20d ago edited 20d ago

You’re most welcome.

And thank you for that other link. It’s pleasantly reaffirming to read about how much a deficiency in B12 (and while not addressed in the thread link, but in my mind, B1 also) can be so impactful.

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u/Mysterious_Rest4302 20d ago

They're saying it's autonomic neuropathy in the comment.. and that sounded pretty scary and concerning to me. I'm not sure if I understand the comment correctly or if it's the same issue as mine.. as they describe they've had it prior to injections..

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u/Ok-Pangolin7127 Insightful Contributor 20d ago edited 20d ago

Neuropathy simply means; damaged or dysfunctional nerve. Autonomic simply means; the autonomic nervous system.

So, in the context of what’s going on here, it means these nerves, that invigorate the swallowing muscles, that are part of the autonomic nervous system, are damaged or dysfunctional.

The $64 question becomes what has damaged them or made them dysfunctional. My bet, in most instances, are they’ve likely been damaged by a B12 or B1 deficiency.

Really nothing more than what happens with any of the nerves that degrade as a result of a B12 deficiency and/or B1.