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on vidiogems · c/femcelmemes · 3 pts · 9d

So painfully true 😭 I’ve been at it with a group of friends and we just finally reached the moon yesterday, after a month of pain and suffering.

The standard lab ranges are defined by ā€œat least some people don’t show symptoms of deficiencies or issues or etc at these levels,ā€ not ā€œeveryone is guaranteed to be fine in these ranges.ā€ I was ā€œin rangeā€ with B12 until I started developing nerve damage from a deficiency of it, with years of symptoms leading up to it that were ignored because I was ā€œin range.ā€ I was ā€œin rangeā€ with folate, because the standard lab tests inactive folic acid and not active folate. I was ā€œin rangeā€ with ferritin, and yet had significant improvement from taking more iron. I was ā€œin rangeā€ with potassium and then ended up in the ER multiple times from hypokalaemia so bad that I could barely move.

You get the idea. ā€œIn rangeā€ is not the same as ā€œwill get no benefit from supplementing it,ā€ but it’s the kind of thing that ideally is done with proper medical assistance if you think you’re deficient in things.

on It works, can confirm · c/femcelmemes · 3 pts · 43d

Can confirm! I’ve massively reframed how I’ve seen myself over the last few years, it’s been great.