Question: Hi! 24 year old female, experiencing some dizziness and shakiness for a little over a week. I feel like my heart is racing but it is not, I have been to the doctor twice for this in one week... the first time I got some antibiotics and the second time the doctor actually said it was the changing weather.
My blood pressure and last blood test showed high blood pressure with low b12, but my blood pressure has since come down to 132/80 and despite my feeling that my heart is racing, it is not. I did not do anything about the b12... I feel my symptoms are inline with pernicious anemia (from what I've read... difficulty in proprioception, cold feelings in the legs, weakness, dragging feelings, easy bruising, eye twitching, small white/pale spots on my forearms like reverse freckles) from low b12 and received a b12 shot yesterday and am taking b12 supplements. How long will it take for low b12 symptoms to go away if that's what it is? The doctor I saw said up to two months, even with shots. I was really unhappy with her telling me it was the weather, honestly. The doctor said my dizziness is not related to anything neurological and I have had my thyroid ultrasounded and the blood work I had a few months ago did not show any problems with my thyroid. I feel like it is getting a bit better as last week my legs felt like they were going to give out, but now they feel more stable (the first few days I wouldn't consider driving because I didn't trust my legs to move when I told them to... but now I can drive fine). The dizziness continues though. I think I might be having mini-panic attacks during this whole thing as I feel extremely panicked occasionally and my family has a huge history of anxiety and panic disorders. I personally feel that I am just dizzy and feeling down from a lack of b12 but when combined with anxiety I am panicking about it and that is where the heart racing comes from... I am also quite stressed and work 7 days a week (but at home from my home business).