• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Georgina Owen had developed a vitamin B12 deficiency due to the diet she began in 2016

    I wouldn’t call 10 years sudden.

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        2 days ago

        Wow 3 years to be so seriously affected by B12 deficiency!? That was quick?
        I don’t think that’s normal. B12 is essential, but I would have thought the detrimental effects would take longer to reach that level.

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          1 day ago

          If you don’t get any intake of B12, it takes a few years. But there are symptoms before going insane… You need to be completely deaf to your body’s screaming signs to actually die from it.

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            1 day ago

            The death was suicide. So not directly from B12 deficiency, but from mental illness most likely caused by B12 deficiency.

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              Yes, I meant to die from it directly or indirectly. It’s not sudden insanity, the symptoms get gradually worse over time, just like most deficiency.