
Originally Posted by
Bruno247
My experience is that stimulants like caffeine & ephedrine don't give you energy, they just "borrow" it from some reserve inside you -- and from the sound of it it's the "deep inside" energy that you're losing. So I'd avoid them. [Used to take ephedrine for asthma as a kid & it kept you alive but drained you too].
B12 is great. It seems to give your energy-creating machinery a kickstart, so you're not borrowing, you're earning. In your situation I'd try a month of injecting it (intramuscular, thigh or whatever) - 1000 micrograms daily. Be careful about when you inject: afternoons are a bad idea because you may get a sudden surge of energy 10 hours after the jab, strong enough to wake you up! If it hasn't helped after a month, give it up.
Slow-dissolving under-the-tongue B12 tablets are also a good idea, because the vitamin gets absorbed directly through the skin there... but it has to be the same high dose, not less than 500mcg, and the effect is less pronounced. I sent a friend with AIDS some of the B12 tablets and his energy changed so much, his friends were asking him what was the matter with him, was he drinking a lot of coffee or what!