Yesterday was a bad anxiety day for me. While trying to go to sleep, I felt on the verge of a panic attack. I got up and, for some reason, I popped a vitamin B12 tablet in my mouth; I have these around for dietary reasons, but I don’t take them regularly. I let the tablet dissolve under my tongue, and, within minutes, my nervous system calmed down, and I went to sleep.

I know this sounds like mental trickery, and correcting a vitamin B12 deficiency is supposed to take weeks, not minutes, but, as someone who is persistently anxious, even at times to the point of shaking, I can’t help but notice that my body was noticeably calmer today. I took another tablet this afternoon because the first worked so well, and I haven’t had noticeable anxiety all day.

I say this to ask: Does anyone share this experience, or am I imagining it? I know vitamin B12 isn’t a cure for the emotional and contextual factors of anxiety, and it’s only meant to keep nerves healthy. But, from my experience and from those I’ve read about others, it seems like unhealthy nerves can intensify the emotional and contextual factors of anxiety and make everything worse. And, given that food today is becoming more vitamin deficient, there is a good chance many people are vitamin B12 deficient.

So, if you find yourself shaking during your most anxious moments, I recommend this as a solution. Vitamin B12 is water soluble, so you run no risk of taking too much of it. Potentially, it’ll be a very easy way to improve your symptoms as it was for me