Vitamin D Deficiency

[MargB]

As mentioned in another thread, it seems I am deficient in this although I do eat the right foods. Obviously don't get the sunshine required.

Is anyone else being treated for this? I am wondering if meds I am on are suppressing the vitamin d I should be getting from my diet.

Any knowledge you could share would be most welcome.

Starting the meds tomorrow and on a high dosage (I think) for 10 days (40,000 units) and then it goes down to 20,000 units per week. The patient information leaflet with the meds is in German and the internet has let me down!

 

[Northerner]

Not being treated for it myself Marg - I hope that the treatment brings some good improvements 🙂 A friend of mine recently suffered a broken femur due to a Vit D deficiency (she is very Sun-averse) and the impact from running, so it can have very significant effects.

 

[ypauly]

I am watching with interest as I believe we have a family member with this very problem.

 

[lucy123]

Hi Marg, I am being treated for it too. I have been for some time now.
I am on the same high max dose as you, started at 40000iu and now on 20000iu once a week - even a holiday in Qatar (53 degrees) and Turkey (46 degrees) didn't help much.

I do feel since taking these tablets I have had more energy.

Not sure if this is helpful or not.🙂

Great to see you back by the way!

 

[AJLang]

When my vitamin D was tested in June it was only 13😱 I was put on the intensive treatment for a week and then a maintenance dose of
Ad cal - one tablet twice a day.
My Vitamin D level is now 56 one doctor thinks that is too low but the GP who I saw said it was fine - a good level is above 70. I've been told that I will need to be on the Adcal for life. I have another vitamin D test in six months

 

[MargB]

Thanks for the replies and it is good to know other people are on the same dosage. My energy levels are up and down but nowhere near as down as they have been in the past. That was before the thyroid problem was identified.

I do remember that as a child before I started school (so a long, long, long time ago) I had to go to a clinic for regular sunlamp treatment. Never found out why but now reckon that must have been Vitamin D related. Weird thing is that I currently still have a bit of a sun tan from the summer. And I do eat mackeral, sardines, oily fish so it must be me not retaining the vitamin rather than not getting it in the first place.

Another new thing to find out about but information on the web is sketchy.

Ypauly, will let you know how I go on. Have just taken my first capsule after breakfast but disappointingly I am not jumping around the place or running up and down the stairs!! Yet.