Have you had your vitamin D levels checked lately?

[meems]

Especially if you live in northern climates!

I think I've finally found the answer to my pain issues! I sure hope so anyway, especially since this is a pretty easy fix!


I had chronic pain issues starting last Feb until the summer...I was just about all the way back by Aug. Well, they started creeping back on me.

One of my first rheumy's that I went to noticed I was low on vitamin D, told me to take 1200 IUs a day, but didn't relate it to anything that was going on, she also never suggested I retest or anything. Over the summer, since I was out in the sun more, I slowed up on taking my supplements ...come fall, my pain started back up. I started back on supplements, still wasn't right, so I googled vitamin D deficiency & pain..OH MY GOODNESS! Went into my Dr., & asked for D tests, even w/ the extra I was taking, I am deficient enough that he put me on 50,000 IU's a week for 6 weeks, then I retest.

I'm having very mixed results...doing well for 3 days, bad for 4, but, that is confirming for me that D is my issue..I've found out he gave me D2 instead of D3 & it doesn't stay in ones system as well, after day 5 it drops tremendously...day 5 is when my pain starts back, day 6 I am down...day 7 down (take my D this day) then I start coming back slowly to the same cycle.

Anyway, googling vitamin D deficiency, 90% have it especially in northern climates. Any sunscreen over 8, blocks any absorption. It effects so many aspects of our health it's stunning, and new revelations are being made every day. Breast cancer, prostate cancer, MS, fibro, bone health, chronic pain, colon cancer, colon health, fatigue, depression..the list goes on & on...in my climate, this time of the year it is not possible to get the D needed by natural sunlight.

Anyway..1,000 IU's min should be taken by ea & every adult living in our area...the old 200 iu standard has been tossed out for quite a few years now, but it's still considered 100% of daily value when you read vitamin bottle labels. Our bodies use 4,000 IUs a day...ideally, 5,000 IUs is what should be taken a day for supplementing & up to 10,000 has been shown safe w/ no adverse effects.

Such an easy fix...google this one! Also, keep in mind, magnesium needs to be added when taking D..I haven't figured out that dosage yet..but I'm working on it! I plan on going back in this week to discuss my breakthrough pain & what I'm finding so far....they wanted to slap that fibro label on me, I've read that many many people are actually misdiagnosed w/ fibro when it's actually the D issue!

[mom2lucas]

I had serious Vit D issues after DD was born. I had to take 50,000 units/week for 12 weeks, and I take 4,000 UI a day now to maintain. I thought my pain was pregnancy-related until I started looking into the Vitamin D after DD was born. I had severe leg and hip pain while pg and up until I started the Vit D. I also had dry skin, hair loss, abnormal weight fluctuation, and many other really awful symptoms. The pain was something I had pushed out of my mind as being related to the other symptoms because it didn't really fit. My mom had just been diagnosed as going into thyroid failure, so I thought that was happening to me too until my Dr. ran a bunch of tests and found that my Vitamin D was so low that it was mimicking hypothyroidism.

My Dr. put me on the D3 with magnesium already added to it until I got my levels back up. Maybe you could check into that?

I hope you get everything straightened out. having your vitamin levels screwed up can really make life miserable.

[meems]

I think these levels should be checked with every physical! I have never had my levels checked for any deficiencies prior to this.

[wealthybarney]

Yes, I agree with Meems. I had the lowest level they had seen in an ambulatory person. A normal Vita D level for my lab was 50-100.
Mine was 19.
Horrible pains and symptoms listed by OP and PP.

But doesn't it work great?
I am so pleased, Meems that you found your pathway to healing.
This info will help many others.

[ILv2Shop]

Giving a bump...

[justmeagain]

Very interesting........I had read something about vitamin D def. with MS but not other things. I know my DH is vit d. def and he was suppose to go get retested but didn't and now laid off......

[meems]

Diabetes is another strong link...

[tacatcon]

They are actually doing research on a link between vitamin D deficiencies and skin issues like eczema too. My youngest has had moderate to severe eczema all her life and we are waiting to see what her vitamin D level was at last workup.

[meems]

Weight loss issues..

Every time I read another page, I find another link...

[rbunnymom]

Thanks for the post.

My dd was very ill last Jan/Feb. After weeks of not being able to keep food down, tests showed she was deficient in Vit D, Zinc and Magnesium. The zinc was the miracle drug for her. It stopped the vomiting that had kept her ill for almost 8 weeks. She was also given IV magnesium. Doc said she was deficient in trace minerals. To this day, if she stops the Zinc, she starts the vomiting again. Just adding that there can be other deficiencies that most doctors don't check for. Though current medical research is catching up with what natural docs have been saying for awhile.

Schiff has a good Vit D, Calcium and Magnesium Supplement. Though for a deficiency the amounts needed are usually higher. DD is on 2000IU D3 now