Vitamin D Deficiency ?

[pains47]

Can a Vitamin D deficiency cause this much pain? Went to the doc for muscle pain & weakness with increasing shooting pains to the point of affecting everyday functioning.
Blood test came back low in Vitamin D. Result was 11, (should be 26 to 55). Other results OK. Cervical Spine & lower back MRI
OK. Treatment is 50,000 units of D per week for 4 weeks and thereafter once a month. Been on it for 4 months. Feel at times like I was in accident.Have researched on the net, and still find it difficult to believe that this can cause this much suffering. Anyone familiar with anything like this?

[laraann79]

well i was reading some more of ur posts and wanted to add that if for any reason ur stomach is messed up maybe acid or hurt burn or even a flu that iritates ur stomach or even possibly pregnancy could cause a disruption in it .  this can cause u to not absorb vitamins as u should and if u r taking vit d u should be taking vit c inorder to absorb vit d .  and the cold numbness i have had along with facial numbness well actualy about half way up the back of my skull all the way down to my feet and hands so it is possible the vit d is the cause for it .  also i read in a article about a year ago that  30% or so of people tested for lyme  get a false negative back.also thyroid u can also give a false negative .  also on the ana if u r a women it can be considered normal if u r a little low because they thaught i had lupis back in 2005 and sent me to rhematoligist but xrays came back good except for my knees showed some wear  but oddly enough they were about the only place that wasnt hurting  lol . the doc told me not to worry about the ana test that it was not uncommon for women to test low.  but how ever i have been tested since and it is fine  also off and on the test for inflamation comes up inflamed and then goes back to normal   so i think it is very possible that at different times symptoms will very depending on how or wat other minerals and vitamins the low vit d  will affect  !!! thanx

[laraann79]

Hi,i am 30 and have been having a lot of symptoms that the doctors could not explain since i was around 15 years old .ok i will give ya some history first. i got married when 13 and had my oldest son just before i turnned 14 he was 2 months early  than i had my oldest daughter just after i turnned 15.My 3rd child i had at age 18 ,my 4th at age 19,my 5th at age 25 and my 6th at age 27. ok i was fine after my first child ,but about 3 months after my 2nd childbirth i started getting tired i was working out a lot and it just got harder and harder to make it through the work outs and i was starting to gain weight also had headaches at this time he gave me prescription ibuprofin and said to see if that helped a month later i went back i had gained within about 1 to 2 months almost 30 pounds i told him something wernt right i wasnt eating and workin out and still gaining and my hands started hurting  so he ran tests and it came back with underactive thyroid so i went on med for it how ever he also tested for RA and it came back negative so he said i had CTS and told me to wear braces on my hands and wrist .I also became depressed and put my self in counseling was diagnosed with depression ,ocd,and anxiety ! but still i didnt feel all better until a few years later but just before i got better i had a seizer and went through all the test to find out that it was prob just stress related i got divorced a couple months later and my thyroid went back to norrmal on its own in early 1997 .
   Later in 1999 after ive had 2 more children almost exactly 3 months after my 4th child i started gaining weight,getting tired ,had swelling in my hands that cause a lot of pain  and same symptoms also i had to go on antidepressants again.But this time all tests came back normal also i started feeling better in 2002 started losing weight again and was ok till again after my 5th child at around 3 months after giving birth all the same symptoms started again and it wasnt till end of 2005 that i started dropping weight again and i was not able to get pregnant that whole year prior until a couple months after my body started going back to normal .also this time when my body started to fix itself insted of a sezier i woke up from a nap swollen to the point i had to go to the hospital and go on a fluid pill and with in a week of that i had a bad allergic reaction to a cheese steak sandwich had to go back to hospital . but after this my body went back to normal again  or atleast until i had my 6th child  again about 3 months later it all started again but this time it started with tiredness then a lil weight gain woke up swollen again and when i went to doctor to get fluid pill my blood pressure was low also .
   now i should also mention that while my body was messed up in 2005 i also started having pain when i would take a step then i got a stabbing pain between my shoulder blades and it was hard to walk for about three weeks but by the time my body went back to normal i was not having much pain and the docs did think at first that it was lupis or ra or also had mentioned fibromyalgia also .
    Now when it started back after 6th child  i ended up quiting my job for a few months to rest .than went back to same job and ended up falling and messing my back up real bad  my nuro doctor says i need new spine  so i now have constant muscle spasms nerve damage and just a lot of pain i have degenertive disc disease with bone spurs and myofacial pain aswell .and im still having the excessive sleepy feeling.so i decided after blood test and sleep studies and heart monitors and so on that i need to figure out what was wrong i started researching hormones and vitamins  i started taking vit b12 cause it seemed to fit and a multi vitamin and also a&d vitamin . i started to lose a little weight and have a little more energy but a long way from being normal again .oh and i forgot to mention that i also became diabetic in 2008 but i dont always test high so it took almost 6 months of testing before i went on the pills for it .
   so i went in to have kidneys tested and asked the doc to test for some of my vitamins ,D,B12  ive been taking vitamins since sep 2008  and i was slightly high on vit b so he said to take it everyother day but i was still low on vit D .
       so i believe that all of theese wasted years were due to vitamin defficency this whole time due to having many kids and so close together  .once one vitamin is low it can cause a chain reation in ur body .It can work just like ur thyroid causing all kinds of problems  including  causing ur body not to utilize sugar or other nutrients .
       I would almost bet my life on it that its the vit D  that is the cause of all the symptoms. i should also state that i also have rage isues that have gotton worse over the years and dizziness , trembling also   but when my body felt normal i did not have the symptoms or depression and even my hands felt better during the normal  periods of time.I am also currently going to doc for memory issues to . sorry to write such a long comment and for any miss spellings . i am glad that i found this site ! i have wished to feel normal for so very long and to have everybody know that im not crazy that ive been saying for years that my body is messed up even though it looked like everything was normal on test results . i wish that the doctors were more open to doing tests other than the usual screenin panel they do .Cause now that ive found out what is wrong with me i still have the messed up back to boot.i wish i could get all those years of feeling so bad that i didnt want to live anymore  back !!!   I am happy because i now know that i am going to be able to get back to feeling better sooner than later but when i started reading all of ur stories i also cried ,because to think that ive been living like this for so long and all the life it had took from me for so long . all because of something so simple as a vitamin!!!!!        I wish all of u the best and hope that u r all doing well   !!!!!

[Joe2449]

I was diagnised with Kidney failure last year and after some serious treatment things have stabalised or so I thought. I started to get some pain in my hips this moved to my hands, fingers, wristes, knees and ankles. Mentioned this to my Doc who did'nt really know. So went back to my Gp who did not have much of a clue "got to do with your kidney"was the Ans I was getting. Anyway pestered him and finally got referred to the Rheumatologist who happen to mention Vit D3.  Gave blood and waiting results. Googled Vit D3 came up with this site and low and behold all my symptons are here! thought for a bit I was going crazy trying to get  everyone to believe me.

Joe

[redangel1]

I am grateful there is information here and saddened that so many people are suffering. I have experience so many of the things posted here. I just went to a Rhuemy last week and I won't know the results until early next month. Today I did find out my Vit D was very low and of course after reading all these posts...I am not surprised. I know this Dr took my symptoms seriously...whether she will continue to dig deeper of just send me off with a script is yet to be detemined. I had a total thyroidectomy, 2 carpel tunnel surgeries,(on same hand as it never healed and stayed swollen for 5 months before the surgeon humored me and did an MRI, suggesting he wouldn't find anything. He was wrong!)  4 surgeries for endometriosis, severe case of Eppstein Barr, and 2 months ago was in the ER with Pluerisy.(I never heard of the word before that day!)  I always take MUCH longer to get well when sick and I have no energy, pain EVERYDAY in my feet, ankles and knees.  I a great husband and a miracle baby (literally b/c of infertility), positive APA, Insulin resistant,(had gestation Diabetes when pregnant) anxiety (no surprise there...even diagnosed with Panic Disorder) and I am sure my hormones are out of whack even though my results show I am not in perimenopause.  I guess I do not WANT to have something come back, but I also will feel so defeated if the only thing is Vit D def. I KNOW there is something going on. I can't imagine living this way and not being able to really enjoy my toddler. I waited 39 years to meet him and I just want to feel better. Of course one endocrinologist who was supposed to really be good told me to go see a Psychiatrist. That was my last visit to her.  

Thanks for listening and any advice would be appreciated.

[JackieCalifornia]

Besides being tested for Lyme, were you also tested for co-infections like babesia, bartonella, ehrlichiosis, and whatever?  I would guess Lyme usually comes along with those, but the treatments for the coinfections are not necessarily the same drugs as for Lyme.  Just a thought.

I am low in Vitamin D and have been for quite a while -- tho I wasn't tested for Vit D levels until I was ill with what turned out to be Lyme and a coinfection, so I don't know how long the Vit D had been low.  

I also have to say:  I don't ever remember hearing about this 'epidemic' of Vit D deficiency until recently, and am a tad suspicious that it's suddenly such a huge problem.

That said, I had an endocrinologist prescribed huge doses of Vit D for me but it just didn't seem right ... so I didn't take them.  More recently, after doing a bunch of reading, I started taking cod liver oil that has both Vit A and D and some other good chemicals in it -- there is a lot of talk about ocean pollution making cod livers into toxic waste dumps, but I have the $$$ fancy cod liver oil from Norway blah blah.

The recommended 1/2 tsp per day upset my gut (it's a laxative) but 1/4 tsp per day seems to be okay so far .... and I have to say I am feeling better -- not so brain dead and dull.  I take it before I go to bed, because it makes me drowsy ... like a sunbath by the pool used to do.  (Maybe that's the brain fog iowafarmgal described?)

Much remains unknown.  I do wonder about the unintended effects of massive amounts of D3 -- what other things does it throw out of whack?

[iowafarmgal]

Just had my low D levels addressed by an endocrinologist and he suggested the 1Xweek 50,000 IU D capsules, even after I told him I am obviously D-intolerant (tried taking 2000 IU, even 400 IU, with results of lack of concentration, brain fog for at least a day after each dose).  He "wasn't familiar" with vitamin D lamps, which I've been researching on www.mercola.com.  I asked him to research it for me.  If this works, that would be great.

Being raised with farm animals, I have had parasites in the past.  Could this have caused a depletion of D levels?  Wondering if I need to have this checked out again.