Updates

[Seattleanne]

Hey everyone!
I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread solely about updates on peoples progress. We with vdd need all the good news we can get!

I started out d therapy in November 2010. I jumped right in with 10,000 iu/ day. Starting level was 9 ng/ml. Retest was done in February and am now 38. I reduced my dose to 5000iu/day. I'm having longer periods of time when I feel sooo much better ( hours at a time)! I still have some symptoms, but, not as constant and my recovery times are muuuuch better. I can totally see the light at the end of the tunnel and think I'll be having a pain free summer!

[beebreeze]

Hey guys, is it true that if you take a bath, you wash away vitamin that you got from the sun? I have been doing some research and stumbled on a couple of readings that talk about it. Although I'm not sure if this is credible, the information would help alot.

[Seattleanne]

I agree totally with Phyllis :)
I am sure that sun bathing has helped a lot!
It's the most natural way to get your d after all. Man, if you all in the tropics (lucky you!) are getting deficient, we in the north are in serious $$@t! Lol! So little research has been done on d deficiency.. Though it getting a bit better. I'd love to see a study on stress and d levels. I think there is a connection, but can't prove it.

[Phyllis2010]

I also take a Centrum-like vitamin, though not Centrum, and for what it's worth my physicians (endocrinologist, thyroid specialist) have said it's okay to take it along with the vitamin D supplements. In my case it just adds 400 IUs more of D3 onto the 4000 IUs of D3 I take daily. I'm also taking calcium and magnesium so I'd check the vitamin to see how much magnesium you'll be getting as too much of that causes diarrhea, which can easily be reversed by cutting back the magnesium. I hope this helps.

[beebreeze]

I'm from a tropical country actually, the 6 months in the office for half a year was my guess how something like this could happen, I was locked up editing in a tight sealed room for 10 to 12 hours a day. Thats why its also frustrating how I have been sun bathing for 3 months with little progress. (I'm really thankful for the syptoms that disappeared btw)

Somebody gave me your typical multi vitamins, the one like centrum, is it advisable to take this also? Will it interfere with my D supplements? it has 400 Iu of D in it plus alot more like C E A iron etc..

[Seattleanne]

Well my guess is that in addition to the six months of no sun, you also live in a region quite far from the equator, in a climate not known for quality sunshine except in a few months in summer- making you susceptible; also that you used sunscreen when outside? Maybe you don't even go outside much at all with your arms and legs bared? Other contributing factors are age, weight, skin type. It takes a very long time to drop to levels low enough to have most symptoms... Once you are on the borderline and continue to drop you get sick more often, start experiencing bouts of tiredness notice more aches and pains...then as you become chronically low and lower you are sick almost as often as you are well, tired to the point of exhaustion, experiencing some of the odder symptoms, torn down by excersise as opposed to being built up.... Etc. We are sort of lucky that it only takes months to recover from what took years to happen. Sort of. Could be that the ppl who don't suffer deficiency symptoms get built up enough by spending lots of time outside every summer.. Or maybe they go tanning in the winter. Or maybe they are just hovering on the right side of asymptomatic and symptomatic.. Who knows?

[beebreeze]

WOW 5 months and your fatigue is completely gone? :) Extreme fatigue is what actually brings me down because my line of work needs at least 8 hours per day. Some days just 3 hours wipes me out totally, then finishing up the day would be a struggle. After 3 MOnths on 2000 IU, My head aches are almost completely gone. I only get dizzy sometimes from being in front of the computer for hours ( I edit with my PC for work so I'm pretty much glued to it).

Just an insight on how this might have happened to me. May 2010, my office space got renovated! I got really exited to work so I did go to my office from Monday to Sunday for at least 10 hours day for half a year. I hardly got hit by the sun for half a year.

Now my observation is, alot of people don't get hit by the sun too, some even avoid it, so WHY MEEE,.. i wonder if poor diet and stress is a factor because I was really stressed and even skipped some meals if i had to work.