Also want to to mention that I had Irritable bowel syndrome in addition to the above mentioned symptoms. I made a Vitamin D test two days ago and the results is 48 which look very good. I will wait and see when I can feel better hopefully very soon :) wish you all the best and be sure that Doctors see things as mentioned in their books, they never dig deep and analyze your symptoms.
I would like to mention other symptoms that I had and still have from time to time:
1- Heart Palpations
2- Fatigue
3- Depressed/ mood swings
4- Not feeling happy
5- Low energy
6- Low libido and sometime no libido at all
7- Dry hands
8- Irritability
9- Muscle pain
10- Hip pain
11- Numbness in several part of my body
12- Emotional rollercoaster
13- Anxiety
14- Pain in the chest and ribs
15- Short breath
16- Confusion
17- Unrealistic fears
18- Sometime problem having a good sleep
19- Teeth grinding
20- Sinus and cold symptoms
I still wish that all is due to Vitamin D deficiency.
I have done testerone test to ensure that testes surgery did not damage the cells and results were normal. This would eliminate the the androgen hormones deficiency. The only reason I have for now is just Vitamin D deficiency. Whenever I get any other clue i will repost.
I have low Vitamin D, low iron and possibly low Vitamin B12. I have most of those symptoms.
Depending on what lab range you're using, you still need higher levels for your D3.
I use Ng/mL .
below 50ng/mL should be considered deficient.
If you're nmoL you want to be over 125nmoL
You should test your blood after taking supplements for 3 months.
I've been taking supplements for almost 3 months (10,000iu D3 daily), and recently tested my blood. I'm waiting for the results.
You need to take at least 200mg magnesium daily. Split the dose between morning and afternoon because your body uses it throughout the day. Try raising it a little more and see how you feel. Men need approximately 400mg per day.
Always take magnesium when taking D3. Take your D3 with some type of fat to help it absorb. Don't take D3 at night, it may cause insomnia.
My anxiety is more controllable and the sleep has gotten better since taking supplements.
Low magnesium cause heart palpitations, anxiety, depression...etc.
Low D and Low B12 cause various symptoms too. Even if your tests show normal range, it doesn't mean it's optimal. You can still have symptoms.
My Mg, B12, Iron, etc are all normal. And my Vitamin D was 19 ng/ml and after two weeks of suppliments it became 48 ng/ml.
I used to take extra Mg but I had severe insomnia, so I stopped it. By the way my B12 is over 500 which seems good too.
I am still feeling some of these symptoms but as I read I have to wait at least 6 weeks to feel better. This is my third week and feeling positive that I will become better.
It took at least 3 weeks for my body pain to ease and 4-5 weeks for headaches and sleep to improve some.
What type of magnesium did you take and what time of day?
Citrate at night may cause insomnia. I personally couldn't handle Glycinate, but others take it without issue. I switched to liquid
magnesium chloride And it's been ok.
When people say their levels are normal?
Are you going by the lab range and what it says? They make range levels too low, so many people are sick while within 'normal range'.
B12 levels below 200 are extremely deficient and many doctors feel the actual level of deficiency should be at 400. Most people have levels between 800-1,000
Many labs give a normal ferritin range starting at 10 so you may not hear back from your doctor when ferritin is low. The average for women is 50 and for men 100. Below 30 is considered low in a child.
Vitamins cause deplete other vitamins
It's a balancing act with multiple deficiencies....
B12 uses Iron & lowers Potassium,
D3 uses our magnesium,
Calcium lowers magnesium,
Zinc lowers copper, etc.
I am going today to see another doctor to check whether another tests are required.. The strange thing is when the night comes I feel much better and my sleep is good.. I need to tell the doctor today maybe she will figure this out.
However, my MG level is 2.1 which is above average and B12 is above 500, which seems good as well. I will see today what may happen and let you know.
I went to the doctor today and she said that no further tests is needed and Vitamin D cannot cause all of this, she said that I am having anxiety and she prescribed me Anti-depressant. She confused me! However, I need to think if I am gonna take this medicine or not. Wish me luck
I decided not take the ADs and keep with Vitamin D suppliments only and see what happens.
Well low Vitamin D, low magnesium, low B12 and low iron can your issues. Doctors don't think low D does anything really and people are very sick. I just got new blood test results. I raised my vitamin D level in 11 weeks. I was at 19.2ng/mL and now currently at 61.0ng/mL
My anxiety is much better. In fact my daughter was in the ER last night for 6 hours. I felt anxiety but didn't completely freak out and I didn't have anxiety meds on me. The last time I took half a lowest dose of Xanax was on Dec 26th.
Your is incorrect. Low D is scary.
It's important to get levels above:
50ng/mL OR 125nmoL
You need magnesium with Vitamin D or you will still have issues.
D and magnesium work with calcium levels. You should take Vitamin K2 to regulate calcium unless you eat a lot of dark leafy greens.
Yes I know Drs here still think that Vitamin D is just responsible for bones and muscle growth. I did not take the anti depressant and still stick with the suppliments only. By the way I had three days where i felt like normal and anxiety was gone, however, the anxiety came back today but less severe and can be managed. I still believe that Vitamin D deficiency is serious issue and can cause all above mentioned syptoms and hopefully after two weeks or more from now I can provide you with further updates. By the way I also read that Vitamin D deficiency can cause low blood sugar which at the end will lead to anxiety and depression. I feel better comparing myself to one month ago and hopefully I will return normal soon :)
Now the heart palpitation, irritability, hip pain, anxiety, chest and rip pain, short breath, unrealistic fear, IBS, and night sweats symptoms are much better than before however the libido, fatigue, and feeling lazy still exist. I feel better but my energy levels still not up enough to boost my mood.
Make sure you're taking a high enough dose of D3 and magnesium daily.