Vitamin D deficiency
What dosage of vitamin D should be taken when in blood it's lower than 10ng/ml?
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Heartlander · 80-89, M
@HootyTheNightOwl I agree ... mostly :)
... But FDA, CDC, NIH, etc. all have websites with extensive information and at great depth on health related information.
... But FDA, CDC, NIH, etc. all have websites with extensive information and at great depth on health related information.
@Heartlander Just because you have something - it doesn't necessarily mean that it's in your best interests to treat it.
I have high blood pressure and was medicated for it just before the pandemic... about a year and a half ago, a doctor finally admitted that maybe they were doing me more harm than good by treating my bp with pills because it was making another undiagnosed condition worse.
My concern here is that unmonitored attempts to increase vitamin D levels could potentially have a negative effect on OP's overall health in the same way that not monitoring my bp when I was out of the surgery after I was prescribed meds affected me negatively.
Realistically, I know that no one gives a crap, though - it's been 3 years since I was diagnosed with a B12 deficiency... and no one has bothered to re test my blood to find out my B12 levels despite the fact that I'm only taking pills and the doctor wasn't sure if I should try pills or take the injections.
I have high blood pressure and was medicated for it just before the pandemic... about a year and a half ago, a doctor finally admitted that maybe they were doing me more harm than good by treating my bp with pills because it was making another undiagnosed condition worse.
My concern here is that unmonitored attempts to increase vitamin D levels could potentially have a negative effect on OP's overall health in the same way that not monitoring my bp when I was out of the surgery after I was prescribed meds affected me negatively.
Realistically, I know that no one gives a crap, though - it's been 3 years since I was diagnosed with a B12 deficiency... and no one has bothered to re test my blood to find out my B12 levels despite the fact that I'm only taking pills and the doctor wasn't sure if I should try pills or take the injections.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@HootyTheNightOwl I totally agree with that. Treatment for one thing may have an undesirable effect on another, seemingly unrelated issues. And something to be aware of when you get passed from one specialist to another. Someone recently posted here about neck instability causing GERD and other digestive issues. I likewise take B12 thanks to my doc suggesting I take a B12 test even though my insurance wouldn't pay for it Thankfully my internist seems to enjoy being questioned, and doesn't mind commenting about what specialist to avoid and which to trust, and is OK with qualifying his diagnosis and the diagnosis by other docs with degrees of certainty and uncertainty.
@Heartlander A lot of my problem has been that they've been playing "Whack a mole" with various symptoms from at least 2012 when I had my left hand lock in a fist for a month and went off my legs because of pain in my back - straight away, they should have been thinking "Nerve damage" rather than prescribing me Tramadol and letting me go because we were in the worst winter conditions we'd had for decades - in March.
My hand eventually relaxed itself and I came off the Tramadol as soon as I felt able to do so (around three weeks, I think).
On the 18/08/17, I went to the mall in the city alone. I was having major issues with my vision going black, confusion and weakness in my legs... that ended in me fainting/collapsing in a private alleyway on my way home. I skinned my hands and knees and split my lips because I made no attempt to break my fall.
After that, those symptoms became regular in my life, though I've learned to avoid kissing the ground like that again after that episode. I just get exhausted more easily than normal people do these days.
From there, they hit me with high bp (that I only got after they moved the criteria for a diagnosis), b12 deficiency and Non alcoholic fatty liver... then lockdown hit.
About a year into lockdown, I came off my bp meds because my reviewing doctor wasn't sure that treating my bp was in my best interests and she referred me back to cardiology but I haven't been able to get an appointment at a hospital that I can attend.
Around the same time, I got talking to someone on SW and he suggested I have chronic fatigue syndrome - which I want to be checked out for - and a year after that, I found out that my sister has the same symptoms and her doctor has suggested that she might have fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Apparently, we have both been fighting this for the same amount of time and didn't know what the other was going through until after our mother died and we got closer to each other.
My hand eventually relaxed itself and I came off the Tramadol as soon as I felt able to do so (around three weeks, I think).
On the 18/08/17, I went to the mall in the city alone. I was having major issues with my vision going black, confusion and weakness in my legs... that ended in me fainting/collapsing in a private alleyway on my way home. I skinned my hands and knees and split my lips because I made no attempt to break my fall.
After that, those symptoms became regular in my life, though I've learned to avoid kissing the ground like that again after that episode. I just get exhausted more easily than normal people do these days.
From there, they hit me with high bp (that I only got after they moved the criteria for a diagnosis), b12 deficiency and Non alcoholic fatty liver... then lockdown hit.
About a year into lockdown, I came off my bp meds because my reviewing doctor wasn't sure that treating my bp was in my best interests and she referred me back to cardiology but I haven't been able to get an appointment at a hospital that I can attend.
Around the same time, I got talking to someone on SW and he suggested I have chronic fatigue syndrome - which I want to be checked out for - and a year after that, I found out that my sister has the same symptoms and her doctor has suggested that she might have fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Apparently, we have both been fighting this for the same amount of time and didn't know what the other was going through until after our mother died and we got closer to each other.