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Posted 5/4/2017 8:53 PM (GMT 0)
After a long hour at the pain clinic i have hopefully gotten some answers to my problems. I told her about the pain ive been having in the nerves of hands/arms (it wakes me up at night) numbness & tingling, joint pain (left hip has gotten worse), extreme fatigue, abdominal pain (oh SIBO never gone back on xifaxin). Two years ago my old gi said i had low vit d and told me to take otc vit d. Well it turns out i should have been on 50,000iu/week. I was only taking 2000iu/day. Therefore im still very very. Low vit d explains a lot of my symptoms. She also thinks i have rheumatoid arthritis. I see a rheumatologist on july 10th. So im also to increase cymbalta from 30mg to 60mg. I am so looking forward to having some pain relief so i can get my life back.
Posted 5/4/2017 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
I'm glad you are getting some help and I hope you feel better soon! What is your Vitamin D level? Just curious. Mine is at 20 and taking supplements at 2000 iu/day doesn't seem to do anything. Thanks
Posted 5/4/2017 10:52 PM (GMT 0)
Gumby44---i havent gotten the new levels yet
Posted 5/4/2017 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Bucko, hopefully the extra Vitamin D will help.

Gumby (and Bucko when you get the results) - Can I ask what your units of measurements were? I paid to have my vitamin D tested a few weeks ago (it wasn't very expensive and for some reason getting vitamin D tests on the NHS is almost impossible). My results came out at 25.3 nmol/L. I found out the US uses different units of measurements for vitamin D to most of the rest of the world. When I converted it to the US measurements my result was 10.12 ng/ml (likewise, to convert ng/ml to nmol/L, multiply the number by 2.5).

So yeah, pretty low. I really need to start taking a supplement asap.

Edit: Gumby, I don't know if you can order a vitamin D spray from Amazon or wherever. But this site has convinced me: I'm going to order the DLux3000 one. (Might pick up a magnesium and B12 spray at the same time...)

/betteryou.com/vitamin-d-oral-sprays

Post Edited (NiceCupOfTea) : 5/4/2017 5:33:42 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/5/2017 1:17 AM (GMT 0)
Yes NCOT, you are right...the unit of measurement is ng/ml here in the US. I was told that they like to see it above 30 at a minimum. Mine was 23 and I took supplements for several months, had it retested, and it went down to 20 ng/ml. I will admit that I wasn't perfect about taking the supplements, but it didn't seem to have an impact. Are the oral sprays supposed to absorb better? I got my B-12 up to 303 I think after shots, so they discontinued the shots and told me to take oral. I'm worried it's just going to drop back with oral meds. I did get B-12 that goes under the tongue, but I don't know. Your Vit D is very low NCOT----I hope the supplements work for you

Bucko, I had some numbness in my face and hands several months ago that I attributed to B-12 deficiency and it did go away with shots. I don't know if Vitamin D can do the same thing.
Posted 5/5/2017 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
Bucko,

On 50,000 IU a week you should get your levels checked every 3 months to ensure you do not develop liver issues. I am on that amount and my levels come in at the low end of normal even with the all the supplements. Its a struggle and I take my supplements daily. Plus I take calcium with vitamin D just to try to get my levels higher. The doctor can prescribe a vitamin D pill you take once a week. (50,000) It was just as easy and the same price for me to just buy the OTC supplements.

Hang in there!
Clo

Post Edited (clo2014) : 5/4/2017 8:49:25 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/5/2017 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
Also, the body naturally absorbs vitamin D from the sunlight. If you go out into the sun for about 10 minutes before taking your vitamin D pills, your body will be able to absorb more of it.
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