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Posted 1/29/2015 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
Just wanted to share to always get checked out for new symptoms or to rule out other problems that is not caused by fibro. I recently had routine blood work and asked for vitamin d to be added. It came back showing I was vitamin d deficient, and I am anemic. So my fatigue, high heart rate and shortness of breath may be caused by these problems, not fibro. I am now doing more blood work and other tests to see why I am anemic, hopefully it's something simple.
I always blame my fibro for my symptoms, but now I see it wasn't the monster after all.
Take care
kl
Posted 1/29/2015 4:23 AM (GMT 0)
This is so true...my d had crashed and i was weak and forgetful and the pain was so much worse...so i am always asking others here, have they checked your d levels?

I was surprised at how many symptoms there were with this deficiency!!!!

Lj
Posted 1/29/2015 12:52 PM (GMT 0)
This exact thing happened to me several years ago. I thought I had allergies because of the shortness of breath. I put my fatigue to fibro. Finally I was feeling so bad that I asked my doctor to check for anemia...he did and I was.

I had tests run to see where the blood loss was coming from. I wasn't deficient in vitamin D since I had been taking D supplements for several years at that point. It turns out I had bleeding ulcers.

Thanks for sharing. I'm using a new slogan in the forum. "When in doubt, get checked out!"

Sherrine
Posted 9/15/2015 5:47 PM (GMT 0)
I have really low D as well... I am on a steady diet of calcium,D and iron for anemia. It is strange with all this, I feel like a hypochondriac... Always something electrocuting, biteing, creeping or twitching, it turns out I really should have just eaten my vitamins and probably tried to take care of myself better instead of ignoring all the warning signs .. Untill it was too late.... Hopeing for some answers this week. 😊
Posted 9/15/2015 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Candy,

Welcome to the forum!!! I hope you get the answers you want. I take 5,000 iu of D3 a day. If I forget it, I don't feel that good. Sometimes it sticks in my pill box and I find it later when I take evening pills. So I have to watch that. I think that the D3 is very good for us. Magnesium and fish oil and calcium too.

Best wishes,

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 9/16/2015 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
Its a good reminder,

I think a lot of symptoms can improve if you get those levels back up..

I just talked to dr. about upping mine over the winter again..it dropped in spring agin but not as low as the first time..i want to up going into winter to try to fight off, that spring drop..
Posted 9/17/2015 8:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone. Does upping your levels of Vitamin D help a lot with your symptoms? I have had low Vitamin D for a few years now (it was 18 and now it's 24 or something), but I do not take it regularly. I probably should, as my doctors have told me to do so. However, I'm just wondering if those that are also vitamin D deficient actually experience a large improvement in symptoms when reaching a normal vitamin D level. :)
Posted 9/17/2015 11:01 AM (GMT 0)
A great point, Klambert1! We have to really be aware of our 'usual' health and not attribute anything 'off' to fibro.

But isn't it interesting that so many of our fibro issues are so similar to things like flu bugs? Sometimes it's just difficult to tell the difference.
Posted 9/17/2015 6:21 PM (GMT 0)
I do feel better when I take my Vitamin D. I get horrible leg cramps if I miss a few doses. I have started B-12 shots, but so far I'm not feeling the effects of those. My doctor said I may have to get the shots and take supplements if my body isn't absorbing the B-12 correctly.

I have a cold right now, so I am feeling worse than normal, but I am hopeful it is just a cold and goes away quickly.
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