I think I am allergic to Vitamin D?

A little while ago (a few months maybe?) I found out I was Vitamin D deficient and started taking Vitamin D. After about a week, maybe less I had excruciating stomach pains that almost sent me to the hospital. I thought it was the antibiotics, but my doctor had me get off of everything until I recovered. It took me a full month to get my stomach back to normal and then I slowly started to get back on a few things and the stomach pain came back within days of restarting the vitamin D. I know I have a sensitive stomach so I got off of it immediately and after a few weeks, maybe even longer, I decided to try a lower dose in gummy form to see if it would be easier on my stomach. Now, I have the same rash I had when I had an allergic reaction to another medicine (the name is slipping my mind right now) and it is on my face, chest, and down my back. I am also having nausea and stomach pain, although not as bad as before. My skin is so itchy I could scratch it off! I stopped taking the Vitamin D a couple days ago and am waiting to here back from my family doctor. This is so frustrating!

Could it be the fillers in the tablets?

Do you have any trouble with other supplements?

I use a sublingual one - maybe that would work better as it is tiny and your stomach isn't having to break down a whole tablet.

Maybe your Dr. will have some insight. I'm sorry you're having that reaction.

How are your Vitamin d levels?

Maybe it's what its derived from? Are you taking gelcap or tablets that are white, they may be bromine bleached. You should be taking straight D3 cholecalciferol not anythig that needs to be converted to d3 or its junk. Carlsons is a good brand,there's a really superior brand bit it escapes me at the moment. Some is derived from lanolin and some from fish...

I use vitamin d3 in a sesame suspension=liquid form for optimal absorption...there's so many supplemental brands that have been investigated for fraud due to the low amount of the actual vitamin per fillers ratio,and low quality.

I'd suggest using only Thorne, Metabolic maintenance,or Pure encapsulation.

If you have a fish allergy, then you may have an allergic reaction to Vitamin D3 supplements.

Might try a liquid form (usually based in some kind of vegetable oil - olive oil is a good one) and test it first by putting a drop of the liquid Vitamin D on your skin. The best place is the inner side of your forearm, an inch or two from the bottom of your palm. Rub it in with the opposite arm's inner wrist (rub your two wrists together), and watch the area for a rash within the next few hours.

If you don't get a rash, then you can use the liquid form topically to get Vitamin D. The skin has a mechanism for absorbing Vitamin D from sunshine, so topical application of an oil-based Vitamin D3 supplement should work. I've used Vitamin D3 liquids topically and had the same side-effects as what I get when taking it orally (my main side-effect is horrendous insomnia).

Also, Vitamin K2 should be taken with the Vitamin D3, so that calcium absorbed is put into your bones where it belongs, instead of deposited in your arteries (where it does not belong).

I thought I might share some interesting info I found out recently about Vitamin D and Lyme. I had been taking tons of it too(fermented cod liver oil, supplements) and my numbers were always low. I even had high dose injections but nothing worked. And I always felt worse especially after the shots. Then I found my LLMD who checked the 1,25 levels. They were off the charts.(toxic levels) He told me to stop all Vit D supps, not even go in the sun.
A few weeks later I attended a Lyme conference with some of the world experts in Lyme. They addressed this issue and said that the Lyme spirochetes literally disable our Vit D receptors so we essentially can't process it. Of course it was much more technical than what I am able to articulate. But perhaps that is what is happening with you as well??
I know there might be some threads here about it somewhere. And there are even protocols about the subject. (Removing all Vit D from your life) I can't remember the name though. Maybe someone else can? I personally would not go that far but it is interesting to know.
Blessings to you!

twinkm, I'm gonna echo what others have said and recommend a liquid Vitamin D supplement. Have you tried that? My doctor gave me K2 and D3 drops.

Could it be possible that your body cannot synthesize vitamin D? This may have to do with illness, genes or possibly nagalese (from vaccines/pathogens). I tried taking vitamin D supplements a while back but found myself feeling worse off. I was researching online when I found a study done on ME/CFS patients - this was before I found out I had Lyme and I had only the M.E. diagnosis - where they found that these patients actually got worse when taking vitamin D. Something about them actually having very high levels already (1,25 vitamin D) or it was circulating the body because it was not being converted or synthesized. Something about too much inflammation. I'm sorry I don't remember the specifics but I could look it up for you if you're interested.

It seems nowadays people are really into this vitamin D stuff- how deficient we are today and how important and amazing it is for the immune system, etc. But to be honest, based on my experience and research, I think we should be more careful about OD'ing on this fat soluble HORMONE. Especially if you feel worse from it. Listen to your body.

I recently learned about Nagalese and how it blocks the body from producing GcMAF which is a very important molecule and part of your immune system that fights off cancer, infections and other disease processes in the body. I won't go into more detail here, but the thing that struck me was that vitamin D is essential and needed to create GcMAF. However, Nagalese blocks off vitamin D so that GcMAF is not made. WHich make me wonder- Could this lead to circulating vitamin D in the body? Building up to toxic or inflammatory levels? Or you just feel worse because vitamin D is not serving it's purpose?
I have no idea but I find it extremely interesting. Next time I see my LLMD I'm gonna let him know that I want to test Nagalese levels.