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to ask your experience with Vitamin D treatment?

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RomeoBunny · 27/04/2018 22:12

I have felt like shit for about 12 years, even worse after DS was born a year ago, but weirdly good actually when I was pregnant. Was severely anaemic after due to blood loss (and surgery complications a few months later) and also was eventually suffering overall body pain to the extent I was crying every night and morning (I'm waiting for a rhumatology appointment to come through as I had raised inflammation markers and my gp suspected some form of '-algia' or possibly arthritis, but this may not be needed any more).

I went back to see my GP 3 weeks ago as I started getting the sensation of water being poured over the back of my legs and random spots along my arms and was terrified of a blot clot - or several. And suddenly I recognised a lot of the pain I'd had that week shooting across my back like lightning, as neuropathy pain, the same I had when I had a bad case of shingles when I was a teenager. As soon as I mentioned this she rapidly checked my notes.

Turns out they never checked my Vitamin D levels... ever. And my bloods taken that day showed they were through the floor.

I'm now on a loading dose of 40,000 weekly for 8 weeks and then for several months after. I have been feeling a lot better since a few days ago but have also noticed my appetite is just meh. Like I have gone from feeling like my throat is cut, constantly wanting to graze and craving everything to just now feeling that 'food is fuel'. Which I assume is the normal way to feel?? Confused I felt like this when I was pregnant because my hormones regulated I guess (had been haywire since I was a teenager before then and took us over a decade to get pregnant) but never apart from that since I was a kid.

Has anyone else found their Vitamin D treatment stabilised their appetite? Or made you lose yours? I'm not complaining, just worried it's a negative side effect or toxicity or something Sad

I haven't felt this 'normal', and not tired or in some degree of pain, well, ever I don't think so it's freaking me out and I don't want it to be a bad thing. I have enough bad things going on in my life right now and can do without accidentally making my life worse Grin

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Idontdowindows · 30/04/2018 09:33

Max as it can be quite individual (as with your dose I'm still on the low end, but you're quite nicely up to a decent numer), so I'd discuss it with either GP or endo. :)

LouBakesCakes · 30/04/2018 09:41

Yes, exactly what Idontdowindows say. It's individual. I take 10,000 IU a day and that keeps me at normal.

Ljlucock · 29/05/2019 09:10

How long did it take to feel 100% better xx

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