Low vitamin d

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Hi all. May I ask what symptoms you all dealt with with low vitamin d please? Mine is 21 and dr has prescribed me 6 weeks of vitamin d 50,000iu but I'm so scared to rake them (bad anxoety with new things after bad reaction to medication in the past) my last bloods were done in marxh which showed vit d 21 ,ferritin 17, b12 256 folate 5.2
Thankyou

Palpitations, racing heart, lethargy joint and muscle paint, just basically feeling shit all day everyday. I’m glad you posted I need to order some more

I've had this too. My gp told me to use the spray as it absorbs efficiently.

It's a simple supplement and taken at prescribed dose is much, much better than being deficient - which has all sorts of ill effects.

Take the pills. Seriously. You'll feel much better quite quickly.

Felt like death and everything hurt. 7 weeks of vitamin d loading and by week 6 felt like a million bucks!

In addition to getting Vit D supplement sorted, you also need to speak to GP about your ferritin levels - it should be minimum 30 or given supplements - if it drops below 15, then you should be offered an iron infusion as tablets are unlikely to bring it up sufficiently within 3 months which is the initial supplement period they recommend.

I was in a loading dose of 20,000 for two weeks and now one a month, you’ll feel so much better once they’ve kicked in, well worth trying them.

I was similar to you Vit D 20, Ferritin 5. I was never quite sure which was responsible for what symptom to be honest, but I was permanently exhausted, muscles and joints were really painful, my hair was falling out, I was breathless.

After 6 weeks of the loading dose of Vit D and taking ferrous fumarate to boost the ferritin I felt 100 times better.

I didn't get on great with the iron, but honestly had no side effects from the Vit D. Honestly, you will feel so much better.

@LovedFedAndNoonesDead hey thanks for commenting. I managed to get ferrous fumarate from dr after begging before as my transferrin was low at 12% but came back up to 51%. Dr just keeps telling me my iron is normal anythinf above 5 with my ferritin is normal. That's why I've had to turn to the groups :( thwyvjuat keep blaming everything on anxoety

Exhaustion, lethargy, weak muscles, sore Achilles…

Take the tablets. I had no side effects with them, and they did make a difference.