Vitamin D Deficency~a list of symptoms and illnesses
 

My levels were low last month and I was put on 50,000 units/per day for 10 weeks. I was having MS-like symptoms. I'm in my 20s and otherwise healthy, it started out of nowhere and has been progressing. I started getting bad back spasm as soon as I started taking it, though, some other symptoms have lessened. I hadn't realized how common it was beforehand or how many problems were associated with vitamin d deficiency.

I have vitamin D deficiency. It is not related to sun lack. Rather, it is due to small tumors of the parathyroid glands, which regulate calcium and phosphorus. The is a close relationship between these minerals and vitamin D.

In addition to taking the vitamin, one should, if found deficient, also have calcium, phosphorus, and PTH blood levels drawn. The PTH determines the amount of hormone that is secreted by the parathyroid gland. PTH tumors, which are generally benign, are becoming increasingly diagnosed. Make your medical provider do their work!

For me, in addition to the pain, I was so tired that I thought I was gonna lay down and die. I've never felt so tired in my life.

I will need to have my tumors removed, but will wait until my sister succombs to her cancer. There is a newer procedure, called MIPs (minimally invasive parathyroidectomy), which I will undergo. As the name indicates, there will be less slashing of my neck HEH ... and almost no post operative complications. Again, do the research yourself, make the system, including insurance, work for you.

also have vitamin D deficiency which they think if from sun deficiency. I work during the day and make up and skin screams and lotions all have sunscreen in them.

Was on prescription D for quite a while and now take 1,000 IU a day. Afetr this bottle I am going to get the kind June described! :) Thank you!

I also feel wayyy better both mentally and physically when my Vitamin D levels are good.

My sister has it too.

My Doc wants me to spend 10 minutes a day in the sun sans suncreen also, but I have been having a hard tme making this happen and need to make more of an effort all year.

hmm read that article.. im thinking the reason i dont have vit"D" def. is because every time i some much as coughed or sneezed or got a runny nose my mom "made" me take a spoon of cod liver oil yuck!

Several years ago, my vitamin d serum level came in around 5. I don't remember having a lot of symptoms of deficiency aside from fatigue and slower times (although I'm a pretty slow runner to begin with). At the lab where my tests were done, the optimal range for serum vitamin d levels is 30-80. Now I take 50,000iu weekly in a gelcap and my vitamin d is at 50.

Many factors are involved in our synthesis of vitamin d including latitude, skin pigmentation, the angle of the sun, etc. So even if you spent a lot of time outdoors, you may still have a deficiency and should get tested.

Here's an interesting video with Dr. Michael Holick which explains why we need vitamin d hormone and how we get it. It's 58 minutes long but worthwhile.

A couple of weeks ago I went to the doc about my back,I told her that I know it was a prob but for the life of me I had to much pain on a contenual basics to just have a back injury.The doc had blood taken for lab work when I mentioned fatigue,restlessness,sleep probs and twitchy body movements..not over bad but at times is way to noticeable or can be painful.Also we talked about my being on a weight loss program but as hard as I worked out and watched what I ate I just wasnt loseing but a fue pounds hear and there.At the moment I am waiting to hear back from them..this is being done at LSU med center,things take forever to hear from about anything.

Have you had anyone check your T3 T4 and TSH levels? I was having some of the same symtoms and my thyroid was very low. Got that all straightened out. made a world of difference in the way I felt, and my sleep.

Ack!!! I remember being forced to take that gruel a few times as a child. No wonder I get the dry heaves now when trying to swallow a Fish Oil capsule.

Hi Cowboi
The lab work was going to check out all the thyroids and everything else on the map.The appointment was on the 28th of last month and I still havent herd a thing,if I dont hear by the end of next week im going to call and see what I can find out, cause the "if we find a prob..we will let ya know" attitude dosent sit well with me at all.

FYI, as I was driving into work this morning and listening to National Public Radio (NPR), I caught the tail end of a story about vitamin D deficiency.

I was surprised to hear that vitamin D deficiency can cause "deadly strokes" in caucasian people. For African Americans some of the impacts of D deficiency does not appear to be as aggressive. Symptoms such as strokes and bone loss.

It is very early in the morning and I have not had the time to go in and read more about this. If you are vitamin D deficient you might want to do the research on this and/or talk with you physician.