Blood tests proved i have Vitamin D deficiency
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Hey,
After feeling depressed for 2 years with sleep problems, fatigue, loss of interest in activities, memory issues. I finally decided to do some blood tests. Which showed i have Vitamin D3 deficiency.
My house doctor advised me to take daily Vitamin D3 1200 IU supplement in liquid form. 3 drops each day.
I have been taking them for 1 month now. No big difference yet. But my house doctor told me it can take up to 3 months before restoring my Vitamin D3 levels. My blood tests showed 7. And Vitamin D levels should be 50?
I felt relieved to know the cause for my depression, but now i just have to live with my depressive symtoms for 2 more months before i get better? anything else i can do to speed up the recovery time?
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EileenH Guest
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I have always used the supplements from Holland and Barrett in the UK - and they have been fine. Their high dose tablets are 1,000 IU but are tiny tablets and very easy to take up to 10 of them at once. The general advice is not to buy from companies you have never heard of and to avoid Chinese manufactured supplements.
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jazzyanne Guest
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I suspect my levele are still low with dose and i might up my daily dose of Vitamin D3 supplements to 5000 UI in liquid form.
Anything to add regarding this from your point of view?
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Hey,
So i did a new blood test to check my Vitamin D3 levels. And i seem to have exceeded the daily dose. Because test showed me i now have a Vitamin D3 blood level of 300!
From Vitamin D3 blood level of 7 in April and now 300! Doctor said it's not dangerous. But told me that no more supplements is needed.
Should i worry about my Vitamin D3 blood level of 300 and can it be harmful? how can the vitamin D3 levels bounce back to normal?
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You use some vit D every day - no supplements should allow the level to fall slowly. Taking supplements the body stores the lot, when you stock up on vit D via sun there is a mechanism to stop after a certain amount is made (if you get to that much, which you obviously weren't!). If you are in the northern hemisphere your vit D level will be at its lowest in April - none made during the winter and still using it every day. So checking it in October and April is sensible - if it is lowish in October you'll need some supplement over the winter. In the southern hemisphere it is the other way round - high in April, low in October.