help please just diagnosed with vitamin d deficiency

Hi Maxine I have low vitamin d but I'm not deficient I think I've spelt that wrong lol.do you know what your level was when they tested you my was 46 which is not that low but I've got pain all over my body I have to take 5000iu of vitamin d 3 for 8 weeks but what your taking is not high a high dose is 50.000iu for 3 months I think hope this helps.

hiya ginette my spelling is bad too so not to worry lol my level is confusing just as is meds it was showing as 20nmol or something like that ??so im classed as deficient ..i have so much pain and memory loss and lots of other things just trying to search net for some advice

Taking fultium d3 3200 for eight to twelve weeks when found to have low vit D is normal. Then move to a maintenance dose. Do you know what your vit D reading was? I always ask for a print out which I find useful. Having low vit D should not affect your weight, perhaps it is that you are not moving so much since your disc problem. My vit D reading was 26 and I try and sit out in the sun for a short time each day as that is where the bulk of our vit D comes from. 

hi i was told it was 20nmol ???so does this mean its 20??my gp said if this doesnt work i have to see a specialist as have a platelet problem too 

no he doesnt know why but its only 113 and should be much much higher ...so do u think im on right dose of vit d then and do u have any side effects ??sorry for all the questions lol 

Hi Maxine

​My level was at 13 and I was put on 10 000iu/day for till I go back to be tested at the end of the month.  I've been doing that since March 7.  It's been a long recovery... I'm stil having muscle pain, and the brain fog comes and goes.  The fatigue is a lot less... my doctor told me it could take up to 6 months to start to feel a difference... it's coming, but not near normal yet.....I'm hoping my levels will be high enough I can drop down to 5000IU/day..

​I also take Magnesium, a multi vitamin, Vitamin K, calcium, and B12.

​Anyone else I have talked to have had good and bad days... just part of the recovery... hang in there... it will come....

aww im glad im not the only one with brain fog and pain your reply has helped me thanks as i have felt really quite ill and sore so fingers crossed the meds work as dont want injections really 

If you don't want the injections of D3, you could ask your doctor about a liquid form... that's what I take, it absorbs faster into your system....

​I also went for a massage yesterday for the muscle pain... what a difference... this morning was the first time in a long time I woke up without pain.  I'm a little stiff, but what a difference....

​I didn't notice a real difference until about 6 weeks after I started taking D, and then it was just small things... My anxiety is alot less, but still there, I sleep a lot sounder.  It is frustating, I know.  I started keeping a journal, and go back to see where I'm improving.. baby steps...it didn't take a few days to become deficient, it will take awhile to get back to normal...

thank you so much for your replys you sound so like me cant rem last time i had a proper sleep either but cos ive had other problems always blamed them..do u know why ya vit d def my gp said he thinks i might have a under lying reaon so having lots more tests done its worrying time