Recently diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency

Sorry to hear that hope you feel better soon - do they have to monitor your D levels regularly? I am having them checked in 3 months.

Its frustrating isn't it! I have spent years knowing something is really wrong but although the drs are listening they are treating everything individually to treat rather than looking at overall. I have had pins and needles but its been in my hands (mainly the right one) due to the carpel tunnel. Have you asked for a conductive nerve test? Something I haven't had but been recommended to have.

Your doctor shouldn't have told you to take double the dose of Adcal - it is overdosing on calcium if you do that and it isn't good for you for all sorts of reasons. If you need more than the Adcal vit D (and it is a pathetically low dose at that) you need pure vit D supplements and if the level is really low you need the high dose ones only available on prescription. 

I've come across GPs doing this before - it's appalling.

I am just horrified that the GP just doubled up the Ad Cal, particularly as the recommended dose is two a day, presumably for a reason. Mind you I have just had a blood test and my CRP has gone up from 5 to 8 and my GP has written on my notes "improved CRP"!! I despair. 

I have been referred for the conductive nerve test but can take up to six months to be seen. I get pins and needles in my arm and hand (left side) and an aching pain in the top of my arm x

What should the dose be please?

I thought I was taking too much as I went from taking two calcium chewable tablets a day to taking four of the Adcal x

The correct dose for the Adcal or any of the various calcium/vit D supplements is 2 tablets a day - and tha is the right calcium dose. If you need more vit D than that gives, it should be added in vit D-only tablets. Which you can get at the chemist or Holland and Barratt.

As ptolemy says - despair is in order!

I trust you did explain that CRP is meant to be lower not higher?

Thank you!

I'll get it checked in Tuesday when I have my next appointment.

Reading other comments I have no idea what CRP is! Nothing at all has been explained to me!

I'm low in calcium, vitamin d and b12!

Could these be related and any idea on what the cause could be? X

I talked to her on the phone today, I think those nice young men in their clean white coats need to be called  .....  for me, haha! 

CRP is a protein in the blood which is raised if there is inflammation present somewhere in the body. So it is good when it is lower than when it is higher - so CRP going from 3 to 8 bis NOT an improving situation!

Your low levels could be related and could be due to an autoimmune disorder or a few other things - but I can't really say what. 

All the best for Tuesday!

Thank you for your help!

I've been so confused x

rhiannon231..I know the posts here are rather old, but I read that you were going for nerve conduction test becuase of pins/needles in your arm & hand. This certainly indicates a nerve problem...HOWEVER...a lot of things that give us pain are caused by something going on in the SPINE. If you have a narrowing of a neural foraminal opening, THAT can cause the nerve to be irritated, or even pinched. Just checking your arm isn't good enough, & I do hope your doctor sends you for an MRI of both your lumbar & cervical spine. This is how my problem was discovered. Good luck!

Hello rhiannon231, I too have been having the pins and needles in my arms and feet. I was diagnosed with a vitamin d deficiency also. Did the alcal d3 200 help you? It's nice to know I'm not alone. I thought I was going crazy..

This is really interesting as for the past two months I have been experiencing pins and needles and numbness in my arms but have been experiencing extreme exhaustion tiredness and pains all over my body for a long time and have just been diagnosed with a vit d level of 12 . I was wondering if you had heard of any connection with the pins and needles and vit d as my gp is sending me to neurologist as she said it isn't however a few people on here have mentioned the nerves being affected ?

I have had vit d deficiency for years and also iron deficiency too. My doctor is testing me for celiacs disease as my vit d and iron have not increased after months of vitamins.

Keep us posted, Carlleton. Similar problem here. I managed to get my D up after 7+ months of high dose supplement, but after two years have now dropped back into the land of osteomalacia despite regular supplement. Not fun :-(

Hi Jaybelle.. just wondering whether the Dr was able to help you discover the reasons why your levels keep lowering inspite of your supplementing?

He was no help. But I am overweight and probably need a much, much higher dose than that prescribed due to the supplement disappearing into my copious fat reserves! 

Hi Rhiannon231

I have just been diagnosed with vit d and b12 deficiency and have been searching internet.  pins and needles are symptom of vit b12 deficieny you should get this tested too.