Thoracic/Cervical Pain and vitamin D?
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Hello Everyone,
I was diagnosed back in 7/2019 with vitamin d deficiency (VDD). My symptoms were: nerve, muscle, bone pain in upper back/neck, muscle cramps and spasms same area, pins and needles/burning and lots of soreness! Also, lots of bone crunching, cracking, and grinding in those areas. Not sure if its my bones or ligaments/tendons but it sure can get loud and concerning. I started on 50k of VD once per week and slowly the shoulder pain decreased little (not very much but I'll take any improvement). As I continued to take the vitamin the soreness in my upper back started to improve (again, not a lot but I'll take it). My level went up to 55 in 7 weeks so I reduced it to 5k per day. 7 weeks later my level went down to 53 which is not a lot but I recently started to have a lot of pain again. Well, I'm always in pain but it intensified a lot again. What I am concerned about is all the crunching cracking and grinding. Does not necessarily hurt while cracking but the soreness is coming back again. Lots of cracking in spine, I can feel so much movement. I've already had thoracic/cervical MRI's, xrays, been to specialists who have ruled out many auto immune diseases. My VD level of 16 in the summer was was not low enough to suggest Osteomalacia according to my doctor. ANA, CK, CRP, RA, B12, B6, CMP, BMP, electrolyte panel, Calcium, several antibodies everything comes back normal, connective tissue diseases, the list is endless. Only test that came back irregular was VD. Can anyone relate? My life is so miserable. I have read so much about VDD causing a great deal of symptoms but just want to see if anyone else has experienced anything like this. I have never had joint, muscle, or bone issues. Your insight will be helpful!
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hypercat y85411
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My First thought is wondering why have you reduced your meds? Surely if they are helping this doesn't make sense. I would increase them again x
y85411 hypercat
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Yes that was my mistake. I had the wrong idea that since my level increased to normal range that I can reduce to 5k/day and it would still increase but not as much. Boy was I far from wrong. I have now increased to 9k per day (I am monitoring levels every 6-8 weeks). However, my pains have definitely increased but this is what happened in the beginning. Took a while for my body to get used to the larger dose so I am trying to stick with it along with taking other minerals. Thank you for replying!