vitamin d deficiency

Thanks for your help doctors never told be any of this or even how low it is but I'm back there next week so I will ask how low it is do u think I should get another blood test it was beginning of October 2013 when I was diagnosed and I never got any leaflet with my tablets it just says on box take 2 at beginning of every month I have been reading up online and nobody has mentioned talking it like that it's useley daily or weekly or fortnightly have u every heard of it being taken monthly

Doctors dont have time these days in consultation to tell anyone enough. They only have a 10 minute window; perhaps 5 minutes to see a patient, 3 minutes for some admin and 2 minutes for a breather, its all touch-&-go these days with the huge number of population growth.

Patients are presented with printouts from the internet, stuff we could find ourselves online, this is my experience on several occasions. So, basically its just a matter of poking around and doing our own research and finding stuff out for ourselves. Then armed with enough information and knowledge you can intelligently push the doc for another blood test because if you request it often directly ask for another blood test they would refuse it. They would only order another test when 'they' feel the need to regardless how the patient feels or even if you been paying all your taxes whether working or not. I think the current gap is every 6 months but it could be more or less depending on the patient, how low the vitamin D is, if thers other medical problems or any other medication if you're on it, there are several factors that count.

U are right about them being to busy 3 weeks I had to wait for appointment I remember years ago U would get in same week oh and thanks for your help I will keep looking in to it also for this month I'm gonna try the tablets 1 a fortnight see how that goes

..but you should take the tablets how your doctor has asked you to or according to what is written in the patient information leaflet in the box because everyone is different but not only that mine was 20,000 units per liquid capsule and you're taking 40,000 units a ***month*** NOT like me taking 5 of those in a day ?

yes definitely doctors don't have much time. the internet is ideal step for the solution. you can easily get results for the problems. one more thing you should try some of the exercise for arms. and also take some remedial action for the vitamin d deficiency.

so sorry to hear that you have vitamin D deficiency - it is extremely painful. do you get spasm-type pains in your bones? i did, and it felt as though my muscles were being 'torn' sometimes.

i assume that your doctor has prescribed vitamin D supplements? it took about 3 months after starting supplementation before my pains started to decrease, and that seems to agree with the research. but i suppose it might depend how low your vitamin D level is to start off with. i was classed as 'insufficient' rather than 'deficient'. and , to reassure you, now my level is within the normal range once again those pains have gone......

another very improtant thing is to work out the reason WHY you have low vitamin D. another chat with your GP perhaps? good luck and hope you start to feel relief soon. 

 

Hi thank you for your reply on vitD deficiency. I'm so happy for you now you have got rid of some of the pain.My doctor said it was because I have'nt had much sunshine as that is where you get vit d from.I have been going to him for 6yrs

with muscle pain and muscle spasm in my legs and fingers (horrendous) the he sent me for a blood test says the test shows i am at 12 and the worse case he has seen since working in the hospital I'm on my 2nd month of capsules so am hoping it will get better soon (you too) I have to have another blood test in august

I've got Vitamin D deficiency as well and my level is 22.2 n/mol.   My doctor has given me 10,000 units daily of Colecalciferol for 14 days.  A month after finishing the tablets, I will need a blood test to check my calcium levels and then a further blood test two months after that to check my Vitamin D levels again.  After that, if necessary, I will need to go onto a maintenance dose.  There is a lot of information about Vitamin D deficiency and the treatment needed on the National Osteoporosis Society website and their free helpline is excellent.  There doesn't appear to be any one general method of treatment and hospitals seem to work from their own criteria.  I've had bone pain and fatigue for some time, but never realised it may have been due to anything like a deficiency.  It was only picked up when I saw a consultant for the first time, for another problem, and he did a lot of different blood tests.  I hope you're soon feeling much better.