Vitamin D deficiency success stories

Hi vicky,

Hope you're doing fine.

I am definitely much better now, I'd say I'm 90% better, especially my anxiety and depression are almost nonexistent now.

For me though, it wasn't just vitamin D, I had deficiencies in vitamin D and some B vitamins. Correcting my B vitamins deficiencies had the largest impact on my mood and overall health, but vitamin D definitely helped too.

Thats great to hear mrleaf !!! How long did it take you to get where youre at today ?

I'd say it took a year and a couple of months. I didn't realize I was also severely deficient in B vitamins until later so it took me a while to correct them. Don't give up on correcting your deficiencies, it's a journey, it takes a while, but you will eventually start feeling better, I have no doubt.

so glad to hear you're doing better! I am in months and 12 days in. I was told I have a vitamin d deficiency in july and my level was at 8. i was tested in February of this year but was not told my results until july. the past 3 years have been hell and after multiple trips to see specialists I had given up hope.... I was for sure that I was dying and that all these doctors kept missing something that was there and just didnt see. it was the hardest struggle of my life but I still pushed through up until the very end. it's hard going through something like this especially when doctors are not testing for the actual problem and continue to miss it for so long and then start looking at you like you're making these symptoms up. I have always been a strong person and everyone around me knew it... but when this started to happen to me, after awhile everyone lost faith in me and started to think I was making it up too or that it was just "depression" only. I'm only 28 years old and have lost 3 years of my twenties to this horrible deficiency. I've lost friends, job opportunities, and have struggled through college through this entire thing. So glad to hear there is a light at the end of this tunnell..... I can't wait until I am 100% better. everyday i can slowly feel my body getting stronger and my mind and mood slowly improving. I will continue to keep strong and keep my head up. sending good vibes everyone else's way as well.

oops ....I am in 3 months and 12 days***

Thank you mrleaf !!

Gina ,yea its terrible thing to go through . I will never take vitamins for granted again EVER ! LOL , i have been 3 months also ... With loads of symptoms ! Terrible ! I pray for all thats going throufh this ordeal

hoping for the best for you. are you feeling any better at all so far?

Hi gina , yes i do feel some better ... Can i ask what your symptoms are /were ? Mine , the stomach issues ,a lot of gassy gurgling ,bloatin g , anxiety , panic , breathing , numbness ,weak , fatigu e , brain fog , head and ear pressure , but i dont have any pain ... I too hope the best for you gina

Hi Gina,

Your story sounds similar to mine even down to July being the month I was diagnosed. I have been on VD for 3 months and 11 days. I would like to talk a little more if you don't mind. Although my family and friends are as supportive as they can be they won't ever understand exactly what it feels like unless they go through it themselves. It's encouraging knowing I am NOT the only person suffering with this. if you want to share more of our stories! Vicky you can email me too I would be more than happy to answer more of your questions!

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Gina,

Your story sounds very similar to mine even down to the diagnosis month. I have been on VD for 3 months and 11 days. I too have always been a strong minded person and I never would get sick but this deficiency really humbled me this year. Even though my family and friends try to be as supportive as they can they just won’t even understand fully unless they go through it themselves. Many times I was told this was all in my head and I would cry and cry because I knew deep down something was happening to my body but doctors could not figure it out. I tried to post this same comment before with my email in case you or anyone wanted to get in contact with me to share our stories more in depth as I think it is so encouraging knowing I am not the only person going through this but I do not think it will let me post because I included my email but you can private message me if you want or Vicky if you want to talk more. I know how terrible this deficiency has been so I 100% understand the struggle.

Yes , its helps to talk with others that is going through the same thing , a our daily obstacles plus our recovering .thank you so much

you are right absolutely right. I just found this page and when I did so much of my life made sense and everything started to seem clearer.

wow... very similar to mine. I have VERY slowly been getting a little better and symptoms are easing up some but are still bad on some days.... but I have had AWFUL heart palpitations with anxiety, chest pain, bloating, gas, constipation, bad PMS and debilitating cramps, depression, headaches, confusion, nausea, vertigo, foggy mind, numbness, cold feet and hands where my feet were always purple, tingly area on my cheeks, dark circles under eyes, bad acne, terrible fatigue and exhaustion to the point it was extremely difficult just to keep my eyes open, fuzzy vision on some days (and I don't need glasses) allergies worse than they ever were, memory problems, sometimes my hands would twitch involuntary, I was getting sick with a cold almost once a month cyclically (or maybe I just never fully got rid of one), I didn't have as much pain as others seem to have, other than my shoulder and lower back but not sure if that is related but I wouldn't be surprised... also, all of these symptoms did not come until this deficiency started (I have a very good idea of when it started because that was when I started working and going to school from home while taking care of my father who has cancer) and again, I too was the strongest one out of my family and group of friends... the person that held everyone together and worked my ass off at work and to lend everyone a hand, was always positive and happy .....all up until about 3 years ago. I've lost close friends, and family now looks at me differently...... like the boy who cried wolf....... I haven't told most people that I even have this deficiency because I'd rather them see me get strong again and get back to myself before talking, yet again, about my health.... my doctor never tested me for the 25-hydroxy vitamin d test until July 15th of this year .....and I only got worse before I started to feel anyy better.

wow... very similar to mine. I have VERY slowly been getting a little better and symptoms are easing up some but are still bad on some days.... but I have had AWFUL heart palpitations with anxiety, chest pain, bloating, gas, constipation, bad PMS and debilitating cramps, depression, headaches, confusion, nausea, vertigo, foggy mind, numbness, cold feet and hands where my feet were always purple, tingly area on my cheeks, dark circles under eyes, bad acne, terrible fatigue and exhaustion to the point it was extremely difficult just to keep my eyes open, fuzzy vision on some days (and I don't need glasses) allergiesworse than they ever were, memory problems, sometimes my hands would twitch involuntary, I was getting sick with a cold almost once a month cyclically (or maybe I just never fully got rid of one), I didn't have as much pain as others seem to have, other than my shoulder and lower back but not sure if that is related but I wouldn't be surprised... also, all of these symptoms did not come until this deficiency started (I have a very good idea of when it started because that was when I started working and going to school from home while taking care of my father who has cancer) and again, I too was the strongest one out of my family and group of friends... the person that held everyone together and worked my ass off at work and to lend everyone a hand, was always positive and happy .....all up until about 3 years ago. I've lost close friends, and family now looks at me differently...... like the boy who cried wolf....... I haven't told most people that I even have this deficiency because I'd rather them see me get strong again and get back to myself before talking, yet again, about my health.... my doctor never tested me for the 25-hydroxy vitamin d test until July 15th of this year .....and I only got worse before I started to feel anyy better.

Thank you for your response Gina! My symptoms were anxiety, depression, tinnitus, muscle tension, tension headaches, bone muscle and nerve pains in my upper back/shoulders/neck, pins and needles sensations in this area, muscle cramps and burning sensations, numbness in my face mainly my forehead and between my eyebrows, dizziness, nausea, sometimes blurred vision, major brain fog in the beginning, my menstrual cycle was a bit off in the beginning too. SOB and rapid HR when i would get panic attacks, upper back bone cracking/grinding, soreness in this area too. I would also experience what is called "derealization or depersonalization" and also body or head zaps. It was a really weird feeling! This was during the phase I was dealing with lots of panic attacks. All these symptoms came on suddenly after I was on antibiotics this year for a UTI I had back in February but like you, thinking back, I started to have very subtle symptoms and I never put any attention to it or blamed my lower back pain on my mattress of the way I slept. The my neck would start to cramp up in the mornings last year, again, blamed it on my sleeping position. All the fatigue I was feeling I blamed on working too much. Summer 2017 I got a really bad stomach bug that took quite a while to come back from and I truly believe this is where it all started. Besides just not eating enough dairy or drinking milk or being out in the Sun. I guess I never replenished all the vitamins and minerals is what I believe and I have been low for a while but I guess I won't ever exactly know. All I know is I too, lost friends due to this and at one point my family and doctor thought I was crazy but funny thing is now I have everyone taking VD or at least a multivitamin. Thank you for sharing your story!

WOW! As much as i have learned about vitamin d deficiency.....still, for some reason, speaking to you helps on so many levels. Every single symptom you listed is exactly everything that i have been experiencing these passed few years. what is even stranger is that i literallly had a uti back in february too and was on antibiotics...... I also have IBS and interstitial cystitis... so i can not eat dairy or lots of other things that im sure contributed to my deficiency. And i too have everyone on vitamin d lol no one really wanted to take it but i sort of pushed them to do it lol funny thing is they are all slowly starting to feel better too so hopefully they will start to believe how serious vitamin d deficiency is. its hard explaining something to someone that already thinks a strong unimportance to it. I am glad we got to talk though! Sending good vibes.

-Gina Battistelli

Yes! Thank you for sharing all the information on here. I will send you a private message with my info in case you want to know more. I know you have been going through it for a while now and have probably become an expert at VDD. I too have researched so much online about this because I want to have a good understanding about all of this but even being on VD for 3.5 months now, I still have days where I feel terrible still and can use some extra support so in case you need an extra push don't hesitate to email me! We can all get through this. I will be rechecking my VD in the next couple of weeks so I am excited to see where I am at.

Hi, I joined this group back when my daughter was going through Vitamin D deficiency. She went through a hard time but is now better. My heart goes out to you. Take care.

so glad to hear that your daughter is doing better. that is awesome. how long did it take until she was back to feeling like herself ?

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for that reply!! It truly can be debilitating! How is she now? Did she have similar symptoms? I am glad she is better now.

She had mostly all-over aches & pain, joint pain, leg pain, and extreme fatigue, as well as being prone to injury, which, as a ballet dancer, was not a good thing! It took her probably a good year to year-and-a-half to feel 100% herself again, but her Vitamin D numbers did come up pretty quickly with the prescription that she was given. She was also low on her iron numbers so she was taking iron supplements for a while, too. I was surprised at how low her numbers had gotten, as I have always been very conscientious about a healthy diet...

Thanks! It does get better, although I know at times it feels like it takes forever! Hang in there.

thank you for taking the time to reply... i am so glad to hear that she is doing better. this gives me hope that i no longer had. so happy for you and your daughter! she is a trooper!

Im glad to be connected to all of you . Yes it helps to talk to each other bout we are going through , to give each other hope , ideas , or a prayer .. I know im leaning on God a lot ! Today marks month 3 of taking VD3 . I also sit in the sun when i can . .. Are any of you on zoloft or any other ?

HERE is what caused my deficiency .. 2 years ago my dad passed away , i quit eating , drinking or going out . I would go days at a time without eating anything ,when i dud grab a bite it was in snack food , .. I hit rock bottom . On my death bed i was given protein shakes 2 weeks , then water , sea salt water . Foods started out as soft eggs , i was taking loads of medicine but not vitamin D .. What i was taking help but what helped me most was prayers and the good Lord ! It was 3 months ago a new doctor came in and checked my D , i take 10,000 iu daily . During my condition my husband lost his sister and thought he was losing me . Im glad im still here and im glad very thankful there us healing hope !!!! Bless al l of you . I pray for complete and quick recovery

Sarah can i ask how low her levels were and what d osage she was taking ? H ow long did it take her to f ully recover ?also did she experience anxiety / panic ?

Also sarah you cant get the Vitamin D you need in foods , its either through sunshine or supplements .

I am glad she finally feels better. I am very optimistic about my recovery since some of the pains have subsided but other days I feel terrible. Thank you so much for your feedback I really do appreciate it and I'm sure others do too!

Take care, and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Thank you, and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Hi! Yes, she did experience anxiety and panic, too, but it is hard to know if that was because of the Vit D levels or something else. I can't remember now exactly what dosage she was prescribed - I want to say 50,000 IU weekly but I am not 100% sure on that. It did take a while for her to fully recover -probably a good year to year-and-a-half for her to feel 100% herself again. There were good days and bad days, ups and downs, and I just had to keep reminding myself to be patient. That is hard as a parent watching your child go through this! Take care, and best wishes to you for a speedy recovery!

Yes! Prayers work wonders. Cheers!