Story of Vitamin D Toxicity (2022)
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Story of Vitamin D Toxicity (2022)
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#3Interesting stuff, I hear people advocating vitamin D supplement all the time. I'm wary of supplements in general so have mostly avoided it but never realized it could be dangerous (I tend to think I should be able to get everything I need from my diet)
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#4I struggle to believe that a physician told her to take 5000 IU of vitamin D daily for 5+ years. This is nearly 10x canada's recommended winter time dose for adults under 70. After years of struggling with severe joint pain and mental fog/depression, among other things it was discovered that I had critically low vitamin D. They prescribed the 5000 dose but told me at least 10 times how I should NOT continue this high of a dose after the treatment was over.
For me, the supplements were noticeable and life changing and I can tell when I have fallen off taking them for a while. But I don't approach anywhere near this dose. Seems like a case of miscommunication.
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#5In a recent blood test my Vitamin D was low, that is the second time it happened. First time were during the pandemic, where my doctor at the time told me several people were experiencing this due to lack of sunlight (everyone was locked at home). Anyways, I'm now taking 7000ui vitamin d supplement for 6 weeks; Thanks for the article
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#6Interesting stuff, I hear people advocating vitamin D supplement all the time. I'm wary of supplements in general so have mostly avoided it but never realized it could be dangerous (I tend to think I should be able to get everything I need from my diet)
I live in a place where there is very little sunlight during the winter, and take occasional vitamin D supplements. My supplement is 1000 IU. I took a look on amazon and of the first page of results, most were 1000IU and some were 2500 IU
It sounds like the upper end of the recommended range for Vitamin D blood levels is much higher than it should be, and that is the primary reason the person mentioned here had the problems she had, but it also just seems like common sense that you're taking 2-5 times the normal supplementation dose of something, daily, for 5 years you should have a very good reason to do so.
I'm curious if taking 1000 IU every few days could cause similar issues in people who aren't in the sun all day every day.
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#7Interesting stuff, I hear people advocating vitamin D supplement all the time. I'm wary of supplements in general so have mostly avoided it but never realized it could be dangerous (I tend to think I should be able to get everything I need from my diet)
In the story, the women was taking 5000 units daily, which is extremely high. Most multi-vitamins have something between 400-800 units.
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#8I have recently gotten much more invested in my health, and that has lead to me cutting basically every supplement I was taking short of a few that are really excellent and well studied.
On the back of some vitamin D bottles, you'll see warnings about taking it if you have high calcium levels because it could lead to cardio vascular issues.
While most people considered the risk of supplementation to be low, there appears to be cases where that isn't the case. Be careful.
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#9I struggle to believe that a physician told her to take 5000 IU of vitamin D daily for 5+ years. This is nearly 10x canada's recommended winter time dose for adults under 70. After years of struggling with severe joint pain and mental fog/depression, among other things it was discovered that I had critically low vitamin D. They prescribed the 5000 dose but told me at least 10 times how I should NOT continue this high…
I was diagnosed with low serum levels of vitamin D so I take daily supplements. The general guidance for my condition is 1000 IU daily.
At one point in time, I discovered I had been taking 5000 IU/day instead of 1000 IU/day for about 180 days because of the bottles being identical except for the dosage printed in Flyspeck Times Roman 4pt. Fortunately, I alerted my doctor and a followup blood test confirmed I was still in normal range. Scary to think how that could have been a much more serious problem if I were more sensitive.
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#10Isn’t that why you’re also suppose to take K2 with Vit D?