weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 8, 2019 16:33:20 GMT -5
Be careful with Vitamin D. Like A, E, and K, it's a fat soluble vitamin and accumulates in your system, instead of being excreted in your urine. Vitamin D overconsumption leaves man with permanent kidney damage A medical mystery involving a Canadian man was solved when doctors realized he had been taking excessive amounts of vitamin D for more than two years. The man’s experiences are detailed in a new case study that was published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The man in the case study had been taking the supplement for 2.5 years, sometimes taking as many as 12 drops a day. He had also accidentally been purchasing a supplement containing twice as much of the vitamin as his naturopath had recommended. This meant that the man was typically receiving between 8,000 and 12,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day. Osteoporosis Canada recommends a maximum daily vitamin D consumption of 1,000 IU for most low-risk adults and 2,000 IU for high-risk and older adults. www.ctvnews.ca/health/vitamin-d-overconsumption-leaves-man-with-permanent-kidney-damage-1.4370261
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Post by Apple on Apr 8, 2019 23:51:47 GMT -5
I live the majority of my life like a vampire (the sleeping part, not the tearing people to shreds part, although sometimes that doesn't sound so bad, because a lot of people deserve it), so during my last appointment, my doctor recommended I start taking Vitamin D (2000 IU) daily. This makes me feel less guilty over how often I forget to take it (I've never taken two in one day to try to "make up" for a missed dose, but sometimes go days in a row before I remember to take one).
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 9, 2019 7:04:42 GMT -5
I live the majority of my life like a vampire (the sleeping part, not the tearing people to shreds part, although sometimes that doesn't sound so bad, because a lot of people deserve it), so during my last appointment, my doctor recommended I start taking Vitamin D (2000 IU) daily. This makes me feel less guilty over how often I forget to take it (I've never taken two in one day to try to "make up" for a missed dose, but sometimes go days in a row before I remember to take one). And on the bright side if you are taking it in pill form most of it winds up in the sewage plant system since most supplements aren't fully digested!! Kinda like flushing down thousands of dollar each year.
Not the YMAM way to flush money down the john.
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Post by Tiny on Apr 9, 2019 9:42:19 GMT -5
That's kind of weird that the guy mananged to go two years without having his doctor do blood work (which now seems to include checking your vitamin D level). Which I would have thought would have showed that he was taking too much... sooner (well, atleast a year sooner.). I also found it kind of wild that the guy actually TOOK the suppliment routinely - especially since you tend to not see/feel any "benefit" right away from something like Vitamin D AND the human nature aspect of "forgetting to take your pills" everyday.
My doctor told me I needed vitamin D after a yearly physical because that was one of the things they looked for in the routine blood tests. (Alot of us joked about the sudden dramatic deficient in Vitamin D that we were all being told about by our doctors... it was like an epidemic!!! or a money making thing for someone.)
For the record, I take a "childrens" multi vitamin with iron (as the kids version doesn't make me queasy/sick) and a 1000 iu Vitamin D suppliment - about 3 or 4 times a week. That schedule got my vitamin D level up to almost "in the good range" at my last yearly blood test. I've always taken a multivitain with iron - for the iron (cause sometimes I'd get a little low. )
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Post by bean29 on Apr 9, 2019 10:31:37 GMT -5
Yep, I have been taking Calcium and Vitamin D supplements since my Thyroid was removed. The Doctor tests my Vitamin D levels annually. My Vitamin D levels are always fine.
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Post by Apple on Apr 9, 2019 13:22:15 GMT -5
I live the majority of my life like a vampire (the sleeping part, not the tearing people to shreds part, although sometimes that doesn't sound so bad, because a lot of people deserve it), so during my last appointment, my doctor recommended I start taking Vitamin D (2000 IU) daily. This makes me feel less guilty over how often I forget to take it (I've never taken two in one day to try to "make up" for a missed dose, but sometimes go days in a row before I remember to take one). And on the bright side if you are taking it in pill form most of it winds up in the sewage plant system since most supplements aren't fully digested!! Kinda like flushing down thousands of dollar each year.
Not the YMAM way to flush money down the john.
This one is liquid, in a squishy gel pod, that I have to take with food, so might not be flushing too much money! I try to get it the real way, but during the winter it's not easy when I'm on the night shifts. I did wear short sleeves while shoveling snow in the sun a few times though! (another side effect of no sunlight is that my hair is now considerably darker. Used to be blonde, then had to rely on sun bleached hair to stay blonde, now it's just some weird color that people debate over.)
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Post by nittanycheme on Apr 10, 2019 10:04:31 GMT -5
That's kind of weird that the guy mananged to go two years without having his doctor do blood work (which now seems to include checking your vitamin D level). Which I would have thought would have showed that he was taking too much... sooner (well, atleast a year sooner.). I also found it kind of wild that the guy actually TOOK the suppliment routinely - especially since you tend to not see/feel any "benefit" right away from something like Vitamin D AND the human nature aspect of "forgetting to take your pills" everyday. My doctor told me I needed vitamin D after a yearly physical because that was one of the things they looked for in the routine blood tests. (Alot of us joked about the sudden dramatic deficient in Vitamin D that we were all being told about by our doctors... it was like an epidemic!!! or a money making thing for someone.) For the record, I take a "childrens" multi vitamin with iron (as the kids version doesn't make me queasy/sick) and a 1000 iu Vitamin D suppliment - about 3 or 4 times a week. That schedule got my vitamin D level up to almost "in the good range" at my last yearly blood test. I've always taken a multivitain with iron - for the iron (cause sometimes I'd get a little low. ) Maybe he goes to the same doctor as I do (although I am thinking of changing because of the following story). Last time I went for an annual physical, I verbally gave him the results of my cholesterol and glucose testing from my work testing, and he told me I didn't need anything else and only need to come back for a physical every few years. I was already over 40 at that point... I asked if he was sure I didn't need any other blood work or anything, and he said no. I thought it was extra strange since the practice asks for a pretty complete health history, including your immediate relatives, and I had filled out that basically none of my first or second degree female relatives (grandmother both sides, mom, aunts on both sides) had functional thyroids. I would've thought he would've at least suggested testing for that. I do take a multivitamin for women, and I also take a lower dose vitamin D (1000 IU) in the winter time. I work in an interior room with no windows, and hardly ever see the sun in winter during the workweek. My family also has a history of osteoporosis, and the milk I drink if from a local dairy which doesn't add vitamin D.
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 10, 2019 12:19:56 GMT -5
Ive been on 50,000mg a week for several months... maybe a year at this point and my levels are still super low. Need to get them rechecked though. I dont remember to take them all the time but have tried to be better.
And I walk outside everyday, but I'm never going to get enough "naturally".
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 10, 2019 20:49:09 GMT -5
I am also supplemented with a once a week dose of 50k units of D. My doc said I was very low, she has also checked magnesium and potassium. I also take a B complex and fish oil, plus low dose aspirin.
I am being sent back to my neurologist to check if I've had any changes since a year or two ago and also to an ENT I'm sure I need. She is very responsive, I can say that.
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