Vit D def is likely to cause a lot of symptoms, Especially pain. My enemy increased my vit d intake to 5000 a day, I am def and have fibro, and it helps some.

OMGosh!!!! I forgot when I had feet issues (a hereditary condition) and my foot started deforming. My podiatrist booted me up....put me on Celebrex (not sure of the spelling, but I was a smoker back then, so he only let me be on it for one month) for a few weeks, but ran some blood work. I do have arthritis, but he said I was ever so slightly deficient of vitamin D. He put me on something like 500 mg a day and voila.....the pain left.
My current doctor upped my dose last year to 5000 mg a day. Too bad she didn't check me for diabetes as it runs in the family....but it is what it is and I am fine.
I guess it's a big thing now with the vitamin D. It's amazing we all survive with being deficient of this or that....diabetes......fibro.......and other ailments...lol.
There are many different medicines to work with outside Metformin, but it appears to be the most popular.
I use to read all the bad side effects, but drove myself crazy. I am one of the lucky ones who only takes blood pressure meds and Metformin.....AND vitamin D and 5-HTP supplements.
I feel a thousand times better than I have the past few years.
I hope you find what works for you. FYI....there are no side effects of vitamin D :)

I had mine checked a few years ago(expensive test)and it was OK. Unless you have other problems, 15 minutes once a week in the sun should take care of D.

I take D3 along with my Calcium, cause I am old.

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/vitamin-d-deficiency-beyond-the-basics

my doctor will check that along with my blood work, and my calcium pill also contains the vitamin d...

Granny you are not old, only the body is not the mind LOL

vit D can make the depression worse if your missing it...yes....I know that it is also related to sunshine which helps the body process the vit d into the system....

hugs

I am on vitamin D (50,000), 1 per week for 8 weeks, then only 1 a month thereafter, and I take it because of my kidneys. I to am also diabetic.

As far as your doctor prescribing things and you not know it until you pick up your other scripts, my doctor does that as well. Like you said....after he has received results of blood work prior to a coming appointment. I have multiple doctors for multiple things, and they all do that from time to time...and again...coinciding with results of blood work. That's how I was also put on vitamin B6 (200), once daily. And....an eye vitamin twice daily. All waiting for me at my Pharmacy when I went to pick up 'other meds'. I was told 'why' at my next appointments.

I was on Metformin a few years ago. I don't recall it having any negative effect. That was before I went to insulin injections.

dr can be bad for that...my hubby had that issue and he just went along with the drs. I got royally pissed and told primary she could not make any changes to his heart meds/and blood pressure and told the heart doctor he could not change his cholesterol and gerd meds...these two would make a change and the other would change the change!! drove me up the wall!

I understand that Vitamin D deficiency is very common among women. My wife is an advocate of all women getting tested for this deficiency. We have been fighting breast cancer, hopefully now finally taken care of, but in her particular type of tumor vitamin d deficiency is extremely common. I believe it is unclear as to which contributes to which, whether the vitamin d deficiency tend to cause the tumor, or the tumor caused the deficiency, but I am convinced there is a link between the two

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=150182.

Again, this only my opinion and not meant to cause conflict with anyone.