Thank You for post this great info.

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Wow, that is something. Thanks Narey for bringing this to our attention. It just goes to show how incredibly and magnificently complex the human body is and why doctors dont know it all yet, or if they ever will.

Really good information!

Narey, I'm glad you like to read! Lots of info on Vit D, sounds like it's involved with muscles, too. And Magnesium being important for D to work right.
Threw that in to inspire people to go to the link you mentioned. : )

Judy THANKS!

Thanks, Judy! You can tell this is an important issue to me! :-)

You're welcome, Mary. Randy, I sat in the doc's office today waiting... started paging through a book of charts of anatomy. Yes, the body is truly amazingly exquisite!!

I had an RX for 50,000 IU's of vitamin D. Horrible, horrible charlie horses and cramps (hands, face, arms, legs, hips, back, and especially feet). I stopped taking them as I thought something was seriously wrong with me. Sad thing is I'm D deficient. :( I may go back to my tablets (with caution).

Good article narey... I knew this read up on it when was first found deficient and I think that checking the vit D levels should be concidered as part of a yearly physical for everyone including children. Or any check up relating to health issues,

Carrie maybe a lower dose would help avoid the problems you had with the vit d. Or can get lower dose and spread it out through the day. I took 4oo IU 3x;s a day. Now it is added into my calcium from the pharmacy.

If on supplements it is important to have the D levels checked periodically so keep in a proper range and does not get to high also.

Take care everyone
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Carrie, consider that you might have teased out another deficiency. If you read the article... it says somehting to the effect that if you add the D you might start to have symptoms of the other defiiciencies (magnesium, maybe considering your sx? also potassium?)

And a big question... make sure the scrip for the 50000 IU is D3! It may be D2.

Also, you can try taking a daily supplement instead of weekly. 5000 a day rather than 50, 000 all at once..

thanks for the article, it was very informative and would help explain why i cravw milk, i may be deficient

another thought... it was a long buildup of trouble and just taking any one supplement won't necessarily effect a good measurable change. I mean, it's even possible that we have not just chronic but permanent damage done. Taking a supplement to correct a deficiency might help or it might just keep it from progressing further. You might not notice a great improvement, but you also don't know how much worse you can be without it.

Reading on D consistently over the past couple of years, I am pretty well convinced of its efficacy in general. But I also believe we'd have to be working with a specialist like Dr. Cannell to really see a great effect, with measuring the blood and tweaking the supplementing dosage.

I had my vitamin D levels check a couple of weeks back. I go to my doctor next week and will find out the results.
It was a friend from DS who encouraged getting vitamin D levels checked as many of us can be low in it and can make a difference in our health. She says there has been an improvement since she has got her levels higher, her lab results showed that she was extremely low in vitamin D.

My calcium and magnesium were both good but my potassium was a bit on the high side. I was taking Voltaren at the time, but have since stopped. My doc said that the medication may have raised the potassium. My B12 and DHEA are seriously low though.

I wish I could find a reliable herbalist to go to. The ones around here base things on the bio feedback machine, not on personal examination.

Wow Thanks, my D's are 2,000 IU and Ive only been takin 1 a day. guess I'll triple my dose!! good info!!

I just picked up more Vit d the 2000 and I take calcium-magnesium today on sale, I guess I better get some more of the soft gels...take them along with the Nuerontin 3x a day, I wonder if I should take the b-12 (2000NCG) three times a day also? And whats with the b-6?

Bumping this, everyone should read this, thanks narey!