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Vitamin D and B12 survey

Emily710
Emily710
1). Since your fibro started, have you had your vitamin D tested during a period when you were NOT taking D supplements?

2) At that time, was your vitamin D ...
a) below the desired range,
b) Low normal,
c) middle normal,
d) high normal, or
e) normal, but I don't know where in the range.

3) Since your fibro started, have you had your vitamin B12 tested during a period when you were NOT taking B12 supplements?

4). At that time, was your vitamin B12...
a) below the desired range,
b) Low normal,
c) middle normal,
d) high normal, or
e) normal, but I don't know where in the range.

Thanks!
Cocoa1
Cocoa1
My vitamin d was low when I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and I have been supplementing ever since. I was on 10,0000-16,000 ius a day for over a year. My level is now 54, so my doctor reduced it to 5,000 ius a day. My doctor wants is to remain above 50.

I can't remember what my b-12 was, but my doctor told me to supplement with a b complex vitamin. I also used to get weekly IV's with huge amounts of b vitamins in them.
lladyfairhair
lladyfairhair
Yes I do ... every 3 months...

VitD... 1st test results... A) below the desired range ( actually way below)

B12.... A) below the desired range. (also way low)

After years of trying to correct this.. the numbers still haven't moved up that much.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Both were normal w/ fibro and without supplementation - until...

I had intestinal surgery due to worst case scenario of ruptured appendix. Now I HAVE TO have B12 shots. I self inject every week and it really helps w/ CF.
skinnybinny
skinnybinny
I was in the normal range for the first 5 - 10 yrs of my diagnosis in both Vit D and B12.

My B12 has never been low but my B6 has.

It has only been the last few years that I've showed up severely deficient in Vit D and was put on a prescription of 50,000 IU weekly for about 9 months. I'm still not up to normal and now I'm on a supplement. My deficiency has nothing to do with not being in the sun. I garden and swim a lot, spend a lot of time at the park with grandchildren, etc.

It might be worth noting that the World Health Organization raised the recommended Vit D3 level in 2010 and that made pretty much everyone deficient.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2902062/
deleted_user
deleted_user
@ skinnybinny Wow!... that is low! That happened to my sister she does the 50,000 injections also, The most I had to take for B-12 was 30,000 for awhile...It sure makes a difference does'nt girls?
That D And B-12?

Before I started taking it - for years.......

I use to look like a slug :) and moved like one too :)

Angels2u :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
My vit D was less than half of what the lowest count of normal range was. Something like 13. They put me on 50,000 UI for 6 weeks now I take 1,300 UI a day.

Last time I was checked I was normal on B12, but recently I've started taking it and it has been helping.
fibrolizzy
fibrolizzy
My D was low normal, now with supplements it's back up.

B-12 was extremely low, now on the shots.