Vitamin D Levels

[tabbiewolf]

So apparently my Vitamin D levels are 15. Which is better than last time I was tested, which had me at something like 9. You're supposed to be between 30 - 50, I think? So that could definitely be a source of the depression I've been dealing with.

I was thinking about it yesterday and trying to think if I felt better when I lived in Arizona -- a place of constant sunshine, where you get a tan without trying, hence a good source of Vitamin D. I think my mood swings were less pronounced, but then, I was also a teenager through a chunk of that time, so I dunno if I can judge that properly. Even now with my OTHER hormone level fluctuations, deity only knows what my body is doing.

So I'm going to be taking 50,000 IU pills -- the normal dosage is 1,000 IU, so this is Vitamin D TO THE EXTREME -- for 3 months and seeing if it improves things. From my own experience just taking multivitamins, etc., I suspect they will help a lot or possibly give me a decent placebo effect (though hopefully it won't be, because in 3 months I'm getting another blood draw to measure the results).

I hope they aren't like, horse pills, though.

Edit on Saturday evening: They are not, in fact, horse pills. They're the size of small jelly beans (Jelly Belly size), and they go down easy. They're also BRIGHT green. I assume the color is added. Took my first today, we'll see how immediate the change is. I'm pretty sensitive to this stuff so I hope it happens soon!

In other medical news, my A1C was apparently 6, so that's actually good news: it's where it's supposed to be.

Comments

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Clearly you should get some gauzy curtains for one of the rooms and do naked sunbathing for winter. let in most of the light, keep the neighbors from getting an eyefull.

Do be careful with the vitamin D pills as that's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY over the recommended max dose to avoid vitamin toxicity. Vitamin D is also fat soluble so will remain in body a lot longer than other vitamins. So be careful with loading up on it. If you do head into toxicity range, its much harder to fix because of that.

[tabbiewolf.livejournal.com]

This is what the doctor is prescribing! My dad mentioned he was on it for awhile because he has the same issues (hooray, more genetic crap!), so I won't be the first in my family line to be experimenting with MASS DOSAGE.

Which is the name of my My Chemical Romance cover band.

Also, these pills are to be taken once a week -- because the vitamin sticks around a lot longer! The nurse told me they'll be testing again in 3 months to check the numbers, and then work after that. Although I looked it all up yesterday, spending way too much time googling Vitamin D and its various issues, this will all be done under doctors' orders.

Assuming they ever submit the prescription. It was supposed to go in this morning, and wasn't there when I checked at 1pm. Blah!

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Oh good, that's a weekly. Daily seemed like it would either end up with you dead or getting some kind of mutant power.