Vitamin D FAQ :) - Page 5

curlymopmom · 04-11-2011, 07:42 AM

I can't believe I never saw this sticky before! I just got my #s back today and I'm at 25. Doc is prescribing D2 (I'm almost positive). But I'll skip that and go with the D3.

I'll get retested in a few weeks and then see what happens in the summer when I'll get outside lots.

DancingWithElves · 04-11-2011, 10:25 AM

i would not re-test for at least 4 weeks

and yes,

summer's almost here

curlymopmom · 04-11-2011, 10:45 AM

Thanks Irene!

I figured about 8, since that's what they wrote the prescription out for the D2 that I won't take.

Rabbit · 04-13-2011, 07:31 PM

Josh just got a letter from his doc, after a physical. His level is also 8. He's prescribed the apparently standard response: Ergocalciferol, 50,000 UNIT Capsule. 1 per week, for three months.

I don't really know what to do.

DancingWithElves · 04-13-2011, 08:50 PM

that's not a pretty number

could you afford oil-based drops? i like high potency NSI D3 from vitacost. iirc, they weren't entirely unreasonably priced.

Rabbit · 04-13-2011, 09:03 PM

I run a Frontier wholesale co-op. I can get a lot of things cheap through that. I'll look there.

DancingWithElves · 04-13-2011, 09:04 PM

curlymopmom · 04-13-2011, 09:05 PM

How do you know how much to take? Is it the same amount, just spread out every day?

I was prescribed the same thing. I've been taking 10,000 IU now every day of the D3 oil-based Carlson drops, sometimes an extra drop or two if I feel like it.

I'm not really sure if that's 'right' but am not worried about it based on research I did a while back.

DancingWithElves · 04-14-2011, 09:01 AM

you make an educated guess of what to take, and then re-test in 2-3 months

(that's what doc do with rx d2 too)

curlymopmom · 04-14-2011, 09:10 AM

That's what I'm doing!!! Thanks!

Rabbit · 04-14-2011, 09:20 AM

We are going to use the prescribed amount, but D3 instead of D2, and show up for the retest in 3 months, to evaluate the effectiveness of that dose.

nadezhda · 05-02-2011, 10:50 AM

My recent blood test results were something like 12 or 13 (can't remember for sure - had a lot of things tested

) for Vit D. I've been on supplements for 3 weeks, now and feel worse. Basically, the supplements are corn-oil based & I've confirmed my corn sensitivity/allergy.

I've been instructed to go off my D3 supplement for a week to see if that alleviates my migraines & rage.

In the interim, would a fish oil supplement help, since that appears to be a significant source of vit D?

Rabbit · 05-02-2011, 10:59 AM

You can switch to any form of vit D your body can handle. There are a lot of manufacturers, and some natural food sources.

cobluegirl · 05-02-2011, 11:00 AM

oh man. can you find some vit d that isn't corn based? CLO or fish oil couldn't hurt anything I wouldn't think...unless their is corn oil in it as well. My Vitd is coconut oil based..btw.

nadezhda · 05-02-2011, 11:23 AM

No corn in my fish oil.

I bought it for Mac, actually, hoping it would help him w/his focus, but I didn't realize the capsules were so big (our local-yokel store didn't have just the liquid

). I checked the ingredients today & CF!

So, I'm going to start those & see if I can tolerate them.

04-11-2011, 07:42 AM	#61
curlymopmom Deactivated Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12,494	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) I can't believe I never saw this sticky before! I just got my #s back today and I'm at 25. Doc is prescribing D2 (I'm almost positive). But I'll skip that and go with the D3. I'll get retested in a few weeks and then see what happens in the summer when I'll get outside lots.

04-11-2011, 10:25 AM	#62
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) i would not re-test for at least 4 weeks and yes, summer's almost here __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

04-11-2011, 10:45 AM	#63
curlymopmom Deactivated Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12,494	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) Thanks Irene! I figured about 8, since that's what they wrote the prescription out for the D2 that I won't take.

04-13-2011, 07:31 PM	#64
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) Josh just got a letter from his doc, after a physical. His level is also 8. He's prescribed the apparently standard response: Ergocalciferol, 50,000 UNIT Capsule. 1 per week, for three months. I don't really know what to do.

04-13-2011, 08:50 PM	#65
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) that's not a pretty number could you afford oil-based drops? i like high potency NSI D3 from vitacost. iirc, they weren't entirely unreasonably priced. __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

04-13-2011, 09:03 PM	#66
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) I run a Frontier wholesale co-op. I can get a lot of things cheap through that. I'll look there.

04-13-2011, 09:04 PM	#67
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

04-13-2011, 09:05 PM	#68
curlymopmom Deactivated Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12,494	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) How do you know how much to take? Is it the same amount, just spread out every day? I was prescribed the same thing. I've been taking 10,000 IU now every day of the D3 oil-based Carlson drops, sometimes an extra drop or two if I feel like it. I'm not really sure if that's 'right' but am not worried about it based on research I did a while back.

04-14-2011, 09:01 AM	#69
DancingWithElves Rose Garden Blissed out in the January sun Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: that perfect place :) Posts: 11,701	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) you make an educated guess of what to take, and then re-test in 2-3 months (that's what doc do with rx d2 too) __________________ ~I r e n e~ sweet and sassy wife, mama, healer, part-time dragon-slayer the worst PM answerer ever my belongs to the babywearing 'Architect' Dancing with my three Magical Elves Smiles the Stampede Sugar Plump & Double Dimples Kissing each elf 1,000,000 times a day, and when there's time left tracking gnomes, singing folk songs on the porch, befriending dragonflies, and bopping sun-frosted 'fros through the dandelion fields.

04-14-2011, 09:10 AM	#70
curlymopmom Deactivated Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12,494	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) That's what I'm doing!!! Thanks!

04-14-2011, 09:20 AM	#71
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) We are going to use the prescribed amount, but D3 instead of D2, and show up for the retest in 3 months, to evaluate the effectiveness of that dose.

05-02-2011, 10:50 AM	#72
nadezhda Deactivated God's will cannot lead me where His grace will not keep me. Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York, USA Posts: 3,587	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) My recent blood test results were something like 12 or 13 (can't remember for sure - had a lot of things tested ) for Vit D. I've been on supplements for 3 weeks, now and feel worse. Basically, the supplements are corn-oil based & I've confirmed my corn sensitivity/allergy. I've been instructed to go off my D3 supplement for a week to see if that alleviates my migraines & rage. In the interim, would a fish oil supplement help, since that appears to be a significant source of vit D?

05-02-2011, 10:59 AM	#73
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) You can switch to any form of vit D your body can handle. There are a lot of manufacturers, and some natural food sources.

05-02-2011, 11:00 AM	#74
cobluegirl Rose Garden never be afraid of who you were meant to be Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 43,819	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) oh man. can you find some vit d that isn't corn based? CLO or fish oil couldn't hurt anything I wouldn't think...unless their is corn oil in it as well. My Vitd is coconut oil based..btw. __________________ T4/1 ISTJ Enneagram 9 Ds-T4/2 Dd1-T1/4 Dd2-T2/1 The greatest challenge for most of us is believing that we are worthy now, right this minute. Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ~Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection"[/CENTER]

05-02-2011, 11:23 AM	#75
nadezhda Deactivated God's will cannot lead me where His grace will not keep me. Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York, USA Posts: 3,587	Re: Vitamin D FAQ :) No corn in my fish oil. I bought it for Mac, actually, hoping it would help him w/his focus, but I didn't realize the capsules were so big (our local-yokel store didn't have just the liquid ). I checked the ingredients today & CF! So, I'm going to start those & see if I can tolerate them.

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