Posted by damnthislife on August 27, 2013, at 14:24:25
In reply to Re: Emsam Fail » damnthislife, posted by Tomatheus on August 27, 2013, at 13:45:31
Tomatheus,
Have you considered trying Nardil again, perhaps Parnate? If your response was a positive, you might be right with your thoughts of a bad batch. That does happen!
In regards to the vitamin D response, you are quite welcome! I try to help as much as I can with the experiences I have been through myself. I too had low vitamin D levels through blood work. I believe I was 22? They say you should be around 55-70 for good health. Most life guards, constructions works (your guys in the sun all day) have a level of 85-90+ Vitamin D CAN be toxic, but you would need to tax excess of 20,000 iu's for a long period before it can become toxic. There is a documentation of a toxic reaction a user had, but I cannot find it.
I took 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 for the period of about 3-4 months. After 6 weeks on this dose, my level was at 70. I stopped taking 10,000 ius and went to 5,000 iu's daily. Testing again I was still around 65. They say it can take a while for your body to use up the D3, since it is known as a hormone and we only get it from the sun. Obviously, you could just spend 10-15 minutes a day in the sun without sunblock on and possibly get a good amount, but I do agree, 400iu is not going to get your levels up to where you need to be.
Another thing you should check... your calcium levels. If your vitamin D is low, and your calcium levels are high, you might have what is known as a hypoparathyroidism. The parathyroid gland controls the amount of calcium in your blood and bones. If this is too high, you will get the symptoms of CFS/FM. If you have blood work handy when they did your vitamin D workup, they should have done a standard CBC and your calcium levels will be on there with the rest of your electrolytes. If your calcium is above 10.4 or 10.5 and your vitamin D is low, you might have a parathyroid issues. You can find out more by going to http://www.parathyroid.com/
Tons of great information is on that site, including the best doctor in the world for removing the tumor associated with causing the issue. Just something else to look into, incase you haven't. Normally, calcium level will fluctuate from time to time and will show different level on your labs. So if it does show 10.3 on your labs, don't freak out... go get another one done. If it shows you're under 10 (like I was 9.5) you're fine.
I wish you luck with the vitamin D! It is a very essential part of our body and can definitely cause the symptoms we see/speak of here. Keep in touch!
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