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Mar 08, 2018, 10:36 PM
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Has anyone supplemented with vitamin d?
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#2
Mar 08, 2018, 11:07 PM
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Yep. I have a deficiency so I take 2,000 units a day. It's helps a lot!
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Mar 08, 2018, 11:44 PM
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Yes. I was tested and was really low years ago so I took a really high dose weekly for 3 months or so and now I take 2000mg per day and am in the normal range. It gives me energy.
My psych meds cause easy sunburns so I stay inside a lot and don't get enough sun exposure. The pills make up for that.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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#4
Mar 09, 2018, 12:51 AM
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I just got lab results that showed I was vitamin d insufficient. I had just started supplementing with it . My p doc said it could help with anxiety/depression.
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#5
Mar 09, 2018, 12:58 AM
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I take 600IU in my multivitamin and 1000IU more.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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#6
Mar 09, 2018, 01:04 AM
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It does make a difference. I was vit. D deficient (who in the Pac NW isn't??) and started supplementing with 4000IU Vit. D last year. I haven't had my usual seasonal depression this winter and think it has something to do with the increase in my D levels. This is the first year in probably three decades that I haven't experienced SAD.
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#7
Mar 09, 2018, 01:09 AM
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That’s impressive. I have reserve SAD, the summer depresses me. I come alive in the winter. I’m def gonna make sure I take vitamin d every day |
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Mar 09, 2018, 01:16 AM
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I started 5000iu a day about 9 months ago after wellbutrin turned me into an all of paranoia. Normally I get depressed through winter because December is the anniversary of my son's death and it just hits me. This year, with vitamin d, was the first time in 14 years that I was actually happy around Christmas. I haven't had a depression last more than a few days whereas before they could go for 6 months or more. I did it under the direction of my psych nurse and I love it.
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BP2, PTSD, BPD “Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.” ― Ray Bradbury |
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#9
Mar 09, 2018, 06:47 AM
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I'm allergic to it. When I was taking it I had what I thought were seasonal allergies and had to be on 3 allergy meds. Came off of Vit D and the allergy symptoms went away. Talk about 7 months of hell.
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Mar 09, 2018, 04:40 PM
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I take 2000 IU a day. My husband takes more. I don't think my moods changed much. We're indoors most of the time (we both overheat easily and have sensitive skin) so the extra D is good, plus most of the people around here have a Vit D deficiency anyway.
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#11
Mar 09, 2018, 11:03 PM
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For whatever reason my body doesn’t process Vit D. So I’ve been taking a supplement twice a day for the last 10 years. I was diagnosed with bipolar 3.5 years ago.
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#12
Mar 10, 2018, 11:45 AM
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Take it every morning. At my age, sunrays are not enough to fight bad cholesterol.
The UV rays don't penetrate enough to transform bad cholesterol into good. Unless I'm in the sun all day.
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