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Vitamin D and anxiety/depression
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It caused hypercalcemia, which was miserable. My case was mild and I feel really bad for people who have a case that is worse than mild! I had lots of GI symptoms but the worst for me was feeling like I was going crazy. I mentioned that I have anxiety but it's more like a slow burning anxiety that's always simmering. When I had vitamin D toxicity and hypercalcemia, my anxiety made me feel really, really agitated (which isn't typically normal for me) and jittery. I also felt like I couldn't think straight or express myself effectively.
My thyroid was also off during that time period (hyper - not sure if it was related to the hypercalcelmia) and I didn't think my PCP had a good handle on it so I begged for a referral to an endocrinologist. He ran some of his own labs, looked at my medication list and figured out instantly that my vitamin D oversupplementation was responsible for everything! He adjusted my dose and it took awhile but I got my calcium and vitamin D back to normal. I'm so thankful I insisted on that referral.
It turns out my PCP wasn't looking at all my labs - this could have been easily prevented! I don't see that PCP anymore and I always get copies of my labs now. "All your labs are normal" sounds great in theory but if your PCP is incompetent, it doesn't mean much. I verify everything.
It sounds like you're doing the right thing by getting your labs done every year! Getting me at the right level of vitamin D has been difficult in the last few years so I get tested every 6 months. I'm on 3000 day now, which seems to be the right dose. Hope this helps!
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That's so interesting about the calcium. I've been on high doses of vitamin D as well and recently saw an article from an endocrinologist that was talking about the issue of calcium and vitamin D. It said that you need to take a supplement called K2 along with the vitamin D or it can cause an increase in your calcium levels. Exactly what you experienced! So I now take a high dose of vitamin D with an added K2 supplement. A lot of formulations have that as a combination. It's interesting that you had that experience! My dose is way higher than yours but I live in Oregon and we typically have Very little sun throughout the year so it's not unusual that most Oregonians have a deficiency. This has been an interesting discussion but I hope people will see this comment about vitamin D and calcium. I'm so glad you posted this. Take care!
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Big help – thank you so much for the information. I’m currently on 4000 IU daily, but have recently stretched it out to every other day which should cut the dosage in half and keep me at a level that would be near impossible to cause the hypercalcemia. I will also probably test at the six month mark to make sure things are going in the right direction without getting really low again.
For many years, my D was under 20 but PCP shrugged it off as not a big deal. After about a year on the 4000 IU regimen I brought it up to 60 but want to make sure I don’t spike it beyond that. Another situation where it’s really important to take your health into your own hands and not assume that everything they say or do is correct. Appreciate your time…thx again!