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Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by BradThePug, May 16, 2015.

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    Funnily enough, I had a similar experience recently. Whilst I haven't had my levels checked lately (I'm planning to, been very busy) I am aware that I am at risk of various hidden deficiencies anyway due to malabsorption - I'm particularly suspecting low magnesium, which I have basically all the symptoms of. It tends to be low even in healthy people and can be undetectable in blood tests, leading to further hidden deficiencies in other vitamins that require magnesium to get into the cells. So some weeks ago I started using topical magnesium spray (because the oral supplements made me VERY ill) which was fine if quite itchy and I'm still using it.

    Then with the change in seasons and darker days I thought I'd start taking a low dose vit D oral supplement to make up for the lack of sunlight, after hearing that it was safe even in very high doses. I discovered however that even this low dose (400 I.U.) made me so very sleepy I could barely stay awake. Why that is I don't know, apparently a lot of people have the same problem when starting it but generally only at higher doses. If I was that sensitive to vit D itself I would have the same reaction to sunlight which I don't, so I suspect it has something to do with the different way supplements are absorbed. The more 'natural' alternative is artificial uvb light like a sunlamp or similar, however I am hugely wary of that because I'm the sort of overly cautious person that slathers myself in spf50 before going out even in natural sunlight. I'm going to wait and see what test results say and discuss it with doctor before trying anything else.

    In your case though, was it that you still felt tired the same - or more tired than usual, when you took the vit D? Because my understanding is that it can take time for improvements to show with that, as in months or a year. You might not feel the effects immediately.
     
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    Hopefully things are going to be more positive in the next few days..
     
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