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Am buying the gummies from Holland and Barrett as they taste nice, bit more expensive though
I had a test a couple of years ago and came out with 31.3nmol/L.
IIRC I was 12. Many folk would think I was deficient
I was advised by a neurologist recently to take Vit D. I said I try and get out every day in winter to make sure I get enough Vit D. Neurologist said that you can only get enough Vit D from sunshine in winter in northern hemisphere if you live Rome and south.
Yes, we've been dosing since October.
Higher dose than UK recommended, we're on 50mg a day.
3000iu / 75mg per day all year. When i got it checked a few years ago my reading was 10 i think. At the time GP had me on 6000iu / 150mg per day for 3 months. This got me up to about 35.
On a sunny day in summer with your legs out and shirt off your body can make 10-20k iu in a day.
Just checked my usual multivitamin + minerals. Contains 10mg, which is in line with that NHS recommendation posted yesterday. It says that's 200% of daily recommended dose, so probably OK for winter when natural Vit D is in lower supply.
given what papamountain says i probably should be tested again
Been taking it for about a year now after blood tests showed I was deficient. Had been feeling awful for a year or more, and picking up illnesses easily which is most unlike me. Since taking it I've felt much better - completely anecdotal I know but I think it has helped.
Hospital called yesterday as follow up to an A&E admission a week ago (amazing support!), and told me my vitamin D levels were a bit low and given my long COVID symptoms to take a supplement. I had been taking 1000IU since mid October. Dropped it as was taking 200IU as part of a multivitamin the last 3 weeks, given the COVID hangover. So now on 1200IU currently. Hoping it helps. I have woken up without a headache for the first time in 7.5 weeks, but maybe that is COVID finally slowly buggering off (fingers crossed)...
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Full MemberJust checked my usual multivitamin + minerals. Contains 10mg, which is in line with that NHS recommendation posted yesterday
(400IU)
I think the suspicion is that 400IU is a bit low.
Ordered somecwith this week's shopping but been notified they're not available. Has Brexit now hit artifical sunshine replacement tablets...?
I take 3000iu daily Kora LiquiD although I noticed it’s out of stock now everywhere so hope my stock lasts a good while yet.
I've been taking 1000iu for the last 3 months and believe its helping.
Symptoms, though maybe more down to being in since march with central heating, dry itchy skin and rashes.
Rashes have diminished so maybe the VitD is doing what it's supposed to, but come summer I'll be spending time sunbathing, which is something ive never done.
Also taking 1000mg VitC daily.
Living in Scotland our natural colour is white tinged with blue.
I've been taken a quite high dose for a few years now, currently on 3000iu a day (neuro prescribed me a 20,000iu pill to take once a week but I got fed up of prescriptions given it's so cheap to just buy). My level last Jan was 93.9nmol/l (which is down from 134nmol/l a couple of years ago) and I don't think that I've ever noticed any negative side-effects from it (unsure I would though...).
Living in Scotland our natural colour is blue tinged with white
Seeing this thread every morning reminds me to take mine so thanks TJ for that.😀
I've just started taking 2000iu once per days, gonna try and stick to it until the spring and see if it helps me through the winter. I do seem to get quite bad SAD and don't know if it's related at all.
Looks like Vitamin D for preventing Covid19 is a bust.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.27.21254452v2
No independent associations were seen for age, sex, other medical conditions, diet, or micronutrient supplement use..
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/does-vitamin-d-protect-against-covid-19
We found that the supplement provided a small beneficial effect but only for women, which may be explained by other factors.
Started taking Vitamin D in September. Still suffered crushing existential dread all winter. Would I have been even worse without it?
Still suffered crushing existential dread all winter. Would I have been even worse without it?
Far be it for me to infer that the great god TJ may have been wrong, but I haven't taken it and haven't suffered crushing dread of any kind... so make of that what you will.
Started taking Vitamin D in September. Still suffered crushing existential dread all winter. Would I have been even worse without it?
No but you might've been a bit more tired.