In Agony

[zengirlde]

I am a 43 year old who has recently been diagnosed with Severe vitamin Deficiency 11ng/L not per ml..... I have been in pain, fatigued and not able to lose 40lbs of baby weight for two years.  I was also a thin active person who now feels like an old woman unable to even lift my two year old off the ground with holding on to something. My TSH and T3/T4 levels contradict each other, one showing hyper the FT4/FT3 showing hypo.  I try to walk to get some exercise but after 40 minutes my feet burn and then I'm in massive pain from muscles to bone for the remainder of the day.  I'm seeing a great ND who finally found out I had vitamin d issues along with progesterone/estrogen imbalance, I had no periods for 6 months.  This so ***** I have always been a happy, active person and so want to get back to that.... My question is how long does it take for a vitamin d regimen to kick in, I'm on 5,000 IU d3 per/day and progesterone, natural thyroid 1/4 grain, I forget on occasion but try to take 500 mg magnesium per day.  Right now even typing this I want to cry...... please tell me that it takes time and that there is relief around the corner...

Has anyone tried a gluten free diet and found relief as well, I'm not celiac, but was on gf for three weeks and lost some weight and then went on vacation and fell of the wagon, now feel worse than ever.  I just want to dance, run and be happy again.....

[zengirlde]

Thanks so much I did read it the other night and got a little relief, recent blood test showed I'm up to 27/L, still not great but getting there.  T4 still isn't converting to T3 so I will see what the doctor says tomorrow, I also showed elevated DHEA - S so i'm not sure what is going on.  

I know that Vitamin DD can be a symptom created by other problems so I hope to find out what that is, fortunately I have a great ND.  I hope she has some more direction for me tomorrow, this pain makes it really hard to function and enjoy even the simplest things in life.

[Phyllis2010]

I agree 100% with Bisan. Hang in there. I started vitamin D therapy at the end of May with a vitamin D level of 20 and after nearly 200 IUs vitamin D, mostly D3, my vitamin D level is 27.I'm not typical in that I've had problems tolerating high doses (my progress will be slow because I'm on a greatly reduced dose) and the vitamin D therapy has unmasked some other problems such as a calcium metabolism problem leading to severe osteoporosis. At present my calcium levels are being monitored, even though I do not appear to have hyperparathyroidism, and an ultrasound of my thyroid revealed benign colloid thyroid nodules, despite normal thyroid labs, which will be monitored yearly. Definitely keep us in the loop for support and to share your progress. Good Luck!!!

[bisan]

Please read this:
http://pain-topics.org/pdf/vitamind-report.pdf

You will find very helpful information,And yes you'll be fine after several months,vitamin D is a slow healing process, I know it's hard,but remember we all have Vit DD and we're here to help each other.

Take care of yourself and give us an update on how you're doing. I'll be waiting to hear from you.

Bisan