Vitamin D tests -- Bingo, you guys were right.

[Gondwanaland]

Izzy, your DH does not have this problem, but do you? Interestingly, I have had all of the symptoms she lists except the first two:

No. The only time I had my active vit D tested one year ago it was 49, while the other one was43 (after supplementation).

Well, almost all of those symptoms listed fit in metabolic acidosis as well

 

[picante]

No. The only time I had my active vit D tested one year ago it was 49, while the other one was43 (after supplementation).

Well, almost all of those symptoms listed fit in metabolic acidosis as well

Well, that's interesting, because you certainly have that.

 

[Gondwanaland]

my EBV antibodies have been really high

Vit D supplementation doubled my anti-thyroglobulin antibodies. But 2 months after I stopped D supplementation they went back to "normal" >800

 

[Gondwanaland]

For that matter, neither DH or I felt well at all with D supplementation.

 

[Gondwanaland]

Here is the stuff that made most sense to me re vit D:
http://drcarolyndean.com/2013/03/too-much-vitamin-d/

Taking high dose Vitamin D (anything above 2,000 IU) will also use up your magnesium because this mineral is required to change the supplemental/storage form of Vitamin D into active Vitamin D.

http://www.westonaprice.org/health-...oes-vitamin-a-cause-osteoporosis/#ainterfered

it could be that vitamin A acts as a modulator of vitamin D

http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/c...amins-a-and-k-testimonials-and-a-human-study/

vitamin A protects against vitamin D toxicity

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Lots of links to read further on Chris Masterjohn's work

 

[picante]

That's really helpful, izzy, because I haven't been taking vitamin A all these years with my D3, other than the negligible amount in my krill oil.

 

[Gondwanaland]

Apparently vit A can get toxic very quickly. I could only tolerate 10,000 IU1x weekly for 5 weeks in a row, then I got severely groggy in the last time I took it and my hairloss severely aggravated

But it helped immensely with sleep

 

[L'engle]

@picante Yes, I meant in the context of over-conversion. A healthy person would add in vitamin d and calcium but this would not seem to be an option for those with high 1,25.

 

[jess100]

I just got my re-check results, so here's the comparison between January (after a month on the B12 oils with D3 in them) and now (no supplemental D since mid-January).

January 13:
Vit. D 25-Hydroxy 53.4 ng/mL [range 32-100]
Calcitriol 1,25 di-OH 103.1 pg/mL [range 10-75]

March 26:
Vit. D 25-Hydroxy 34.1 ng/mL [range 32-100]
Calcitriol 1,25 di-OH 61.2 pg/mL [range 10-75]

Even though I'm at the bottom of the range for 25-Hydroxy, I'm still closer to the top of the range for 1,25 di-hydroxy. But it is in range, at least!

And it's barely spring here. This is the first time I haven't taken D3 during the winter.

I just stumbled across your post-can you say why your numbers are still "good" in March if you haven't taken supplemental D? Were you still taking the oil with B12 and D3 ? I guess I didn't understand the background on this....If you are attributing the good numbers to the oils can you say what brand you're using?

Thanks