Vitamin D?

[DEANNX]

Many poiser on Reddit tested vitamin D deficient, have anyone here tried supplement vitamin d for a long period of time? What symptoms have improved?

Thanks

[JohnJames]

I have, symptoms didn't improve, even with massive doses of Vit D over a period of time.

[jon1_reclaim]

100% Vit D has been positive for me.

I take it with magnesium.

Currently on 2000 iug 2 or three times a day with magnesium to aid absorption and also 1 tab of zinc daily too .

For me this has been dramatic improvement.. I have also been taking fenugreek and glutamine too, but I think the vit D are majorly important.

Vit D is classed as a pre-cursor hormone as far as I have read (am no doctor)

I certainly think it?s wise to get tested and not be deficient in any way shape or form , as a base for getting better . I assume it will take a few months to build up stores if they are low.

[LookingForACure]

I had a mild vitamin D deficiency (blood levels = 19 ng/ml = 47.5 nmol/L). I corrected this (blood levels now 40 ng/ml=100nmol/L) and haven't noticed a difference in my POIS. I do think that it may have helped regulate my circadian rhythm though. Before I started supplementing, I was often going to bed at 4 or 5 AM, and found it impossible to consistently maintain an earlier bedtime. When I started on vitamin D, I started naturally getting tired earlier, and this effect has held for well over a year. Of course, this could be coincidental.

So vitamin D was worthwhile for me, but didn't touch my POIS.

[traderwithpois]

I have been on Vit D megadose prescription (50,000 units once per week) for many years.  I also occasionally take multivitamin which has some Vit D as well.  I think it is helpful, but not a perfect solution

Sunlight has Vit D.  I feel very good when i get lots of  sunlight.

[Prospero]

I can confirm that Vitamin D was extremely helpful in my case. I'm taking 800 IU daily since the end of August and experienced a spectacular amelioration of my condition, even though my POIS is still there. In particular, the delay before remission dropped and the symptoms are less severe. Some of them have not reappeared yet. I have been taking Omega-3 together with Vitamin D for the first 3 weeks but I then stopped and everything still seems more or less OK.

I was deficient in Vit. D for several years and my doctor had already prescribed me supplements during the winter for two years, but these were "big" monthly supplements of 100.000 IU. I guess that they are less easily assimilated than daily ones because at the time it did nothing.

@LookingForACure : I may add that my long-time psychological/social problems don't seem to be really concerned by this improvement of my condition - only the physical ones. Maybe there is some connection with your own lack of results.

[DEANNX]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/POIS/comments/jteqfi/1_month_pois_free_what_i_did/

A guy on Reddit claim he?s 90% cure from POIS with megadose of vitamin D3, just wanna to share in case some people interested, but I don?t think this is the answer tho at least not for the majority, if POIS is that simple the researchers would have figured it out long ago.

[swell]

I think Vitamin D3 will definitely help your baseline health.  I do feel skeptical as to how POIS community, are viewing various POIS symptoms.  In my humble view, certain symptoms of POIS dont emerge out of thin air, I think for a vast collection of POIS symptoms, they are pre-existing (and depict the general ill health of POIS community).  During POIS, there maybe are some new symptoms (as in my case skin changes), however, I think majority (CNS based specially) they are an exacerbation.