Posted by Tomatheus on March 3, 2014, at 14:52:34
In reply to Taking vitamin D again, posted by Tomatheus on August 14, 2013, at 17:51:39
Well, it's now a month into my current vitamin D3 trial, and I can say that I've been feeling consistently better than how I felt before I started this trial (taking just Abilify and niacin), although my symptoms have fluctuated to a certain extent. Basically, my energy, concentration, and sleep time (with less being better, since I experience hypersomnia) have been probably somewhat improved, and my overall cognition seems like it might possibly be slightly improved as well. The "positive" psychotic symptoms that I experience -- mostly sound hallucinations, what I call auditory "pseudohallucinations," mild visual disturbances, and remnants of ideas of reference -- don't seem to be any better than how they were before I started this trial, and I would say that at times, some of these symptoms even seem to be slightly worse. But as of right now, I would say that my most bothersome symptoms are posing less of a problem for me than they do without vitamin D3. Whether or not this will continue for me, however, has yet to be seen.
I also wanted to say for the record that I've increased my vitamin D3 dose twice since my last update: first from 1,200 IU to 1,600 IU, and then from 1,600 IU to 2,000 IU. This time around, I'm probably going to aim for a target dose of 3,000 IU, with me continuing to increase my dose gradually.
That sums up this update. I plan on posting more in another month.
Tomatheus
Has schizophrenia with strong negative and cognitive symptoms
Taking Abilify, niacin, & vit. D3
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