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Posted by uncouth on November 6, 2009, at 9:53:14
what's the story? heard we should be suppamenting more in the winter. any side effects? anyone experience any big response or miracles?
Posted by TenMan on November 6, 2009, at 10:03:20
In reply to Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by uncouth on November 6, 2009, at 9:53:14
Vitamin D3 is a must have for most anyone who does not get a lot of daily sun. There are a wealth of studies on D showing that optimal blood levels protect against a wide range of inflammatory disorders. My wife and I work indoors all day and take 6k iu's to get a blood level of around 50ng/l which is in the bottom range of what the evidence has shown to provide the best benefit. Other people only need 1k iu a day to reach that range so the requirement is highly individual.
I recommend anyone who is curious about Vit D watch this video. It is very informative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emjCzaHtSrg
Posted by Phillipa on November 6, 2009, at 10:19:08
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by TenMan on November 6, 2009, at 10:03:20
Haven't watched the video yet but D3 is good for bone strength and they are finding it also can help prevent certain cancers and I think I read help depression. We all need it. Phillipa
Posted by metafunj on November 6, 2009, at 16:35:55
In reply to Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by uncouth on November 6, 2009, at 9:53:14
I was prescribed this and told it might help with depression because my levels were so low. I didn't notice any difference. I just try to drink milk now.
Posted by linkadge on November 6, 2009, at 18:07:13
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » uncouth, posted by metafunj on November 6, 2009, at 16:35:55
Yeah, I don't know with vitamin D. Its funny because most of the summer I have bad insomnia then in the winter I sleep like a log.
If I start supplemementing with vitamin D, I get the insomnia back, unless I keep it to 400 IU or less.
Linkadge
Posted by softheprairie on November 7, 2009, at 0:52:55
In reply to Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by uncouth on November 6, 2009, at 9:53:14
Well, I've been supplementing it heavily of late (like often 6,000 to 8,000 iu per day, when the U.S. recommended daily allowance is 400 iu), to raise my blood level of it, and it has coincided with better mood for me. I've become a big believer in it.
Posted by Sigismund on November 8, 2009, at 14:09:17
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by linkadge on November 6, 2009, at 18:07:13
>if I start supplemementing with vitamin D, I get the insomnia back
Yeah, I was wondering about that and thought it might have done it.
Posted by Phillipa on November 8, 2009, at 19:30:45
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by Sigismund on November 8, 2009, at 14:09:17
I don't get insomnia from D3. For that matter tired all the time I think I could just quit the benzos as only on a little more than 5mg of valium and lmg xanax a day. Which seems I don't need. Love Phillipa
Posted by Netch on November 9, 2009, at 7:06:21
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by Phillipa on November 8, 2009, at 19:30:45
I get insomnia from fish liver oil.
Synthetic vitamin D3 gives me more energy and mental clarity without making my sleep disorder worse.
Posted by Phillipa on November 9, 2009, at 18:55:04
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by Netch on November 9, 2009, at 7:06:21
Netch what's your dose seems more docs prescribing each day for various conditions. I sure could use the energy. Thanks Phillipa ps isn't there also a prescription grade of D3?
Posted by floatingbridge on November 10, 2009, at 20:55:35
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by TenMan on November 6, 2009, at 10:03:20
Ten Men,
I remember you linked d3 w/ vit. k for better bone health. I'm taking this combo myself. No problem on fish oils either--just feel better.
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Posted by Netch on November 11, 2009, at 7:55:44
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Netch, posted by Phillipa on November 9, 2009, at 18:55:04
> Netch what's your dose seems more docs prescribing each day for various conditions. I sure could use the energy. Thanks Phillipa ps isn't there also a prescription grade of D3?
I'm not sure about D3 prescription grades.
I'm on 6-10k IU/day except during the summer months when I only take 2k.
Posted by floatingbridge on November 11, 2009, at 15:23:38
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Netch, posted by Phillipa on November 9, 2009, at 18:55:04
> Netch what's your dose seems more docs prescribing each day for various conditions. I sure could use the energy. Thanks Phillipa ps isn't there also a prescription grade of D3?
Phillipa, when I was really low, a doc gave me a script for 50,000iu which I took once a week for 12 weeks along with a daily dose of 2,000 iu per day. I continue now on the 2,000, plus the vitamin k.
I googled the 50,000--no adverse effects--pretty standard therapy. Some have taken 100,000 iu per week.
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Posted by Phillipa on November 11, 2009, at 20:00:49
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Phillipa, posted by floatingbridge on November 11, 2009, at 15:23:38
fb thanks I saw the bone connection in a search and the K must remember to get K how much dose wise? Love Phillipa
Posted by floatingbridge on November 12, 2009, at 0:04:05
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » floatingbridge, posted by Phillipa on November 11, 2009, at 20:00:49
> fb thanks I saw the bone connection in a search and the K must remember to get K how much dose wise? Love Phillipa
Not really sure on the dose of K--maybe ask Ten Men?
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Posted by Phillipa on November 12, 2009, at 18:50:41
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by TenMan on November 6, 2009, at 10:03:20
Ten Man posted the video only to my profile on facebook. Thanks Phillipa
Posted by Vincent _QC on November 15, 2009, at 22:09:50
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone?, posted by Sigismund on November 8, 2009, at 14:09:17
> >if I start supplemementing with vitamin D, I get the insomnia back
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> Yeah, I was wondering about that and thought it might have done it.I always wondering why peoples think that vitamins can really change something in the anxiety disorders???
I take huge amount of Vitamin D (50 000 units a day - I have them RX... not the regular 400ui or 1000ui bottles find on the tablets of the drugstore....) and take also Vitamin B complex as well and fish oil ... and NEVER feelt an improvement... nothing at all...
I think peoples should stop believe everything they read on the internet... no "naturals" products exist to help to cope with the anxiety (panic attack or social phobia).... anyway, they are not so natural, these vitamins are mostly chimicals elements...
I loose so much money on natural products who was suppose to help me for my anxiety and look where I am now... i'm stuck with the same old problems since years!!!!!
One good thing only work for panic attacks... Paxil... that's it... but Paxil mean weight gain!...
Also, i'm tired to read thread about the Nardil or Parnate... they are NOT the best meds for social anxiety disorders problem with comorbidity like atypical depression... I try both of them and never improve...they are the worst in term of side-effects and dangerousity....
The parnate can KILL YOU!!! You don't play with meds who can give hypertensives crisis, without food interraction!!! IF you like visited emergency room often than you are in the good category of meds...maoi's are good for that... but not helping much for something else...
The heart can support the high pulse rate of a panic attack... but the heart cannot support the high blood pressure that those MAOI's give to peoples...
Posted by softheprairie on November 15, 2009, at 23:29:55
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Sigismund, posted by Vincent _QC on November 15, 2009, at 22:09:50
I'm sorry to hear the vitamin D and other things haven't worked out for you.
Posted by Phillipa on November 15, 2009, at 23:35:04
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Sigismund, posted by Vincent _QC on November 15, 2009, at 22:09:50
Hi Vincent yes you had horrible reactions to parnate and nardil. Back on the ssri's now right. I have to take D3 with ca mg for osteoporosis and they now believe vita k with it for bones. Love Ya Phillipa
Posted by morganator on November 20, 2009, at 1:32:13
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » uncouth, posted by metafunj on November 6, 2009, at 16:35:55
Posted by Vincent_QC on November 20, 2009, at 5:54:05
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? (nm) » metafunj, posted by morganator on November 20, 2009, at 1:32:13
Hummmm... not only the Vitamin D3 doesn't help at all... but all the others ones didn't help either!!!
Also, Vitamin D3 are simply Vitamin D... since only Vitamin D2 and D3 exist, they only use Vitamin D3 in the "not so" natural product now... because it's the one who is more well metabolised by the body... Vitamin D2 is not avaible since a while... so all the Vitamin D supplements are from D3!!!
One day I fall on a website where they claimed that taking high dose (1500 to 3000 mg/day) of Vitamin B3(nicotinic acid or niacin) has the same effect that taking Valium (Diazepam)...
What a mistake and a lost of money...
Peoples don't think that natural products are not natural at all... and higher dosage of vitamin B can be dangerous...as well as any others vitamins...
Peoples think that because it's sell in the "NATURAL products section", that's mean that it's safe and without side-effect!!!
We are lucky in the Canada cause "Health Canada" will do a clean up of the natural products avaible to sell in the drugstore or anywhere else!!! It's a new law and all the vitamins or any other not so natural products , who are judge not safe at all, will be remove from the market...
Anyway, in the Canada, the number of natural products avaible is a lot more limited than in the States...you will never see products like L-Dopa, GABA or Inositol sold in pills format here...
Anyway with the Vitamin B3, I had side-effects of cardiac arrhythmia, flushing, indigestion... and the list goes on... I used it for one month... I was not aware that those side-effects was comming from the Vitamin B3... I see no improve... no decrease in my daily intake of Rivotril... felt nothing except side-effects.... I do small research on google and find out that those side-effects was linked to Vitamin B3!!! So I stop using it and my state return to the normal... no more flushing or arrhythmia...
One thing to remember... no natural products can replace the meds and have a benefict effect on the anxiety and depression!!!
And no, i'm not a PRO-meds... I lived a long time without using them to manage my anxiety... but with time, it's seem that anxiety always return in force ...you have remission for years and after you have anxiety for years... that's always on and off...
Yeah, they sell Omega-3 pills everywhere or 5HTP supplements and claim they are good for the mood... that's just b*llsh*t... Omega 3 pills are only good for the heart... nothing else...
Also, higher dosage of Vitamin B (Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin, Vitamin B3 (niacin or niacinamide, Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine, or pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B7 (biotin), Vitamin B9 (folic acid)
Vitamin B12 ) are used in the "Red Bull" energy drink... If someone with anxiety problems like panic attack drink one bottle of it, i'm sure it will triger panic attacks on that person...In the USA, they sell energy pills and drinks everywhere... you stop at the gas station and they have the bootles of pills just near the cash register....it's like nobodies are aware of the VERY BAD and DANGEROUS effects of those energy drink or pills...
Ho and the green tea or the white tea... very popular also... in pills format.... very bad also for anxiety!!! Yeah, it's a very good antioxidant... but that's not good for the mood or the anxiety as well...
Anyway, a lot of studies on PUBMED point out the fact that vitamins supplements of any kind are not good for anxiety and depression...
That's my point of view, and the one of a lot of Doctors who do research on that field...
Someone who will have a daily healtly diet will never had to use vitamins supplements...
Little exception of peoples who need them because they had a gastric by-pass, like me... but well that's another story...
And no, i'm not frustrated... or angry... i'm just tired to read post about Vitamins or other natural products... they don't work for depression or any others mood disorders...
Posted by floatingbridge on November 20, 2009, at 17:15:57
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » morganator, posted by Vincent_QC on November 20, 2009, at 5:54:05
Hi Vincent,
I hear you--it's easy to waste a ton of cash at the vitamin/supplement department. (I have!) I just want to chime in that for some people, like myself, a multi-pronged approach is necessary. I happen to run low on D3. So I take extra daily. I also have added fish oils and take extra of those. I do well on them (I have heard others here complain of SE's).
Movement in moderation, good diet, therapy, and now meditation--anyhow, I think I've made my point--they all help; however--I still need my meds. Slowly, as I learn more, I learn about adjunct ways to help myself. No 'cure' yet, I'm afraid. If I do find one, I'll post everyone asap ;-)
Hang in there--we're all here together!
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Posted by desolationrower on November 20, 2009, at 17:19:40
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » morganator, posted by Vincent_QC on November 20, 2009, at 5:54:05
Hi vincent. hope you're well.
I think you confused Nicotinamide (aka niacinamide) with other forms of niacin, nicotinic acid.
Niacinamide does not cause flushing, and is the one that does have similar effect as benzodiazepines at very high dose.
However it does not have the beneficial effect on cholesterol.
please don't ban supplements!
-d/r
Posted by floatingbridge on November 20, 2009, at 17:26:25
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? (niacin) » Vincent_QC, posted by desolationrower on November 20, 2009, at 17:19:40
>Niacinamide does not cause flushing, and is the one that does have similar effect as benzodiazepines at very high dose.
Really? wow.
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Posted by Sigismund on November 20, 2009, at 18:58:43
In reply to Re: Vitamin d3 anyone? » Sigismund, posted by Vincent _QC on November 15, 2009, at 22:09:50
>no "naturals" products exist to help to cope with the anxiety (panic attack or social phobia)....
No, and there aren't any others either.
Except the ones you can't get, or need USA type diagnoses (ADHD) for.
The whole thing sucks.
How are you doing, Vincent?
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