Vitamin D deficiency currently 16

not on therapy but was gonna suggest mushrooms to you, high in vitamin d. I cant eat them raw but maybe you can. Love them sauteed in a little brommel and brown, or if you have a toaster over place rack 3/4 way down and broil em till they shrink a bit and are soft, around 15 mins. I can't remeber if it is crimini's or whites that are highest in Vit D. Good luck hun

I did the megadose 1x/week for 12 weeks...it does work, but you're supposed to take a Vitamin D supplement after you stop taking the megadose.

Just finished mine last month. My D is normal now.

I take 2000 iu a day. Just had my daughter tested and she has to take 1000 iu a day for three months then recheck. It is quite common and rarely checked

Pretty much most of Seattle

I live in the sunny desert of Tucson Arizona, where almost everyone is vitamin D deicient. We avoid the sun like the plague. Between gallons of sunscreen, staying indoors with the A/C, and huddling in any sliver of shade we can find, we work very hard to never allow the sun to touch our skin. So...we're all deficient. My doc told me that she'd much rather have me continue to care for my skin even if it means lacking the natural D from the sun. Last year, she put me on the 50,000 mg once a week for 8 weeks as a kick-start. Since then she's had me taking 2,000mg every day.

She also explained to me that not only is D necessary for bone health, it's also a part of digestion. D is part of insulin regulation, therefore it helps process carbohydrates, and therefore it helps keep down your blood-sugar levels. I hadn't known that.

i do 5,000/day for the moment to bump it up, and will probably level out at 2,000 at some point.

Vit D3 is really the best thing you can do for yourself to fix a myriad of problems. I have a condition called LPR (laryngeal reflux) and Vit D helps strengthen and tone muscles such as the malfunctioning sphincters that cause reflux.

So if you've got reflux, consider supplementing with D! (most Americans are severely deficient because we don't live in a part of the world with great sun exposure)

I can feel ya ... I was clocked at 14 when I was originally checked. I took the 50,000 for eight weeks, and now take 5,000 per day of D3. I do feel better ... definitely more energy.

most Americans are severely deficient because we don't live in a part of the world with great sun exposure

I have to laught, because those of us who do live where there is too much sun, avoid it because of the melanoma factor. We wear sunscreen 12 months a year around here.

so basically we're all screwed! :P

Bump.

I had mine checked last spring...was having a lot of bone and joint pain and extremely tired all the time, also memory loss. Mine was 16. Some docs don't buy into it. Mine had me on too low of a dose. I did research on my own & put myself on 5000units vit d3 for about 6 months, currently taking 3000 units. At last check my level was 37.

No but fun fact: I'm pretty sure absorbing through skin is easier then absorbing via pills which is why the dosages tend to get quite high (since you don't absorb it all). Also, vitamin D can be formed and washed off your skin before it is absorbed:
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8658/does-vitamin-d-created-by-sun-exposure-get-washed-off-in-the-shower
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/news-archive/2009/showering-after-sunbathing/

Not yet. I have to go get some more blood work done...but I do know I am deficient from blood work I had done in December. I struggle from depression and I had a really bad bout starting about October despite of the meds that I am on.

I understand it is winter currently but trying getting some sun for vit. D

Yes I am Vitamin D deficient I have been on 2000 i.u.D3 for 6 years now. I get blood work done every 4 months. I am learning that a lot of people have this. For some reason the doctors never explain why. I eat food with D in it, get plenty of sun but I still am Vitamin D deficient. SO go figure.