Overcoming Vitamin Deficiency's

Been there. I had calcium and d deficiencies to the point of causing heart palpitations, depression and kidney stones. I now completely understand why I must have the calcium, d.....and the b's.....and I feel so much better!!!!! It's amazing how since having adequate nutrition (with diet and supplements), I no longer require Prozac or Zoloft.

You are singing my song. I had a bad vitamin D deficiency not long ago. I now make sure to get 10-15 minutes of sun exposure daily. I also try to get in as much dietary D as I can. I can always tell if my D is slipping. My eyes feel heavy, and my brain goes on vacation.

I started noticing the depression lifting fairly quickly.....within a month I was symptom free. I take 5,000 units of Vit D daily. I have to take more calcium than most people, but I have a medical reason for it. I also take a B vitamin daily.....and a pre-natal vitamin. I am 45. I would not recommend the high doses with out a doc checking levels a couple of times a year. Too much of anything is never a good thing.

I have vitamin d and vitamin b-12 deficiency.just found out in sept of last year.went to the doctor a few days ago and they are still low so back to the shots every two weeks instead of every month.and back on the weekly vitamin d pills.i can feel they are low.i am always tired and i feel older then 25.

I'm not 100% sure if I had a vitamin deficiency (never had a doctor test), but I think I probably have for the past couple years. Odd that it seems to match with the time frame that I became overweight as well. For me, I was struggling to stay awake for even 8 hours and would end up taking periodic naps throughout the day. Not even high amounts of caffeine could keep me awake. As for going out and getting some sunlight, I was a night shift worker (5pm - 2am) and generally only got the little bit of sun on the way to work.

I started taking a multivitamin (GNC Womens Ultra Mega Energy and Metabolism to be exact) around the end of March. It took about a month and a half to really notice the difference. I am now able to sleep 7-9 hours a night (depending on the day) and I'm no longer needing naps throughout the day, even on days when I'm more active than normal. I feel better than I have in a long time.

I am deficient in the following-


Vitamin D (i can take 5,000 IU Daily now, or front load 25,000 at the beginning of the week), Vitamin B6, Vitamin b12, Iron, Folate, and magnesium.

I do have to continually take supplements (wish i could just eat foods) but i believe it's more an issue of me not absorping them like i should vs. not getting the correct amount in my diet.

I definitely feel a hell of a lot better though!

Vitamins make a HUGE difference in regards to mental health issues.
Depression reduces the size of the hypothalamus and Vitamin D can help repair damage caused to this part of the brain. Also notice a huge difference in anxiety.
I also take Omega 3's - they're awesome for brain/heart function.
And B-Vitamins. (complex)

Psych doc was hte one who recommended these supplements over using prescription meds. Theyve worked better at least for me..

Same here! Less depression, fatigue, and a LITTLE less anxiety.

Thanks, I eat around 40 grams of fat a day.

There's a good chance that's too low for you. Optimal fat intake is at least .35-.4g fat per pound of body weight so unless you're <115lbs you should probably eat a little more fat.

wow that's interesting, something I didn't know... I definitely don't get enough fat in then. So how many grams is someone suppose to get if they are just under 200? I'm not good at math... This could be very helpful. thank you

About 70-80g would be ideal.

Wow. Great info. I wish I had known this when I was fighting my own vitamin deficit. I knew we needed fat to absorb certain nutrients, I just did not realize we needed that much.

Something like 1/4-1/3rd of Americans are Vitamin D deficient. I also take the 50,000 IU weekly dose. I blame having an office job.

Over the course of a few years I found I was increasingly showing size of dementia... it started as a bit of forgetfulness (more than my normal, I mean) and progressed to where I was almost incapable of functioning. It got to the point that I couldn't understand what numbers stood for at times, a few times forgot how to make my body pick up an object, inability to remember words for objects and ideas, etc. Very scary.

I went to a neurologist and he blew me off and told me everyone forgets the word for something now and then and put in my records that I came in with "mild aphasia".

A bit later, purely by accident of unrelated testing it was found that I was seriously deficient in B-12. It took a few months of oral vitamins and weekly shots to bring me up to a normal level and I must stay on sublinguals for it (especially now that I'm post-bypass).

It got 95% better after that course of treatment and I've basically gone back to normal, thank god. I was very scared with those symptoms that I was developing some major neurological issue of a permanent/progressive sort. The deficiency went on long and severe enough that some of the symptoms seem to be permanent but only to the extent that it causes annoyance, I can now get through a day of being able to form regular sentences and pick up things and all that normal stuff again.

They never figured out why I was so low and just left it as "well, you're fine now".

I had a vitamin D deficiency that they caught when I was getting my pre-op bloodwork done for my bypass. Never had any noticeable symptoms, though, nor felt any different when they told me my levels went back to the healthy range. This one is an ongoing issue for me, it bounces up and down some.

And yeah, vitamin deficiencies can be a major cause of mental health issues. It's disturbing how rarely they are tested for when trying to rule out non-psychological causes of depression, anxiety, etc. Even when someone's mental health problems are not nutrition or other illness based deficiencies can make them worse.

Sunshine. Get out in it.


100% natural Vitamin D

If only it were that simple...

Indeed. I am Vit D deficient as well....and I'm brown :huh:
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The sun won't help me much, lol.

I don't think I have any vitamin deficiencies for most of the month, but I do have sleep and anxiety problems which would get really bad just before my menstrual cycle restarted -- like PMDD bad, not plain old PMS. I'm now on medication for it, but taking extra calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D the week before my period seems to have leveled out the lingering symptoms (and my psychiatrist approves).