Vitamin D supplement?

My dermatologist recommended I take 1000mg per day.

My dermatologist recommended I take 1000mg per day.

My dermatologist recommended I take 1000mg per day.

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For what it's worth.  I wish you well.  Celeste

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For what it's worth.  I wish you well.  Celeste

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For what it's worth.  I wish you well.  Celeste

Everyone likely has different requirements for supplementation.  Excess vitamin D causes problems as well.  You can get excess vitamin D via supplementation but not via sunshine.   My doc has me on 3,000 units of D3 based on blood tests showing I was low.  I plan to get outside more so I can hopefully reduce my supplementation.  Each person needs to weigh the risks and benefits themselves of sun exposure.

Everyone likely has different requirements for supplementation.  Excess vitamin D causes problems as well.  You can get excess vitamin D via supplementation but not via sunshine.   My doc has me on 3,000 units of D3 based on blood tests showing I was low.  I plan to get outside more so I can hopefully reduce my supplementation.  Each person needs to weigh the risks and benefits themselves of sun exposure.

Everyone likely has different requirements for supplementation.  Excess vitamin D causes problems as well.  You can get excess vitamin D via supplementation but not via sunshine.   My doc has me on 3,000 units of D3 based on blood tests showing I was low.  I plan to get outside more so I can hopefully reduce my supplementation.  Each person needs to weigh the risks and benefits themselves of sun exposure.

Hello Mary,

First low Vitamin D3 levels are bad for everyone and if you had signs of ostopenia then my guess you are low.  If you live north of Atlanta, GA then you have a second chance of being low.  You don't have a profile set up so not sure where you live but if I were you I would have it tested.

A simple blood test called 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Blood Test can be preformed just ask any doctor to order it.  You should be between 50 and 70 on the new scale it used to be between 30 and 50.  If you are deficient in Vitamin D3 it robs calcium for your bones to try to replace what you are deficient in.  I was at 17 when I fell in the summer and had a double compound fracture, my first broken bone ever and I was in my 60's.  They started me on 50,000 a week for 8 weeks to bring it up more in the normal range.  I then continued to take 5,000 a day to keep it up. I do live above Atlanta, GA.  I take more supplementation in the winter as your skin is always covered because of the weather.  In the summer I take less but try to go outside for 10-20 minutes at least twice a day with my arms and legs exposed.

My husband took Vitamin D3 supplementation as well and his research oncology nurse said everyone should be taking it.  She worked in Pediatrics before becoming a research nurse and said most babies are born Vitamin D3 deficient as their mothers are deficient.

In a report my husband found said you should take 35 X's your weight.  So if you weigh 100 pounds you should take 3500 a day supplementation.  Those with cancer should have their 25 Hydroxy test done often to make sure their numbers are up above 70 and his oncologist did the test along with other blood work 2 times a year.

In case you didn't know Vitamin D3 is not really a Vitamin but is a hormone your body needs to function properly and in some cases you have to teach your doctor.  Maybe a lot of people that suffer depression should have theirs checked as when you numbers are higher you do feel better.

Judy (loving wife of Gene Stage IV and now NED)

Hello Mary,

First low Vitamin D3 levels are bad for everyone and if you had signs of ostopenia then my guess you are low.  If you live north of Atlanta, GA then you have a second chance of being low.  You don't have a profile set up so not sure where you live but if I were you I would have it tested.

A simple blood test called 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Blood Test can be preformed just ask any doctor to order it.  You should be between 50 and 70 on the new scale it used to be between 30 and 50.  If you are deficient in Vitamin D3 it robs calcium for your bones to try to replace what you are deficient in.  I was at 17 when I fell in the summer and had a double compound fracture, my first broken bone ever and I was in my 60's.  They started me on 50,000 a week for 8 weeks to bring it up more in the normal range.  I then continued to take 5,000 a day to keep it up. I do live above Atlanta, GA.  I take more supplementation in the winter as your skin is always covered because of the weather.  In the summer I take less but try to go outside for 10-20 minutes at least twice a day with my arms and legs exposed.

My husband took Vitamin D3 supplementation as well and his research oncology nurse said everyone should be taking it.  She worked in Pediatrics before becoming a research nurse and said most babies are born Vitamin D3 deficient as their mothers are deficient.

In a report my husband found said you should take 35 X's your weight.  So if you weigh 100 pounds you should take 3500 a day supplementation.  Those with cancer should have their 25 Hydroxy test done often to make sure their numbers are up above 70 and his oncologist did the test along with other blood work 2 times a year.

In case you didn't know Vitamin D3 is not really a Vitamin but is a hormone your body needs to function properly and in some cases you have to teach your doctor.  Maybe a lot of people that suffer depression should have theirs checked as when you numbers are higher you do feel better.

Judy (loving wife of Gene Stage IV and now NED)

Hello Mary,

First low Vitamin D3 levels are bad for everyone and if you had signs of ostopenia then my guess you are low.  If you live north of Atlanta, GA then you have a second chance of being low.  You don't have a profile set up so not sure where you live but if I were you I would have it tested.

A simple blood test called 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Blood Test can be preformed just ask any doctor to order it.  You should be between 50 and 70 on the new scale it used to be between 30 and 50.  If you are deficient in Vitamin D3 it robs calcium for your bones to try to replace what you are deficient in.  I was at 17 when I fell in the summer and had a double compound fracture, my first broken bone ever and I was in my 60's.  They started me on 50,000 a week for 8 weeks to bring it up more in the normal range.  I then continued to take 5,000 a day to keep it up. I do live above Atlanta, GA.  I take more supplementation in the winter as your skin is always covered because of the weather.  In the summer I take less but try to go outside for 10-20 minutes at least twice a day with my arms and legs exposed.

My husband took Vitamin D3 supplementation as well and his research oncology nurse said everyone should be taking it.  She worked in Pediatrics before becoming a research nurse and said most babies are born Vitamin D3 deficient as their mothers are deficient.

In a report my husband found said you should take 35 X's your weight.  So if you weigh 100 pounds you should take 3500 a day supplementation.  Those with cancer should have their 25 Hydroxy test done often to make sure their numbers are up above 70 and his oncologist did the test along with other blood work 2 times a year.

In case you didn't know Vitamin D3 is not really a Vitamin but is a hormone your body needs to function properly and in some cases you have to teach your doctor.  Maybe a lot of people that suffer depression should have theirs checked as when you numbers are higher you do feel better.

Judy (loving wife of Gene Stage IV and now NED)