Hi
I’ve had my Vit D level done with Birmingham NHS (better for you) and my results have come back at 10.4nmol/l. They have advised i have severe deficiency as it’s less then 15.
Is it worth showing these results to my GP or just supplementing myself!
No wonder I’ve been feeling so tired!
Thanks
Lindsayf
Is it worth showing these results to my GP or just supplementing myself!
That's your call 
I did the private test with City Assays and mine came back as severely deficient at 15nmol/L. Knowing my GP surgery, I decided to address the problem myself.
Here is NICE treatment summary for Vit D deficiency, which your GP should follow: cks.nice.org.uk/vitamin-d-d...
"Treat for Vitamin D deficiency if serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are less than 30 nmol/L.
For the treatment of vitamin D deficiency, the recommended treatment is based on fixed loading doses of vitamin D (up to a total of about 300,000 international units [IU] given either as weekly or daily split doses, followed by lifelong maintenace treatment of about 800 IU a day. Higher doses of up to 2000IU a day, occasionally up to 4000 IU a day, may be used for certain groups of people, for example those with malabsorption disorders. Several treatment regims are available, including 50,000 IU once a week for 6 weeks (300,000 IU in total), 20,000 IU twice a week for 7 weeks (280,000 IU in total), or 4000 IU daily for 10 weeks (280,000 IU in total)."
The maintenance dose of 800iu is never enough. It's essential to retest level after the loading dose to see what dose you need to change to, doctors tend not to do this. If you want to go it alone, I can help work out what you should take.
In one of your previous posts, you were asking about if you could take your Vit D at the same time as another supplement. What's happened if you have been supplementing for your level to become so dire?
Hi
Well I stopped supplementing as I thought I would be okay after few months and then never got round to testing myself again.
I have been told to take, 3 sprays of DLux 3000 (9,000IU) per day for one month
Following this, 1 spray a day DLux 3000 (3000IU) as a maintenance dose.
I started on Saturday so I’ll re test in 3 months to make sure my levels have increased x
I have been told to take, 3 sprays of DLux 3000 (9,000IU) per day for one month
That should be fine. It amounts to 270,000iu which is just about the same as the loading doses a GP would prescribe.
Following this, 1 spray a day DLux 3000 (3000IU) as a maintenance dose.
You'll need your new level to know how much you need as a maintenance dose once you've reached the level recommended by the Vit D Council (125nmol/L) or the Vit D Society (100-150nmol/L). No one can say until you know that level, it may be 2000iu daily, maybe more or less, maybe less in summer than winter, it's trial and error so it's recommended to retest once or twice a year to keep within the recommended range. You can do this with a private fingerprick blood spot test with an NHS lab which offers this test to the general public:
There are important cofactors needed when taking D3 as recommended by the Vit D Council -
vitamindcouncil.org/about-v...
D3 aids absorption of calcium from food and K2-MK7 directs the calcium to bones and teeth where it is needed and away from arteries and soft tissues where it can be deposited and cause problems such as hardening of the arteries, kidney stones, etc.
D3 and K2 are fat soluble so should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day, D3 four hours away from thyroid meds if taking tablets/capsules/softgels, no necessity if using an oral spray
Magnesium helps D3 to work. We need Magnesium so that the body utilises D3, it's required to convert Vit D into it's active form. So it's important we ensure we take magnesium when supplementing with D3.
Magnesium comes in different forms, check to see which would suit you best and as it's calming it's best taken in the evening, four hours away from thyroid meds if taking tablets/capsules, no necessity if using topical forms of magnesium.
naturalnews.com/046401_magn...
Check out the other cofactors too (some of which can be obtained from food).
You should have your calcium level checked because severe VitD deficiency can be an indication of hyperparathyroidism.
I do have Hashimotos and am on T3 and T4.
Where do I get calcium levels checked?
Parathyroids are not related to thyroid in any way, they have different functions. Your GP should have checked your calcium when the VitD result came back low, if calcium comes back is high then parathyroid level and another calcium test must be checked at the same time.
If your GP won't do a calcium test then you can get a finger prick one from Medichecks.
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