Vitamin deficiencies

[Knittergirl3]

After blaming my poor health (anxiety, fatigue, tinnitus, muscle aches etc) on hypothyroidism I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe it’s vitamin deficiencies. It was because of this forum that I pushed my doctor to test at least b12 and D and both were low -

B12 - 288

D- 22

Magnesium 1.8

TSH .33

T3 2.79

T4 1.6

My doctor doesn’t think my B12 is low but said I could supplement if I wanted to. Also wrote me a prescription for D2 20,000 units per week - which made me feel terrible.

Since these results I have been taking a grocery store b complex every day and half of a 1000 mgs Jarrow sublingual every other day. In the past b vitamins have really stirred up my anxiety so I’ve been taking it slow.

The vitamin D is hit or miss. I’ve been trying to get some sunshine and occasionally take a D3 supplement but after a few days of the supplement I feel terrible. And I tried adding magnesium but I can’t make friends with that either...

Adding supplements to my daily routine stresses me out! I’m afraid to over do it and cause an imbalance or make things worse.

I hope that I can get some advice for supplementing B12 and D. I just really want to make sure I’m supplementing correctly.

Thanks so much for any info that you can share.

[Knittergirl3]

D range 31-120

B12 range 232-1245

Magnesium range 1.3-1.9

[humanbean]

wrote me a prescription for D2 20,000 units per week

D2 is the wrong kind of Vitamin D to supplement. It needs to be Vitamin D3 that you take.

articles.mercola.com/sites/...

To determine your ideal dose of Vitamin D3 and the target level you should be aiming for we would need to know the units of measurement for the Vitamin D result you've given.

[Knittergirl3 in reply to humanbean]

I understand that but obviously my doctor doesn’t, so I’ve been supplementing with a D3 liquid but it still makes me feel blah..

[Knittergirl3 in reply to Knittergirl3]

Units of measurement ng/mL for my D test

[Knittergirl3]

Thanks for the reply. I questioned my doctor about PA and she totally dismissed it, again she doesn’t think my b12 is low.

I had my thyroid removed in 2010 and been on synthroid ever since.

And like I said, I’m hesitant to supplement because I don’t want to do it incorrectly and obviously my GP isn’t onboard with supplements- she gave me D2 20,000 units to take once a week and pushed lexapro. Even I know that D3 is preferable.