synthroid and vitamin d deficiency

Do I now stop taking the vitamin D now that my levels are normal and 2. Do I definitely need an increase in Synthroid now. So confused. I can also email Dr. Lupo tomorrow, if need be.

Thanks so much I was afraid I wasnt going to get a response AHUGH it hard to deal with this I will be glad when it is over and I can go back to my "Old self " have you dealt with it before?

Phos. Total 155; RDW 14.8; Vitamin D Total 20. Rheumatologist prescribed 50,000 iu Vitamin D weekly for 3 months, and arm pain is almost gone. April, 2009 labs: calcium 8.6; PTH 85; Vitamin D 1,25-Dihydroxy 39.0; Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy i 26.9. Rheumatologist re-prescribed 50,000 iu Vitamin D biweekly for another 3 months. I have no energy at all, and other than low Vitamin D no explanation for leg aches/spasms (Requip was prescribed and doesn’t help), and walking/sleeping is painful.

Stella has provided the tests you need - I'd also recommend cortisol tests to see if your adrenal gland is functioning okay - maybe you'd do better on a T3/T4 med like Armour? I'd also have your Vitamin D levels checked. You'd be surprised how D deficiency can affect your body. Google Vitamin D deficiency and see what you find. I take 4,000 IU's a day and mine still stays low at 30 in a range of 20-80. NOt sure why I cannot get it up!

Also, since hypo patients are often too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin, if you have test results for those, please post, along with reference ranges.

She had EBV and despite having a suntan and being outdoors, she had a very low vitamin D level. Months later, she posted and told me that she was feeling better and her vitamin D level was slowly rising.

Unexplained bone and muscle pain was found in 93% suffering vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is found in 98% of autoimmune thyroid patients. Vitamin D deficiency is usually found in most autoimmune diseases. Vitamin D regulates the immune system. Typically, autoimmune thyroid patients need levels at 80 - 100ng/ml (200 - 250 nmol/L). Natural treatments for pain includes omega 3, glucosamine and chondroitin, and ginger.

m just a little concerned because I feel that I have a Vitamin D deficiency for a reason and that my doctor should look more into it. I had to call to find out the results and they said that I was going to be put on a vitamin two times a week and that's probably why I'm so tired, but that's it. He seems stand-offish recently and I'm not sure why. I may be looking for a new doctor soon.

Hello. I have low thyroid, vitamin d deficiency and low vitamin b12. I was wondering if anyone can help me with experience with vitamin b12. Can you suggest what kind, also if you have felt better after starting it. Thank you so much for your input. Vitamin D 25.

2) The FT4, Vitamin B12, and Vitamin D levels came back to what they had been before I had taken Vitamin D supplements. However, the FT3 continued going down (from 3.2 to 3.0). Also, the endo pronounced my Calcium level as normal. However, over the last 10 years, my Calcium level has decreased significantly. Here are my Calcium results over the last 10 years: July 2009 (when I was first diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism): Calcium = 9.6 (normal range = 8.5 - 10.

You are low and that is not a good thing. I take thyroid hormones (synthroid and compounded T3). I have taken nearly 7000 IU (seven thousand) vitamin D for several years and have not detected any effect on my thyroid hormone levels.

Calcium and vitamin D!!!! Leg pain and numbness is a major warning sign of calcium deficiency which happens after thyroid surgery (because of the parathyroids). You need to be taking calcium with vitamin D every day (spaced 4 hours away from your Synthroid). My doctor has me on 3x the RDA. Call your doctor's office ASAP and have them run calcium levels.

In addition, you need to be tested for Vitamin D, and ferritin. Both are very important to good thyroid metabolism.

I have had a vitamin d deficiency for about a year, and also the hypothyroid about a year. DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE HYPERPARATHYROIDISM?????? I am so confused. I see that the vit d deficiency is found in people with a high PTH... Could this parathyroid thing have been causing this deficiency all along??

So if vitamin d is more so a hormone do you need to wait 4 hours after your meds?

You have vitamin D deficiency for years and did not address this? O_o Vitamin D is essential to absorb and use calcium. Interesting with the B12 serum. After suffering B12 malabsorption symptoms for decades I know B12 serum is not accurate. From B12.org... "At present, the best and most reliable tests for a vitamin B12 deficiency are the holoTC test, which uses holotranscobalamin, and the MMA urine test, which uses methylmalonic acid.

Vitamin D deficiency is commonly due to not enough sunlight. However, the causes of vitamin D deficiency are numerous and you may have more than one condition contributing to this deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is estimated to affect at least a billion people worldwide. When vitamin D levels are not rising well or at all (vitamin D resistance) low magnesium levels are the first suspect. High doses of vitamin D can worsen an existing magnesium deficiency.

m Lori and I think we are in the same boat. My vitamin D is 15 and I too am on Synthroid and Cytomel (just started the latter about a week) ago). I started on 50,000 vitamin D per week for two months. In doing my ususal self help internet research, I found the link below interesting. In the video the Dr says anyone in the northeast; that's both of us, is not getting any natural Vitamin D during the winter months.

I do have adrenal problems and take Adrenogen, DHEA, fish oils and vitamin D for a vitamin D deficiency. I was told that Armour can help with alot of this, is that true?

) He has pushed me to take calcium/ vitamin D and meds for my osteoporosis and recently reduced my Synthroid to .137-- even though I told him I was so tired all the time! I asked to take Cytomel in the past, with the Synthroid, but he does not listen. I am still very exhausted and gaining weight -although I eat less than 1000 calories a day. I need lists for everything because I am so forgetful! I do take vitamin D and my synthroid.

Before four years I was severe Vit. D and Vit. B12 deficiency. Just two months before I have done root canal. From that I have severe back pain, sometimes burning sensation on backside, headache, feeling weakness, dipressed mood, not concentrating on work, anxiety. I have done blood test. My vit. D is 60ng/ml, vit. B12 680pg/ml. My CBC, HB, LFT, KFT, cholesterol is normal. Orthopedic Dr prescribed 4 tab. of vit D suggest to take one table after three weeks. I have also consulted to Neurologist.

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