Vitamin D intake

Soooo......I'm going to make a long story short.  My vitamin D level was low in March upon my visit to my OB-GYN.  I took it upon myself to research on this website the best treatment for low vitamin D levels in patient's who have had the RNY.  I went with the popular 50,000 IU every day for one bottle, which was three months.  Lo and behold, I started having crazy symptoms that I couldn't explain (yeah, I'm a nurse, leave it to us to want to explain everything).  The most prominent symptom was almost incapacitating pain in both of my wrists and hands. Joint pain and swelling that was almost unbearable, especially in the mornings when I first woke up.  Fast forward to August and my visit to my bariatric surgeon.  My vitamin D level was 154, which, as we all know, is high.  My surgeon told me to stop my vitamin D intake for one month and then start taking 1000IU every day.  I stopped my vitamin D intake almost two weeks ago......and my symptoms of joint pain in both wrists have all but disappeared!!  So, word to the wise.  Too many vitamins can be a bad thing.  Just wanted to throw that out there for anybody interested!  

I'm on 7 of the 50K IU per week, with a 104 for D labs.  I did incremental increases. First labs post op were an 8.  Script D failed to do anything. I began using a liquid vitamin with 600 IU daily and in 3 months my D labs were at 33.  On 3 of the 50K IU dry D3 per week, I had a 44.  On 4 per week (2 years later now), my labs were at a 65.  I finally though, OK, it's been over 5 years now, and I still haven't gotten to the target of 80-90. So I began taking one of these 50K IU daily for a year. I finally got a little above 90 to 104.  My bariatric was fine with that number.  So, yes, you can increase your D with 50K IU capsules. BUT, do so in small incremenents, not a starting point of 7 per week. DAVE

My Dr told me to take 4000ID per day I barely get that in

4000 IU D (make sure it's dry D3, not in liquid softgel) may not do much to raise low D levels. Check your next labs carefully for your D levels. The desired levels are 80-90, not what the old charts say for D. My bariatric doc likes levels of 50-100 as normal range levels, with preferred numbers being 80-90 or slightly over 100.  I don't know why 4000 IU is such challenge to "get in" unless your're taking a bunch of small doses pills. My 50K IU dry D3 is a small capsule. DAVE

I have a severe deficiency my labd had vitamin d and -6

How is it possible to have a negative level of a vitamin???

Anyway, I suggest you get the 50,000IU 'dry' D3 from VitaLady. It's a tiny little pill, and you only need to take one a day. If your doc has given you a prescription for D, it's doing you no good. The only D available as a 'script is D2, which has to be converted into D3 in the body, and it takes a LOT of D2 to make a little D3. Also, it's oil-based, and you malabsorp fat so you're not even absorbing all you're taking.

This poster had VSG so they don't malabsorb fats.  But nobody absorbs D2 well, no matter what surgery they had, or if they've had no surgery.

Oops---I missed that. I thought she had an RNY.

That's interesting---LOW Vitamin D can also cause bone and joint pain!

 I know!!!  I was surprised that a high vitamin D level would cause joint pain!  My thought process was that I needed MORE vitamin D (before I got my level back) because my hands and wrist joints were KILLING me.  So now that I'm a couple weeks out with NO vitamin D supplement, my wrists feel much better.  I'm pretty excited that this may be the cause of my pain.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!  I sure don't want something different to be the cause.  I just don't have time for this!!  :)