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How much Vitamin D are you taking? I have been supplementing with it, but it did not put much of a dent in my winter depression. And what is considered to be
by quietkatalyst 10y ago
How much Vitamin D are you taking? I have been supplementing with it, but it did not put much of a dent in my winter depression. And what is considered to be a loading dose?
- AnkhMorporkian 10y ago10,000 IU per day. A loading dose is in the range of 100,000IU to 1,000,000IU, depending on age and body weight. Hypervitaminosis D only occurs when you take a loading dose level for months or years; it's not possible to acutely overdose on vitamin D.
- gherkin0 10y agoThat's a lot. Vitamin D tests are easy to get, so I just took a few over a few months to find a dose that would keep me at ~50ng/ml. Previous to that, I had taken 5000+ IU/day for some time and the test showed my levels were very high. It looks like this site has a nice chart: https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/further-topics/i-tested-my-vitamin-d-level-what-do-my-results-mean/ https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/further-topics/i-tested-my-v...
- AnkhMorporkian 10y agoI did end up taking a Vitamin D test after I had started supplementing, and on that dosage I'm still a little below normal levels.