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Recently we had an article by a doctor posted on here claiming that taking 5000IU a day had given a lady debilitating cognitive problems due to problems with ca
by hazemotes 6y ago
Recently we had an article by a doctor posted on here claiming that taking 5000IU a day had given a lady debilitating cognitive problems due to problems with calcium regulation. Perhaps people need to get their levels checked regularly and adjust accordingly?
- _wldu 6y agoThis is why I occasionally take vitamins, but not everyday. It's easy to over do it and cause more harm than good.
- AQuantized 6y agoThe frequency has much less to do with it than the absolute amount, at least for fat soluble vitamins like vitamin D. Taking 2000IU on 3 separate days isn't much different from taking 6000IU at 1 day.
- chewz 6y agoPeople should get their calcium and PTH levels checked before taking larger doses of vitamine D as low vitamine D could be result of hyperparathyroidism. In this case vitamine D can kill you (and for sure will give you cognitive problems, brain fog and such). Most doctors/endocrynologists is poorly trained to deal with that.. Belive me I have been there (had low vitamine D and high calcium due to thyroid cancer affecting parathyroid glands and had been prescribed vitamine D by incompetent endocrynologist) and this article helped a lot.. https://www.parathyroid.com/low-vitamin-d.htm https://www.parathyroid.com/low-vitamin-d.htm
- yubiox 6y agoIs this what you are referring to, the lady taking 130,000 IU per day? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33030138/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33030138/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24734774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24734774