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Originally Posted by Meistro
1) I am getting a "blunted" or brain fog feeling by the evening, no matter how much I take. (between 400iu and 5,000iu)
2) I feel disconnected and sometimes jittery and edgy from it.
3) After a few weeks on it, my elbows started tingling whenever I put pressure on them and sometimes even at night. (I have had tendinitis for a long time and it doesn't seem to be improving)
I am dying to get back on this (during the winter) so that I can really start to benefit from its amazing healing power...HELP!
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Is it possible that these are side-effects from other deficiencies? Increased intake of Vitamin D raises your need, for example, for magnesium. Here is some of what Mary Eades has to say about the symptoms of magnesium deficiency:
"mental changes including agitation, anxiety, confusion, depression, disorientation, hallucinations, hyperactivity, irritability, nervousness, restlessness, exaggerated startle response (jumpiness); neurologic symptoms including numbness and tingling“"
She says this about magnesium and interactions with Vit D (I must point out that the good Drs Eades have changed their tune about Vit D since Mary Eades wrote this book in approx 2001)
"Cholecalciferol (vitamin D) stimulates the intestinal absorption of magnesium to a degree; however, because its stimulatory effect is stronger for calcium, supplemental vitamin D without extra magnesium can create a relative magnesium deficiency".
She says that "clouded thinking" is a symptom of potassium deficiency, but that magnesium deficiency has to be corrected before a potassium deficiency can be dealt with.
I think that the symptoms you have are related to your greater need for magnesium due to the Vit D intake. These symptoms match magnesium deficiency; I don't think the Vit D is to blame.
Try bathing (late) in Epsom Salts: that will give you good magnesium uptake (I haven't tried it, but they say it's good!). Otherwise just take supplements at night.
I hope this helps. I started giving my eldest daughter Vit D just a few days ago, because she has been recently diagnosed with mononucleosis. This morning, quite spontaneously, without any prompts from me, she suddenly said, "I feel happier!" I told her it must be the Vit D3 she's been taking, because exactly the same thing happened to me about 2-3 days after I took my first 4,000IU dose!
It really can make you feel happier, but, in your case, your magnesium deficiency needs correcting, too, otherwise the other deficiency symptoms are just going to depress you.
BTW, you can't test magnesium deficiency with a blood test as most of your magnesium is located in your bones. Just start taking between 400-600mg per day and you'll soon notice the difference. You might get "loose stools", but that is a small price to pay. Magnesium is needed for at least 300 enzymatic reactions in the body and is absolutely essential to good health. Magnesium deficiency is also very widespread. On an LC diet, you must either eat beef bone broth regularly to get more magnesium, or supplement. A lot of foods which are high in magnesium are also high in carbs (oats, dried fruit etc).
Sorry to rant, but magnesium is one of my fave subjects!
amanda