Posted by Tomatheus on August 7, 2013, at 13:22:32
In reply to Re: Probably won't be posting here as much, if at all, posted by damnthislife on August 7, 2013, at 8:03:13
Damnthislife,
Thank you for your post. When I took vitamin D, I took the OTC vitamin D3, but I recall taking quite a bit less than 5,000 IU. The reason for this is that I had tried taking vitamin D (also the D3 form) at one point between the time my psychotic symptoms came on and the time I started taking Abilify (when I wasn't taking any medications) and noticed an increase in my psychotic symptoms. So, basically, I wanted to minimize the possibility that my psychotic symptoms would get worse this last time that I tried vitamin D, so I took less than 5,000 IU. I think I was only taking 400 IU, and somehow it seemed to work (even though it may not have significantly increased my vitamin D concentration), but then it seemed to become completely ineffective about two weeks after I started taking it. I did try increasing my dose once after I noticed the loss of effectiveness (I think I increased it to 800 IU), but I didn't notice any positive effects from doing this. Maybe I should have given the vitamin D3 more time at a higher dose. I suppose I could probably try the vitamin D3 again if all else fails and maybe gradually increase my dose to see if I get any benefit. I shall consider it.
T.
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