Posted by bleauberry on June 30, 2012, at 9:30:17
In reply to Vitamin D supplementation benefit anyone?, posted by Chris O on June 24, 2012, at 1:17:54
I have low D. Actually, that is a fairly reliable marker for chronic stealth infection of some kind.
There are opposing camps on the topic of D. Some claim it will make things worse by feeding the infection more of what it wants. Others claim that while it may indeed do that, it will boost the immune system and overall health greater than it helps the bugs, and so the bugs eventually get defeated.
Every time I have tried D I got worse. Damn. Not sure, but I think I was having Herxheimer reactions to die-off. I am convinced I need to try it again, this time at lower doses and work my way up, with a longterm outlook.
Low B12 is also consistent with hidden infections. Whether it helps your symptoms or not, it would probably be a wise idea to try supplementing more of it just to be sure other enzymatic processes and amino acid processes have what they need to do their correct metabolisms. It could also be a genetic flaw or a result of some kind of damage from metals or whatever. No matter, if there isn't enough, supplementing seems reasonable unless it causes worsening of symptoms.
I doubt D by itself, or anything by itself for that matter, is going to be a cure for you or any of us. Things are usually more complicated than that. But if you find it useful, that is cool, because it could be one of the pillars in your overall treatment plan. When it comes to natural treatments of anything, good results happen more frequently with cocktails than singular items.
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