Posted by Vincent_QC on February 13, 2013, at 10:07:57
In reply to Re: Vitamin D supplementation benefit anyone? » PrettyLady, posted by Chris O on February 12, 2013, at 23:44:48
> Pretty Lady:
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> Interesting that you should follow up at this time. A couple of months ago, I tested my vitamin D again. After a brief uptick about a year ago (tested in the high 50s), I'm back down to 20 again. I really have no idea why. I'm outside a lot, live in southern California, exercise regularly. My one theory has been a massive consumption of Honest Tea Moroccan Mint (probably 4 to 8 bottles a day) for over a decade. I've heard that tea leaves have high fluoride levels, and that caffeine depletes vitamin D, but the doctors I've seen don't think this is an issue. I've also been a bit paranoid to take the vitamin D supplement that raised my levels last year (Carlson's fish oil), due to fears that radiation from the Fukashima radiation leak could be in these supplements now. I've been taking a Carlson's drop, the lanolin kind, but I don't think it works as well as my vitamin D levels recently tested low. And I don't know if it really affects my mood much anyway. Hard to tell as I'm such an anxiety disordered freak most of the time. Good luck to you.
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> ChrisHi Chris, I also have my Vit D level tested every 3 months, here the normal values is between 67 and 120 nmol/l.
I was recently tested at 66, so low level and last summer I was at 120 who is normal high level and you can trust me that Vitamin D level don't have any kind of effect on the mood or anxiety!!!
So many peoples believe that magnesium or other vitamins and minerals are low and are the cause of their depression or anxiety but I don't believe it... For example, for some peoples, taking magnesium supplements will calm them and reduce their anxiety... If I take magnesium supplements, my anxiety increase, my heart rate go up into the tachycardia range, have muscles cramps and my headache is worse... I recently wanted to try a product call Natural Calm, it's a magnesium supplements that you put in water and produce some bubbles (sorry don't know the words in english)... anyway I take it 3 times, at first I felt very bad and had a panic attack 2 hours after I take it and wasnt able to sleep at all since my heart rate was very high... second night I took it thinking that it was maybe my fears about meds who was doing this, and I had the same side-effects from it... third night I took it and same thing happen... Even if my magnesium level was tested in december and was normal, I don't see why taking magnesium will make me feel better! Same thing apply for the other vitamins as well and minerals and the electrolytes... everything is fine in my blood tests but I feel so bad and my anxiety reach a severe state and i'm sick all the time and homebound, intestinal system shut down, head hurt all the time, low or high blood pressure, chest pain, left arm numbness all the time, dizziness and tinnitus, depersonalisation feeling all the time, eyes pain... name it I have all the possible anxiety symptoms...
So overall, I don't think Vitamin D is important for the mood...and that's my point of view...
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