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so my Vit D used to be just below borderline Drs had me taking 2000 u per day.......
so they just called me and said my Vit D is high and to stop taking it.....
Its not like I get outside in the sun or eat a diet high in Vit D, so why would it be high??.....
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Tammy N.
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Maybe it was an erroneous test result. I would re-test.
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However, vitamin D can build up in your system, so if it comes out high again, stop supplementing but I would keep re-testing to see when you need to supplement again. Maybe 2000 iu per day is more than you need in a supp.
Because it builds up like this I try to get it more from natural sources than from supps. In the summer, I'm outside for a couple hours per week. In the winter, I use a Dr. Mercola tanning bed. Your body won't make more than it needs.
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Don't quote me on this, but a friend of mine with lyme tested high levels of D more than once and her dr. said he has other patients with high levels. He told her being under stress can increase your levels of D. This is the first time I ever heard of this. I personally have never researched Stress/ high D connection.
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nenet
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Which D level were they testing and referring to? There is 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
The 2 tests are explained here, with some possible causes of different levels.
I seem to recall posts here a while ago about long-term Lyme infection causing a rise in 1,25 D, but I can't remember where the info came from, or what basis it had.
Maybe someone else will have more info. I hope this helps a little.
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Oh I just noticed I missed the part about you supplementing with 2000 iu/day.
I agree with sixgoofykids, it is likely due to the supplements. Maybe you could check with your Dr and see if regular Cod Liver Oil (which contains natural D3) would be an ok vit D supplement once your levels are back to normal.
If you want to try that route later, Carlson's Cod Liver Oil is a good brand as far as purity goes - you need to look out for mercury in fish oils, even the ones supposedly only containing liver oil.
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Your supplementing should raise your D levels. I don't see the problem. I would follow your Dr.'s advice and stop taking it.
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I don't have the energy to think about how this works right now or try to describe it, but the Marshall Protocol has helped a number of people, and in it Vitamin D is to be completely avoided, and actually lowered in the body. I don't know how to explain it, but the vitamin D (or a certain part of vitamin d) can get too high in patients with chronic infection, and this must be lowered as part of treatment.
I'm not doing a good job of explaining it, but basically, in the Marshall protocol high vitamin d is a sign that the infection can't be healed as well. I think some people need a lot of vitamin d (as is the common suggestion), and others need to avoid it (I know that I feel worse from sunlight and believe vitamin d may be bad for me).
I don't know if that is the case for you, but thought I'd mention it. Good luck.
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