So I found out that my Vitamin D was mega low....what now?

many yrs ago i started taking large doses of vit D.............i think i did hear it was good for ibs-d, but it does so many other things, too........not too long ago, my dr decided to check a bunch of levels & he said my vit D levels were really good & whatever i was doing, keep doing it...........i never told him that i was taking about 5,000I.U. a day, cause in the past when the drs i've been seeing hear what i do take, i get a lot of grief from them, so i just pay attention to how i feel & my skin, those tell me what i need to know.........i've been taking this amount for at least 5yrs...........now, i don't know if u know this, but u have to have enough vit A, calcium, magnesium, zinc, manganese & copper, to b able to use the vit D u r taking............& it's an individual thing..........as we age, it's also harder for us to make the cholesterol into vitamin D, as our skin loses some of it abilities to convert it...........i know that we r told how bad cholesterol is for us, but it does so many things & gets converted too..........it's considered a bad thing..........without enough of it, we don't make our hormones well or at least they get reduced..........one of those hormones is serotonin..........& about 70% of our serotonin is made in the intestines........this helps to relax our intestines, which will help with D..........there r so many things that help other things, not just what it is best known for...........

I agree with all that's been said. I've been seeing an Integrative medicine doc for a year now and he's actually writing a book about disease, health, and vit. D3. Vit. D3 is the most important of the D vitamins it's the one that is made by getting exposure to sunshine onto your skin. According to my doctor, the optimal level of Vit. D3 for health, especially among thoseo of us with chronic illnesses is 80-100 u/L. In the summer, when I spend a minimum of 30 mins. outside every day without sunscreen my levels are in that 80-90 region. But in the winter when it's too cold to be outside in shirt sleeves my levels fall to 50-60. So, under the doctor's care and every other month blood tests I take 6,000-8,000 IU/day. If you read the new studies on this, these are the levels that are now being more recognized as correct levels to take in the winter months. BUT, you have to do it under a doctor's care because if your body does build up too much D3 it could cause other problems like kidney stones.My doctor has had such success with vti. D3 therapy that he actually has lost patients because they don't have the health problems they once used to have - IBS and IBD included.

Well, I've been on vitamin D3 for close to a month now, and only 3 bad visits to the bathroom! One was within a week of starting, and the other two have been when I did some big food No-No's. Other than that, I have to say that my gut doesn't feel gurgly the way it used to, but I am more gassy and have more gas pains that pass relatively quickly (if you get my drift).The NEW big problem is that because my visits are more "normal", it's aggravating my chronic fissure!! I've been working tons of hours (12+ a day) so the sitting isn't helping, either. I just feel like I can't win It's so depressing to know that you're stuck between a rock and a hard place for your entire foreseeable life. I could have fissure surgery, but there are risks with it, it might not work, incontinence, recurrence, etc. Not having it means pain and possible infection/fistulas. Going back to having loose movements may help with the fissure, but then my life is ruled by where bathrooms are located.......in general, my life is always in some state of ruin, and it affects my marriage. I would give almost anything to just be someone else who is "normal", with "normal" problems. It's extremely true, if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.