@_Whitetigress Your link was very helpful. Some of my complaints are exactly what your link talks about. Maybe she feels getting the number a little higher might help, or just that it is worth a try, because I am still fairly far from my magnesium being high.
Vitamin D they changed the normal range years ago, because it was found the lower normal ranges were not therapeutic for the body according to some studies. There is still disagreement about vitamin D though among medical doctors. The old recommendation was 400 IU’s a day. Now many doctors advise 6,000 a day. I saw a doctor on the Dr. Oz show recommend 8,000, but he also said with all his recommendations to get blood levels checked periodically. I never hear Dr. Oz say that about the supplements he recommends, and I can’t understand why he doesn’t. If he did check he would see his recommendation for D probably is not a enough the majority of the time. Oz recommends 2,000 IU’s daily. But, my guess is he is not regularly testing his patients. Anyway, I think the bottom number for D is 32 in the normal range, and I start feeling better when I get up over 40, most information advises to be much higher.
My doctor, she is an endocrinologist, probably has had some feedback from patients I am guessing where she has seen improvements. I know that is a not a scientific study, but her recommendations would be based on some science I am sure. From what I can tell she reads up on these things and then really watches her patients for results and monitors their levels. She is the only doctor I know who asks me how I am feeling while looking at lab results, to really try to match up where I am at at that moment. Blood tests are done the week before I see her so they can be discussed at the appointment. Mostly we are following my thyroid more than anything, but the D seems to be an incredible help with my muscle pain.
After these two answers I am going to try the magnesium. Thanks.