@sorry I’m not a doctor I’m a patient who has dealt with this for years, and I’m not telling anyone to take anything. In fact just the opposite. All I’m suggesting to people is to get a simple test done next time they get blood drawn if they haven’t had their D checked before.
You’re not going to make me feel bad or stop suggesting it, because I have helped people find out they are deficient multiple times. Many times I have had doctors and nutritionists say in the US it’s unlikely to be deficient because we have fortified food (I realize you are not in the US) and that’s completely wrong as proven by statistics in many studies done here.
There are a lot of people taking high doses like me, prescribed by their doctors, based on blood tests, it’s not guessing.
I warned jellies to check calcium for two reasons. First to make sure there is no underlying parathyroid problem or tumor before taking a lot of D. Plus, to check calcium while taken the higher doses of D to make sure calcium doesn’t rise from that.
Vitamin D helped me immensely, I was barely able to exercise, and my doctor said she sees it over and over again. I really didn’t think it would help. Now, I know a lot of people like me. I also know people who have low D and don’t have any symptoms.
Possibly, it is helping my heart and bones too, I hope so. I’m high risk for heart disease, I like to think the D is putting the calcium in my bones not in my arteries and other soft tissues. I might get a cardiac calcium scan, I’m still deciding if I want to take on the radiation.
If you’re a doctor that’s great, we love having medical professionals here.