Posted by Tomatheus on July 23, 2013, at 21:12:10
In reply to Vita D low Common In Psychiatric Patients, posted by Phillipa on July 23, 2013, at 20:48:49
My vitamin D level was found to be insufficient. I tried supplementation a few months back, and it seemed to help with my fatigue, hypersomnia, concentration, and related symptoms for about two weeks before becoming seemingly ineffective for these symptoms. Interestingly enough, when I tried supplementing with vitamin D before I was taking Abilify (which I am taking now), I noticed an increase in my psychotic symptoms. I might start supplementing with vitamin D again because my levels of the vitamin are probably still low, but I don't want to do it while I'm trying out other supplements because then I won't know for sure what's doing what.
I tend to agree with the scientists who were quoted in the article that vitamin D insufficiency probably isn't the cause of my psychiatric symptoms. It could be the case that there's something else going on in my body that's causing me to both have psychiatric symptoms and be low in vitamin D, but the fact that I spend a lot of time indoors and don't get much sunlight is almost definitely a factor, as well.
T.
Conditions:
* chronic fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms
* schizoaffective disordertomatheus.blogspot.com
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