Posted by Tomatheus on October 14, 2013, at 12:39:49
In reply to Taking vitamin D again, posted by Tomatheus on August 14, 2013, at 17:51:39
Hello again Babblers,
It's now been about two months since I started my current vitamin D trial. As of my last update, I was taking 1,400 IU of vitamin D and noticing a reduction in the severity of my fatigue, hypersomnia, and difficulty concentrating that was lasting, even though it wasn't consistent from one day to the next. With it now being a month since my last update, I'm taking 1,600 IU of the vitamin now with results that are similar to those as of my last update: I'm still responding to the vitamin (perhaps a bit better than I was a month ago), although my energy level has been fluctuating more than I would normally expect it to.
Despite the fact that my energy hasn't been where I'd like it to be all of the time, I'm encouraged by the fact that my energy level has seemed to be at least close to adequate more often than not since my last update and that I've generally been more productive between my last update and this one than I was between my first two updates. As I've increased my vitamin D dose and given the vitamin more time to exert its effects, the therapeutic benefits that I've noticed from taking the vitamin have seemed to gradually increase with time. Because most (if not all) of the supplements that I temporarily responded to prior to starting this trial were most effective right after I started taking them and much less effective later on, I see the fact that the therapeutic benefits that I've noticed from the vitamin D have increased with time as being a very good sign.
Although I'm encouraged by the results that I've noticed since starting this vitamin D trial, I think that it would still be premature to conclude at this point that my trial is going to end with some degree of success. Supplements have a way of becoming ineffective for me in the long run, even those whose therapeutic benefits last for around a month or longer. Because the benefits of the vitamin D that I'm taking have lasted for about two months and because I was found to have an insufficient level of vitamin D, I'm more optimistic about how this trial will turn out that I've been about most supplement trials, but I also know that it's still early in my trial and that the way that things will turn out is unknown.
One thing that's surprised me about the way that the vitamin D has affected me since my last update was that I noticed a temporary increase in the severity of my sound hallucinations and what I call my pseudohallucinations shortly after I wrote my last update (when I was still taking 1,400 IU of the vitamin). As I said in my last update, I didn't notice an increase in these symptoms immediately after I increased my vitamin D dose from 1,200 to 1,400 IU, but eventually, these symptoms did get worse before getting better again. Now, as I said earlier in this update, I'm currently taking 1,600 IU of vitamin D. My last dose increase came about 1.5 weeks ago, and I did notice a very short-lived increase in my sound hallucinations and what I call my pseudohallucinations a few days after I increased my dose, but the symptoms have since settled down. So, as of right now, my sound hallucinations and pseudohallucinations are around their usual level for me, and if these symptoms don't get any worse any time soon, I may be increasing my dose again fairly soon.
Well, that seems to sum things up for now. I plan on reporting back here with another update on my vitamin D trial in another month. Until then, take care, and be well.
T.
Has an affective psychosis (schizoaffective disorder) with strong symptoms of fatigue, hypersomnia, and difficulty concentrating
Taking Abilify, niacin, vit. D
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