Posted by Tomatheus on May 15, 2014, at 18:47:22
In reply to Re: Update: 3 months into current vitamin D trial » Tomatheus, posted by herpills on May 14, 2014, at 10:46:26
Herpills,
Thank you for your post. I've been giving the possibility of increasing my vitamin D3 dose some thought. I experienced some eyelid twitching starting right around the time I increased my D3 dose from 2,400 IU to 2,800 IU, and the twitching lasted for about a month. I don't know for sure if the vitamin D3 was a factor in the eyelid twitching, but I didn't want to increase the dose while I was still experiencing the twitching in case even more D3 might have made the twitching worse. At this point, increasing the dose of my vitamin D3 might be a possibility. After noticing what seemed to be some improvement in my energy and concentration for a little while, both symptoms (especially my concentration) seemed to worsen for me earlier this week. I've added olive leaf extract to my regimen to see if that might help in treating whatever infection I might have. In addition to having tested low for vitamin D, I also always seem to come back with elevated white blood cells whenever I get tested for that. I tried going to a doctor's office recently to see if they would try to get to the bottom of why my white blood cells are always elevated, but they refused to even see me because all of my symptoms are psychiatric in nature. So, I'm basically left just trying to treat myself.
But to return to the main topic of your post and this thread, thank you for reminding me about the option of increasing my vitamin D3 dose. I don't think that I'm ready to increase the dose just yet, mainly because I want to see what effect the olive leaf extract might have, but increasing the D3 dose is definitely something to consider doing in the near future.
Take care and be well,
TomatheusHas an affective psychosis, most likely schizophrenia with persistent depression
Taking Abilify, olive leaf extract, & vitamins B3 & D3
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