[Mr...] Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Took a vitamin d supplement for almost 2 weeks and had to stop cause it started to flare up old OCD stuff and wow. Its the only variable I can think of that could have done this. Anyone had issues with a Vitamin D supplement like that? Hadn't had OCD stuff like this in a long time. Just trying to figure out if that vitamin d supplement set it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Br...] Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Have your symptoms settled down since you stopped the Vit. D? Here's a statement about Vit D from the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition website: https://www.benzoinfo.com/medications-and-supplements/#vitamin-d "Vitamin D deficiencies and supplement intolerance are both frequently reported in benzodiazepine patient support groups." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mr...] Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 A little bit. It feels like it lit up my brain. Like a glutamate surge or something. Had a nice clear mind for a while. And then boom. Rumination, anxiety, racing thoughts etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ha...] Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Many find vitamin D to be stimulating. I had to build up slowly to try and get my levels normal. What dose were you taking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Jd...] Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Vitamin d doesn’t act alone. Taking vitamin d puts other minerals to work. As example. If you had a vitamin b12 or folate deficiency the act of taking vitamin d will put those last tiny bits of b12 and folate to work thus lowering them even lower thus making you think vit d is the problem when the reality is your deficiency in another mineral is the real problem. If that makes sense. So yeah you could be reactive to vitamin d but also look at the big picture and see taking vitamin d may exacerbate an already low or critically low mineral of another sort as example for me I tried taking magnesium glycinate to help me sleep at night before HOWEVER it worked the exact opposite Revved me up couldn’t sleep so I thought “you’ve read on the boards how some can take it some can’t so I guess you just can’t this is normal in wd” and I never thought about it again Until I had my levels checked and was sitting on a critically low iron saturation level. Low iron causes in addition to many other things insomnia so when I took magnesium it would put the tiny bits of iron in my blood to work thus depleting it even more So while I was sitting here thinking the magnesium revved me in reality it was the already low iron dipping even lower is what revved me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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