http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=433653
I found susan55's post above while searching on vit d is making me ill.
My work is a plant nursery
I was dx with low vit d back in July 2011
Rx-ed 1000 units, blood results were ok
June 2012 Started working walking, in about 15 min I had severe burning leg pain that knocked me on my A, my heart started pounding, called 911 & of course nothing was done because it goes away once I lie down for 15-30 min, this kept happening the entire summer, late winter I started to feel some kind of muscle shimmers going thru my body, you cannot see this on the outside, by the end of August I could not walk and had to use the scooters in the stores, I had the bone scans and to date had every test imaginable and every Dr. imaginable, nothing is being found with the exception of the results from the Rheumatism Dr. I just went to. I have had 2 EMG's done one of those was done at a teaching hospital as well as a skin biopsy. Seen Cardiology back in Nov but she didn't comment much on it being I had appts. with all these other Drs.
I do not have restless legs, lyme disease, ostio arth and they have done some auto immune tests tho not all. They have hinted on depression and I know damn well this kind of burning pain is not that, so I'm rx-ed an antidepressant anyway been taking for months and that's not taking the pain away.
In Jan this year Neuro had me take 50,000 units of Vit D for 1 week then back to 2000 units after that.
These muscle shimmers were getting worse and its enough to drive you mad, my legs feel like bugs are crawling in them. Rx-ed 2000 U of Vit D a day back in June, then 4000 U once a day in July.
I'm being treated with Dilantin, Gabapentin and Vicodin. Vicodin will take away the feeling of bugs in my legs and also the pain, not taking Vicodin is not an option because I will not be able to walk and I will not be able to do my work, I'm not riding in the scooters if I can be free of pain. How many groceries can you put in scooter cart anyway.
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I quit the Vit D for about a week and 1/2 and felt better, then I thought I better start taking it or the Drs will rx more, I know D well if I mention this they will ignore me and shrug that off being I've been to all these Drs.
I was checking the inert ingred in vitD capsules and didn't see anything that would make me this sick.
I think some Drs. see a high calcium in the blood and just rx Vit D to lower that.
The Rheum Dr. mentioned it sounds like its Neurological.
How in the H this pain starts out of the blue with no warning signs is beyond me.
I have read too much Vit D can cause muscle weakness and muscle twitching tho I don't know if the muscle twitching is on the outside only while reading some of the articles.
Now I am waiting again for referral to Cardiology
Today was really bad so I started to search online more through, these drugs I'm taking will take a toll in the long run. I think they are just covering up something and I think some of the Drs. think I just want drugs.
Any imput appreciated, thanks