Comments on: Children Lacking in Vitamin D http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/ Change your brain, change your life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:27:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marguerite King http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Marguerite King Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:11:05 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1877#comment-2016 I know I am D deficient, but when I try supplements, my kidneys hurt very badly. I also feel as if I shouldn't even try to get out of bed, feverish, and very heavy. I have tried several kinds, all with the same result. Is there something wrong with my kidneys that they cannot survive a D supplementation? I am 62, 85 pounds, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, eat a vegetarian diet, no sugar, coffee or smoking ever, am allergic to milk, wheat (celiac), and have been vaccine damaged and pesticide poisoned. I have been to alternative physicians. I have insomnia and chemical sensitivity. I am an artist. When I do take a D supplement, I sleep so deeply and well, and would be very glad to have a type that will not hurt my kidneys. O I know I am D deficient, but when I try supplements, my kidneys hurt very badly. I also feel as if I shouldn’t even try to get out of bed, feverish, and very heavy. I have tried several kinds, all with the same result. Is there something wrong with my kidneys that they cannot survive a D supplementation? I am 62, 85 pounds, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, eat a vegetarian diet, no sugar, coffee or smoking ever, am allergic to milk, wheat (celiac), and have been vaccine damaged and pesticide poisoned. I have been to alternative physicians. I have insomnia and chemical sensitivity. I am an artist.

When I do take a D supplement, I sleep so deeply and well, and would be very glad to have a type that will not hurt my kidneys.
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]]> By: Gina Pera http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Gina Pera Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:08:13 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1877#comment-1976 I so appreciate everyone's helpful comments on this topic! Jeni, you can find mountains of research at the non-profit Vitamin D council's website: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ We are fortunate to have a Vitamin D expert in the Bay Area, and he has agreed to speak to our ADHD group. For so many people with ADHD and other neurocognitive challenges, it's not "meds or nutrition" but "meds and nutrition" or "improved nutrition with special emphasis on key minerals and vitamins" and on and on. When we talk about healthcare reform, that's what I'd like to see: more appreciation of cross-disciplinary knowledge instead of all these tunnel-visioned specialties. Here's to hoping! :-) Gina I so appreciate everyone’s helpful comments on this topic!

Jeni, you can find mountains of research at the non-profit Vitamin D council’s website: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

We are fortunate to have a Vitamin D expert in the Bay Area, and he has agreed to speak to our ADHD group. For so many people with ADHD and other neurocognitive challenges, it’s not “meds or nutrition” but “meds and nutrition” or “improved nutrition with special emphasis on key minerals and vitamins” and on and on.

When we talk about healthcare reform, that’s what I’d like to see: more appreciation of cross-disciplinary knowledge instead of all these tunnel-visioned specialties. Here’s to hoping! :-)

Gina

]]> By: Mary Biancalana http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Mary Biancalana Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1877#comment-1971 I have a clinic specializing in treating people with muscle pain. We have tested 37 of our pts., and 37 of them were below 20ng/ml on their D! Once they began supplementation of 50,000iu /every 3 days for the first two weeks, most of their pain and dysfunction has disappeared. We include vitamin D parametes from Dr Robert Gerwin in our upcoming book on Trigger Point Therapy for Eliminating Low Back Pain. (New Harbinger Press). My 16 yr old daugher is DX'd ADD/ Sleep disorder. She had D at 12ng/ml!! Her symptoms are much less now that she is on high doses of D. Re-testing every 2 months. Also, I have all of Dr Amen's books! I have a clinic specializing in treating people with muscle pain. We have tested 37 of our pts., and 37 of them were below 20ng/ml on their D! Once they began supplementation of 50,000iu /every 3 days for the first two weeks, most of their pain and dysfunction has disappeared. We include vitamin D parametes from Dr Robert Gerwin in our upcoming book on Trigger Point Therapy for Eliminating Low Back Pain. (New Harbinger Press). My 16 yr old daugher is DX’d ADD/ Sleep disorder. She had D at 12ng/ml!! Her symptoms are much less now that she is on high doses of D. Re-testing every 2 months. Also, I have all of Dr Amen’s books!

]]> By: Carol P. Puzz http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Carol P. Puzz Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:55:14 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1877#comment-1950 Since my son has been diagnosed with avascular necrosis located in his femur, I too have been doing research on Vitamin D, when I ran across a post at htp://bacteriality.com entitled "The Truth about Vitamin D: Fourteen Reasons Why Misunderstanding Endures". In the paper it says that Vitamin D is not a vitamin, but an immunosuppressive steroid. Since steroids worsen necrosis, I am concerned and also confused. Can anyone shed light on this? Thanks! Since my son has been diagnosed with avascular necrosis located in his femur, I too have been doing research on Vitamin D, when I ran across a post at htp://bacteriality.com entitled “The Truth about Vitamin D: Fourteen Reasons Why Misunderstanding Endures”.
In the paper it says that Vitamin D is not a vitamin, but an immunosuppressive steroid. Since steroids worsen necrosis, I am concerned and also confused.
Can anyone shed light on this? Thanks!

]]> By: kathy http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/1877/children-lacking-in-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 kathy Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:42:07 +0000 http://www.amenclinics.com/?p=1877#comment-1949 If the schools would let these kids out for more exercise or even have class out doors they would have more vit.D. But keep them indoors then give them indoor homework for three hours how do they ever get any sun? If the schools would let these kids out for more exercise or even have class out doors they would have more vit.D. But keep them indoors then give them indoor homework for three hours how do they ever get any sun?

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