Vitamin D level up to 60... how much for maintenance? page

[healthy11]

My vitamin D started at 8 in January and now I am up to 60! Yeah!

Since January I have been taking 50,000 IU twice a week and 8-12,000 a few times a week. My doctor suggested 2,000 for maintenance... what do you think about that?

I live in the Pacific Northwest.

Thanks for any input!

[Dragonfly]

Great level!

The recommendation for maintenance from the Vitamin D Council is 1,000 IUs per 25 lbs of body weight.
I am ~125 and take 6,000 IUs (just to be on the safe side.)

[healthy11]

Thanks, Dragonfly! I was really happy to hear my results! I had a really hard time trying to get my level up...for two years! It wasn't until I bought the liquid drops (Carlson's) and took more than what was prescribed that I finally got it up...plus going Primal probably helped a great deal! I knew it had to be higher than 2,000... I'd be back down to 8 in no time at that level.

[pyro13g]

I'm in Cleveland Oh. Mine stays in the 70's on 5000iu/day, up from 21. Do the 2000iu for 90 days and get new blood work. If it dropped, bump it up. 170lbs. Holy crap, you were at 8?

[OperaDivaMom]

I'm in Cleveland Oh. Mine stays in the 70's on 5000iu/day, up from 21. Do the 2000iu for 90 days and get new blood work. If it dropped, bump it up. 170lbs. Holy crap, you were at 8?

That's what I was thinking too! Mine was at 21 and I thought that was crazy low, 8 is like Phantom of the Opera hermit no sunlight ever kind of low!

Congrats on getting your levels up! I can't wait to see what mine are at when I get them re-checked in about a month, I've been taking a lot less than you're taking though. I started out at 5,000, but upped it to 8,000 daily for the last month or so.

[healthy11]

Mine was at 21 and I thought that was crazy low, 8 is like Phantom of the Opera hermit no sunlight ever kind of low!

Ha, ha... that's funny! I am kind of a hermit...lol... but I am out in the sun at least an hour a day walking my dog and then in and out throughout the day. And in the summer I would sit outside for about an hour in addition to being out walking my dog with no sunscreen and I still couldn't get it up to a normal level. I wonder if it had to do with damaged digestion from gluten.

I know... I can't believe I was at 8... I hope it doesn't have long-term affects.