No Vitamin D Equals Pain
So, back in October, I went in for more tests because my bones were hurting so bad that I could barely walk. I felt like I had aged thirty years in one. My doctor was about out of ideas when she decided to test for Vitamin D. My levels came back ridiculously low. I don’t know if they were depleted from the actual Lyme Disease or just from being outside less in the summer, but I had levels in the teens instead of the forties.
When the test results came back, my doctor prescribed 2 Vitamin D supplements a day. (Not the plus calcium kind.) I didn’t end up pain free, but I am much better. I went from being barely mobile 24/7 to having a few joint pain flareups a week by the end of January. If you start getting bone pain on top of the joint pain, don’t just think it is in your mind or let your doctor dismiss it as something unimportant. Ask for tests and keep asking until the doctor finds out what is wrong.
April 24th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
hi i have just recently been treated for lyme disease as well as my vitamin being very low in the teens as well every time it rains its very painful for me enough to disable me is this normal even after treatment , my doctor said i should not be having any more symtoms i think shes crazy or is it me? i also have herniated disc with nerve damage in my legs so with that i havent been pain free for 2yrs
April 25th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Pamela,
A lot of doctors think that. I’ve had Lyme twice and still have problems with flare ups from the first infection. If I stop taking Vitamin D, my levels plunge, despite the fact that I get plenty of sun. It seems to be a permanent “gift” from the Lyme disease.
I did go for several months without any big flare ups, but I just came off of several weeks of a lot of pain and swollen joints.
I have a large number of friends who say the same thing - they have flare ups every few months and when it rains, they hurt bad.
What makes it hard is that I have an equal number of friends who had Lyme, caught it in the first few weeks and recovered completely.
So, no, you aren’t crazy.
April 25th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
thank you , that makes me feel better,i ask my doc for a retest after all 3 week of meds she said its not needed i want 8 to 9 months without knowing i had lyme just thought it was my back problems until i got to the point that if someone was talking to me i felt like i was going to fall asleep on them somelike mono should i ask for another test or is it the vitamin D
April 25th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
does lyme disease effect your vitamin D
April 26th, 2010 at 1:47 am
i am on my first week with out any meds still dont feel any better.i wish i could wake and feel like a new person.i am a active person for the most part i love to plant flowers and fishing,we have a nice boat we go almost every weekend but the pain holds me back from the things i really enjoy.i am trying not to let it get the best of me.you know what i hate the most is when you tell someone you have lyme disease they act as if its a plague and wow how did you get bitten by a tick? sometimes i would like say (i play in the woods all day thats what all of us do when we have nothing better to) But ill be nice “some peolpe who have never been sick dont understand its ashame. i read alot on diiferent medical topics and learned alot its called being aware.