Background: I am a late 20s male, have been taking vitamin D supplements in the 3K to 10K range (mostly around 4K-5K) daily for the last 7 years (!) of my life.
The reasoning: one winter I was feeling particularly depressed, did some research, found out about SAD, sunlight, etc, and started supping. It worked.
It wasn't until much later that I learned about vitamin A, K2, other vitamins/minerals in general, imbalances, and most recently (~1 year ago), the ideas of RP.
However there have been weird subtle changes I've observed, and recently I even started getting some high vit D symptoms, mostly around fatigue, weird heart rhythms at night, trouble sleeping, anxiety, much poorer recovery ability from the gym vs. about a year ago. But more subtly, my hairline has 'shifted' back/up a bit (not receded as far as I can tell, I recognize the individual follicles up front) and my skull/forehead seems to protrude more 'forward' under the hairline. Honestly the skull feels more dense around the forehead. Also I have experienced forehead acne pretty much consistently throughout my 20s, even into my late 20s.
So as of today I decided to stop all vit D, save for the 800 IU in my multivitamin, though I may stop that too and change to a different one without D.
I really appreciate Peat and the forums because you learn non-conventional stuff that could be negatively impacting you that mainstream medicine/society would never tell you about. A big shift 1 year ago for me was to stop my almost nightly melatonin habit, which was a fantastic move (especially for sexual performance). The next big shift was putting sugar back into my life, which demonstrably reduced stress while increasing stress tolerance. Ditto for removing PUFAs - it almost spells "puffy" which is exactly what improved in my face when I started removing them.
Maybe vitamin D is next? I should also say that during the summers (and it is a sunny one this year) I am generally no stranger to the sun, and I realized that I still supp with D. So given my symptoms and history - D is my most consistently taken supp - I'm wondering if D is the culprit, both for recent issues and longer term patterns. If you think so -- I would love some strategies for shifting back in the right direction! I'm starting consistent vitamin A and getting back on K2 (took it for about 4 months then stopped) and staying consistent with Zinc and Mag.
Cheers!
The reasoning: one winter I was feeling particularly depressed, did some research, found out about SAD, sunlight, etc, and started supping. It worked.
It wasn't until much later that I learned about vitamin A, K2, other vitamins/minerals in general, imbalances, and most recently (~1 year ago), the ideas of RP.
However there have been weird subtle changes I've observed, and recently I even started getting some high vit D symptoms, mostly around fatigue, weird heart rhythms at night, trouble sleeping, anxiety, much poorer recovery ability from the gym vs. about a year ago. But more subtly, my hairline has 'shifted' back/up a bit (not receded as far as I can tell, I recognize the individual follicles up front) and my skull/forehead seems to protrude more 'forward' under the hairline. Honestly the skull feels more dense around the forehead. Also I have experienced forehead acne pretty much consistently throughout my 20s, even into my late 20s.
So as of today I decided to stop all vit D, save for the 800 IU in my multivitamin, though I may stop that too and change to a different one without D.
I really appreciate Peat and the forums because you learn non-conventional stuff that could be negatively impacting you that mainstream medicine/society would never tell you about. A big shift 1 year ago for me was to stop my almost nightly melatonin habit, which was a fantastic move (especially for sexual performance). The next big shift was putting sugar back into my life, which demonstrably reduced stress while increasing stress tolerance. Ditto for removing PUFAs - it almost spells "puffy" which is exactly what improved in my face when I started removing them.
Maybe vitamin D is next? I should also say that during the summers (and it is a sunny one this year) I am generally no stranger to the sun, and I realized that I still supp with D. So given my symptoms and history - D is my most consistently taken supp - I'm wondering if D is the culprit, both for recent issues and longer term patterns. If you think so -- I would love some strategies for shifting back in the right direction! I'm starting consistent vitamin A and getting back on K2 (took it for about 4 months then stopped) and staying consistent with Zinc and Mag.
Cheers!