Glad to hear it is working for you. There have been some preliminary reports that a calcium/D combo helps with migraine - that research is not very solid in and of itself, but it might be pointing to something that is real. Too bad that there aren't more studies, but it is something to consider - some people might benefit from such a regimen.

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I take a magnesium supplement at my neuro's suggestion, who also told me if I take Magnesium I should add a calcium/D supplement, which I do. I'm convinced it's reduced the intensity and frequency of my cycles.

Joe

that's interesting!i was thinking to ask the same question about vitamin D Defficiency!these tests i am taking the last month!
I am 28 years old.Male.chronic 15 years

here are the results
                                                                               normal
25(OH) Vitamin D3           10.5ng/ml                             20-32ng/ml

GP asked to repeat the test along with others
as he said that it's strange for these rates at this age

so next results came up two weeks later and picked them up just yesterday are

25(OH) Vitamin D3           8.18ng/ml                             20-32ng/ml

others
as PRL,TT3,T4,TSH,TPO,PTH,IN.PHOSPHORUS,TG and CALCIUM
came up normal (dont ask what are these.I have no idea )

Now i am at the point where i have to make an appointment with an
endocrinologist.I ll keep u informed.

I've got low vitamin D levels. For me, supplements do nothing.

How do I know this? We tried for 6 years to give me different supplements, my body flushes the stuff right out.

I -had- juvinille osteoporosis, from the age of 9. Only disocvered it at 14. Rickets was discovered at 16.

I hate my body. DX

monty wrote on Mar 13^th, 2009 at 10:02pm:


Hmm...What about the vitamin D that has to do with getting sunlight? Even doing that, it didn't change anything.

I know Endocrineology tried me on whatever they could, and did tests to try to figure out the problem but just wound up deciding it was most likely part of my autoimmune disorder. (Which they still haven't figured out. 10 years and no progress on that end.)

Hi,

Calcium helps to alleviate muscular tension (as well as build bones, teeth, maintain healthy gums, a regular heartbeat & transmission of nerve inpulses)
A deficiency in Magnesium may cause migraines, as it relaxes muscles & blood vessels.
The body needs vitamin D to properly absorb calcium (sunlight causes vitamin D to be synthesized by the skin). A lack of vitamin D in turn affects the body's ability to absorb calcium & phosphorus (osteomalacia or rickets).This may affect people with malabsorption problems, not enough sunlight or a diet so low in fat that adequete bile cannot be manufactured & vit. D cannot be absorbed.

Any hoot, since being diagnosed w/CH. I have been taking this "potion" & is seems to be making a difference. Please take note that an excess of some vitamins, such as A can have dire consequenses. Read the labels, getting a book is better.
My vitamin Bible is "Prescrition for nutitional Healing:
by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC & James F. Balch, MD

I take: One source Complete Multi W/Ester C
          High Potency B-Complex w/ Folic Acid
          Magnesium 500 mg
          Vit. C 2000 mg
          Vit. D 1000 mg
          Selenium 200 mg
Hope this helps.

Deb

There is a new study out on how vital vitamin D is to the body.It was just published last week. It plays a much bigger role than originally
thought. If I can find it ( I have it somewhere, damn it!)                      I will post it.

Deb

i found it!
Exciting new research suggests that vitamin D may offer protection against some types of cancer, including breast and prostate cancers and, in particular, colorectal cancer. How vitamin D fights cancer isn’t known for sure, but it “helps reduce cell proliferation and differentiation, and it may reduce inflammation,” says Edward Giovannucci, M.D., professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. Giovannucci, whose work has reported increased risks of digestive system cancers among people with low vitamin D levels, threw down the gauntlet in a keynote speech at the American Association of Cancer Research in 2004. “I would challenge anyone to find an area or nutrient or any factor,” he said, “that has such consistent anti-cancer benefits as vitamin DResearch is also revealing vitamin D’s promise in autoimmune disease. For example, a sufficient level of vitamin D may confer some protection against developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurologic disease affecting over 2 million people worldwide. Last year, in a study based on blood samples from more than 7 million military personnel, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that those with the highest blood levels of the vitamin were 62 percent less likely to develop MS than those with the lowest vitamin D levels.Experts are not sure about how vitamin D protects against autoimmune diseases, but believe that it may serve as a brake on the overactive immune cells. “Vitamin D may decrease the development of type 1 T-helper cells,” explains Charles Stephensen, Ph.D., a research scientist at the USDA’s Western Human Nutrition Research Center at the University of California, Davis. These cells are involved in protective immune responses, “but they may also initiate autoimmune disease, especially in people who may have a genetic predisposition.”

Deb

just started vitamin D3 pills a few hours ago but i need some help.
I have to take one pill of 0.50 mcg once a day.
Unfortunately i can't understand the quantity if it is too much or too little.what is mcg and how much is it in mg??should i increase it?
The doc was not much of co operative and if anyone can help me with this it would be deeply aprecciated.i am tired and fed up with the doctors

I take D3 as well. I am unsure the practical real-world difference in 3 or 2 though

Anyone?

Vitamin D2 is ergocaliciferol, which comes from food sources.
Vitamin D3 is cholecalciferol, which is synthesized by the skin, in response to the suns ultra violet rays; and a synthetic form identified as vitamin D5. Of the three, vitamin D3 is considered the natural form of vitamin D and is most active.

Deb

Thanks to all for replying to my original question.

I am amazed at how many CH sufferers have a serious Vitamin D deficiency. -  Maybe too much of a coincidence to ignore, however many people do have this D3 deficiency.  I would be interested in a study that measured the incidence of D3 deficiecny in CH sufferers v the incidence of D3 deficiency in non CH sufferers.  It would be the only way to measure.

It is thought that CH sufferers have a "faulty" hypothalamus, which is the body's regulator.  Perhaps the deficiency of a critical element such as Vitamin D can cause this hypothalamus irregularity.

My Vitamin D levels were pracitcally non-existent.  I was placed on a massive Vitamin D boost (100,000? or 500,000? units in liquid syringe form orally taken) every 3 months and also a daily tablet of 1000 IU D3.

I was not put on this to cure CH.  It was put on it to extend my lifespan.  ie - No Vitamin D = cancer, osteoporosis, depression, lethargy and certain premature death.

I guess I am still hoping it has something to do with CH as I have not had an attack for over 1 year now.

Thanks