vit d?

Bennifred

avogadro wrote: »

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I was diagnosed a couple of months ago after undergoing an MRI and then some further tests in hospital. The neurologist didn't mention a type. I wonder if they need to see how or if the symptoms progress in order to know what type it is. ............................

Maybe - sometimes it is obvious from the history. Everyone is different, even people with the same "type", and different neurologists seem to favour different treatments, too.

rabialiones

fluffnutter wrote: »

'Most people' you know have been prescribed vitamin D tablets? Really? I suspect a couple have. For various perfectly sensible reasons, e.g. they're pregnant or breastfeeding, they rarely go out or they live in the north (where it's always dark apparently) etc. etc.

Either that or yes, there's something incredibly fishy going on - basically the sun's lost 50% of its power in the last decade but scientists aren't letting on just in case we all panic.

actually its more than a couple of people, who are not elderly, pregnant or breastfeeding, in fact some of them are children.
i would say they are just normal, seemingly healthy, 25-45 year olds.

maybe , the theory of the sun losing its power seems a good reason, or alternatively, there is something in the air, or our food, water etc that is causing this

fluffnutter

rabialiones wrote: »

the theory of the sun losing its power seems a good reason

It does, doesn't it? I thought that too. It makes sense really when you think about it. Days only last 12 hours these days - down from a peak of 24. That's what happens when the sun's cut by 50%.

Timpu

rabialiones wrote: »

actually its more than a couple of people, who are not elderly, pregnant or breastfeeding, in fact some of them are children.
i would say they are just normal, seemingly healthy, 25-45 year olds.

maybe , the theory of the sun losing its power seems a good reason, or alternatively, there is something in the air, or our food, water etc that is causing this

IMHO: A bitter cold and long winter coupled with people not being able to afford a holiday in the sun.

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

fluffnutter wrote: »

It does, doesn't it? I thought that too. It makes sense really when you think about it. Days only last 12 hours these days - down from a peak of 24. That's what happens when the sun's cut by 50%.

Do I detect you're being a wee bit sardonic here?

ailuro2

I take vitamin D from September through to the end of March every year, my GP told me to do this after a particularly bad winter where I ended up on anti depressants because I was weeping for no reason, falling asleep everywhere, etc.

One side effect I hadn't realised came from lack of vitamin D was itchy skin, it used to drive me nuts - on my shins, on the underside of my forearms and on my lower back. I would have periods of good, non itchy skin then it would deteriorate again. As soon as I started taking vitamin D the itching stopped. Now I know when I've not been taking enough, as my shins start to itch.

I'm in Scotland, so again, there's just a bit less sunlight available in Wintertime.

When we're lucky enough to get sunshin I get myself soem rays for 15 to 20 mins, then put on suncream.

ailuro2

LondonDiva wrote: »

I had a bit of a Ted Hutchinson flashback on reading through this thread. Time flies!

Ah good old Ted. :T