Humans make their own vitamin D from exposure to sunlight. However in recent years, with a thinning/perforated ozone layer and rising skin cancer rates, people don't spend as much time in direct sunlight as they used to. Today, Americans get most of their vitamin D via fortified foods, which may not nearly be enough (e.g. milk is fortified w/ only 100IU/cup in US).

See: Office of Dietary Supplements fact sheet: Vitamin D

Doc

I was floxed in Dec 2012.

At that time my symptoms were limited to insomnia, numbness on my head and chest, plus tendon and joint issues.

I actually couldn't walk well for about a week.

I got better over 4 weeks and returned back to normal.

Fast forward 7 months and after a rabies vaccine I have lower back pain/burning, joint issues and as of 8 days ago parethesia (prickly/itchy feelings under my skin).

Is this what you are experiencing?

Yeah - I did a lot of research about both forms, but I have little choice as of now, but to take the D2 version. I found an article where its says the D2 version is quite safe and even recommended if taken infrequently, such as Once a week - the very prescription regiment I was given.

I'm more concerned about bad side effects from such a high dose, rather than its sightly less effectiveness than D3. As it is, If I can get my levels up, I can switch to D3 later on by myself and in smaller dosages.

Here is the article I mentioned (It's in the spacing "D2 VS D3")
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912737/

If for some reason you feel that taking the Vitamin/Hormone "D2" will HARM me please let me know, as I'm about to start taking them tomorrow evening.

Much appreciated, for your info and thoughts..

Who are you asking, me?

If so, I have much worse pains, now mostly pins and needles pains and deep bone pains in my fingers, toes hands and feet. With various burning all over my back and body. Somedays are worse than others, somedays are pretty low, pain-wise. ...For me, it appears weather (especially high humidity) is a regular trigger.

I never experienced anything that gave me trouble walking, more so, it was just the onset of painful Peripheral Neuropathy that caused me such havoc. Now, PN is a warning on the Ciprofloxcacin side-effects warnings.

It is highly suggestive that taking both Naproxen (such as Alieve) and a Benzo (my Clonazepam) together with the Cipro is what made my case so bad.

Still, my very recent discovery of having a very low Vitamin D level is "suspected" as a strong irritant of it as well.

By the way, can you please tell me the manner and drug use that got you floxed? You are the only other person here that I have met that has been floxed other than me. So any trading of experiences should help us both.

Where is the Vitamin Forum here -I couldn't find it, or the Vit D thread. Can you link it please?

Errg! here is the other article I was talking about "D2 (as effective as) D3"
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/004897.html

I am on an iPhone and don't know how
to copy a link.

Maybe someone here will get that link
For you.

Or you click on NeuroTalk above where
It is underlined and it takes you to
The main forum index.

Everyone should check out our other forums
As there is a lot to be learned from
Others' experiences.

JesseM
here is the Vitamins etc Forum http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum49.html

and specifically the Vit D thread http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1448

Here is the main index for all of our forums
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/index.php

I had taken Cipro and by the 4th day my achillies tendon on my right foot started burning.

Then 24 hours later the other symptoms hit me.

Every tendon in my body alternately started burning... I swear I was playing whack-a-mole with my ice pack. Then joint stiffness and pain started... then the numb head and chest and insomnia.

I recovered pretty quickly.

I will PM you a great private group on Facebook with over 1,000 members for Flouroquine Reaction.

Thank you Chemar .
I hope to learn that link thing by the end of this
summer. This is the first vacation I could come on
often at all.

The better VitD thread is the one with video in the
title. I think it is on the first two pages and is a newer
thread. That thread gets more views than the older
one.

When our son visits he will give me another lesson on
this new iPhone

Can I read that FB group without joining?

If so please send me the link also.