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Re:Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study by burnt-resistor on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @02:45AM (#44568535)
Vitamin D is fat soluble, so overdosing is very possible. 4000 IU (100 µg) is the average tolerable upper limit (UL). I'd get checked for kidney stones too, which are possible with Vitamin D, calcium, and Vitamin C overdoses.

At unmitigated baseline, I'd be chronically Vitamin A, iron, and B-12 deprived. I have to take more than the UL of each, but the amounts are periodically recalibrated by blood tests. I have ginormous kidney stones that will eventually need to be removed.

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Re:Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study by timonoko on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @03:04AM (#44568672)
I havent even seen a doctor about this. I was complaining to ChatGPT about occasional dizzy spells. It found out some half a dozen other symptoms and the fact I was doing 100µg D made the diagnosis obvious.

-- It worked like a charm, in few days all symptoms were gone.

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Re:Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study by burnt-resistor on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @03:37AM (#44568857)
Uh? You shouldn't be taking medical advice from a bot that hallucinates without an ability to fact check its own answers. Get a blood test if you are concerned.
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Re:Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study by timonoko on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @03:45AM (#44568897)
I am not concerned. Unlike America we can't get blood tests without doctors orders. Last time I did it it was like €200 and basically useless, because it was just iron deficiency, which old-time doctors diagnosed from color of membrane around the eyes.
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Re:Micronutrient deficiency linked to chronic pain in new study by whatevaa on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @04:39AM (#44569185)
It gave them an idea with a simple way to try it out, the person did that, and the problem went away. Nothing wrong with that. A random article on the internet would have been no different in this case.
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