# Vitamin d3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [8 July 2016 15:11 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529 "2016-07-08T15:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 15:11 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/1 "2016-07-08T15:11:39Z")
Hi. I have ppms and saw my ms nurse yesterday and she said I should start taking vitamin d3 one 1000iu tablet a day. What help will this give me and does anyone else take this and what help do they get from taking it ? Any advice or help gratefully received. Polly xx ---
**Author:** ![Foxygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Foxygirl](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Foxygirl)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 15:34 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/2 "2016-07-08T15:34:36Z")
I have a 80/90% chance of MS which i have been suffering with for over a year. I saw the neurologist yesterday who also advised to take vitamin d3 1000 units daily to help with the fatigue. I am still waiting a positive diagnosis so in limbo at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![whammel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/whammel/32/1005_2.png) [@whammel](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/whammel)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 15:57 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/3 "2016-07-08T15:57:07Z")
This is the Barts Blog view on vitamin d3. [http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2016/01/researchspeak-moderate-dose-vitamin-d.html](http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2016/01/researchspeak-moderate-dose-vitamin-d.html) ---
**Author:** ![Paolo\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Paolo\_Smythe](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Paolo_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 15:57 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/4 "2016-07-08T15:57:24Z")
i am on 4000UI daily. (As recommended by my neuro) what it does for me i don’t know. however my condition / symptoms have not declined since starting this and so whether this is a contributing factor or not, taking D3 certainly causes me no harm and i shall continue to do so. i also get my skin under direct sunlight whenever possible (through glass doesn’t work, so no indoor sun bathing) i also sunbathe my mushrooms whenever possible!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fracastorius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9adbd/32.png) [@Fracastorius](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Fracastorius)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 16:42 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/5 "2016-07-08T16:42:31Z")
I don’t honestly know _how_ it does me good, but I was recommended the same thing by my MS nurse… and take 4,000 IU a day. If I forget it, I feel lousy all day! Fracastorius (Jane) ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2016 17:55 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/6 "2016-07-08T17:55:13Z")
Thanks Whammel, it was an interesting blog. Polly x ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 08:43 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/7 "2016-07-09T08:43:51Z")
Hi, why have I only been told to take one 1000 a day when others are on 4000 Polly x ---
**Author:** ![whammel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/whammel/32/1005_2.png) [@whammel](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/whammel)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 09:24 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/8 "2016-07-09T09:24:39Z")
Have you had your levels checked to see if you are deficient in vitamin d3? ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 09:34 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/9 "2016-07-09T09:34:06Z")
No, it was only because my ms nurse said I should start taking vit d. I am b12 deficient as I have to have injections every 12 weeks. Polly x ---
**Author:** ![spacejacket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@spacejacket](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/spacejacket)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 09:55 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/10 "2016-07-09T09:55:36Z")
Polly - read up all you can on Vitamin D3 deficiency- Also, Vit B12 deficiency - both connected to auto-immune diseases. ‘Could it be B12 - an Epidemic of Misdiagnosis’ - a must read. And Jeff T Bowles book on Vitamin D3- Also look at Dr Coimbra’s youtube video on high dose vitd3. Also, it is important to take magnesium and vitK2 with D3. l have my D3 levels checked every 6 months. CityAssay Labs B/ham. lt is a postal service -just a pin-prick test. 0121-507-4278. £28. Your level should be 150/225 nmols. l take 40,000ius daily - yes - 40,000 - and my level is 98 !! l do not have a MS Nurse - and have only seen a neuro 4 times in 34yrs. So l find out all l can to keep myself as well as possible. B12 - l take 5,000mcg daily. lts drops under the tongue. Get them from Amazon - where l also get my Healthy Origins vitd3 10.000ius. You will find our nhs doctors/nurses are 50yrs behind the times. ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 10:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/11 "2016-07-09T10:04:06Z")
Thanks for the information spacejacket will get reading. Polly x ---
**Author:** ![whammel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/whammel/32/1005_2.png) [@whammel](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/whammel)\ **Post date:** [9 July 2016 10:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/vitamin-d3/30529/12 "2016-07-09T10:04:33Z")
Obviously it’s something to discuss with your nurse, but I would have thought you need to establish how deficient you are before deciding on the correct amount. Perhaps that’s why a lower dose has been suggested?