Vitamin D deficiency

About 1 billion people worldwide have vitamin D deficiency. This is my story. I talk about this a lot in the hopes of helping others so they do not have to go down a bad road and can find the answers they seek quick and easily…..

About 15 years ago my life was going along like any other day. I was a runner, a HIT exerciser and more. Suffice to say I was very active!

One day I stopped sleeping more than 2-3 hours at a time. I didn’t know what was going on. I thought it was hormones. I was 40 years old and I knew already that I had some different things going on. Body changes and stuff like that. So my first stop was to the gynecologist.

I love my gynecologist. I know…I know….who loves their gyno? I do, that’s who! LOL He is a wonderful man who takes the time to talk to you and discuss everything. He is very holistic and very honest. He does not just say ‘here is a pill.’ His first comment to me after explaining my symptoms was that I had Vitamin D deficiency. I really laughed. I said Dr. I cannot have Vitamin D deficiency. I am out in the sun, and have brown skin (Native American genes). I eat somewhat healthy, LOL. This will be funnier soon as you keep reading. I said to him I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. I drink orange juice and eat cereal, and I drink skim milk!

He just looked at me and my world just opened up when I realize that most everything I have believed in my life about diet, the sun and pretty much anything else has been a lie. We proceeded to talk about cereal, orange juice and milk. To my dismay, at this time, I was in shock. I never knew that the cereal’s we were all eating were/are crap, the orange juice (in the common stores at the time) are all complete sugar, and that skim milk is full of sugar as well.

This is real. I had no idea back then.

He did some tests and I had to wait for the results.

Now mind you, by the time I went to see him some time had passed. I had not slept a decent night in probaby a month or so at this time. I was so tired!!

I went to my primary doctor next so he would know what was going on. At this time I didn’t realize how differently doctors look at the number concerning Vitamin D deficiency. (More on this later)

Now we are at about two months no actual sleep. My primary doctor prescribed me some sleep pills. I was all about it back then! Give me something to sleep. I need to sleep. Please help me! So let me think….

Muscle relaxer, Ambien, Xanax, Valium-that is all I can think of right now, but it was about 7 total.

I went home and I was so happy. I took all these pills and said omg I am finally going to sleep. I am going to finally sleep through the night. Three hours later I was awake! I woke up and just started crying. I knew then something very important. I learned that if my body does not want something it will not accept it. Those pills did nothing for me. They didn’t touch me. This entire process taught me so much about my body! I took all those pills and through them in the trash can. I was done. Nothing was working.

My Gyno called me and yes I did have Vitamin D deficiency.

It came to a head. I was at my gyno’s for an appointment/update. I was so exhausted. All I could do was cry, Sleep deprivation is no fun!! I was at the office and the nurse knew I was not doing well. I was done….done with it all…done with being tired…..exhausted beyond belief. I had some other stuff to do, but she told me to go home she would take care of the paperwork. She knew I was at my breaking point.

I called one of my besties. She stayed on the phone with me the entire way home. I couldn’t stop crying. I was ready to go to the hospital. For what I do not know. All they would have done was give me pills. Pills that my body did not want! I got home and told my bestie to not come yet, give me a minute. I walked into the house crying and went into the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror and had a come to Jesus with myself. Me and me. Me and my higher self. Me and my soul. Me and my spirit.

I made a decision in that moment. I could not control what was happening with my body, but I could learn to live with what was happening to it. I made a decision in that moment to come to terms with myself and what I needed to do. I needed to get a grip. To trust the process of what was happening and to work within my limitations of my body.

The very next day I went to my very first yoga class. THIS changed my life forever.

I lived this way for about six months. I slept when I could. Sleeping was a 2-3 hour rest and that was it. I cried many nights while the world was sleeping. All I wanted to do was sleep. All I wanted was my life back. I sat on the couch at night crying. I would envision my creator holding me through this time and let myself cry. I knew that when I was in this mode I was either in past or future. I WANT MY LIFE BACK. or I AM SCARED FOR MY FUTURE.

So I would let myself cry. I had some wonderful friends help me through this entire ordeal. My husband was so understanding and supportive. I am so grateful for them all.

I practiced yoga everyday. I did breath work everyday. These two things helped me be present and know I was not alone, and that I was okay.

So after about six months my levels came back to normal and I reemerged a different person from my experience. I had found yoga. I had found a connection to my creator I hadn’t had before. I had accepted a situation that I could not change and decided to look at it differently. I accepted what was happening and worked within that acceptance.

WHY I TELL THIS STORY

I tell this story because I want others to not have to be lost in this. I also want others to see how bad this could have went. Much worse than it actually was and it was bad enough!

Had I not gone to my gynecologist first and I had only went to my GP I would never have known that my level was as low as it was. My GP would NOT HAVE TESTED FOR VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY. It is not the way they/he does it. If I had gone to him first how many months would I have waited before we got to test for Vitamin D? The levels that my gyno said are low are not what my GP said were low. It would have taken months for the gp to test for Vitamin D levels and then he would have said I wasn’t low on levels. Then who knows, maybe a pill for this, a pill for that. A pill for my brain because I am depressed, a pill for my sleeping because I wasn’t.

A wonderful shout out to my GP. While I was going through this I told my GP what my gyno had said about levels and he actually listened. And then to top it off he actually researched what I had told him from the other doctor and found out that the levels were an issue and not necessarily good levels for a human being to have. That the levels at that time considered good, were in fact critical levels for us. I have to tell you that this gave me much respect for my doctor at this time. He actually listened to what I said and then researched the topic, and then told me that I was right and that my gyno was right. I will never forget this. This is not something that happens are a regular bases, I am sure. I am not talking about my doctor here, I am talking about doctor’s in general.

I tell this story to make sure you get your Vitamin D levels checked if something is amiss. You know your body better than anyone. Take care of it and learn to trust it. Find a doctor that you trust. I am very blessed to have one here. I do not trust most of them. I was not like this before. After this experience and the experience we all went through in 2019 I trust my body over anyone. Vitamin D deficiency is nothing to laugh at. It changed my life for the better, but boy was it challenging to go through. It taught me to research more and to trust my body. To listen to my body, to breathe, and to be present. I would never have went to YOGA if this hadn’t happened to me. My life changed in so many ways.

Listen to your body and trust it…..