Kewl, asking. Random other fact, I just came back from my doc to get the results of my blood tests, one of which was for Vitamin D. Even with taking 1000 IU supplement, I'm still low. She recommended bumping it up to another 1000 and mentioned that some of her fibro patients are on 3000-4000 IUs/day. So I don't know if you are taking it or not but it might help. It certainly helps me and if I don't take it, I get really achy.
I just did a quick check of the fibro newsgroup to see whether anyone was talking about Vitamin D; seems a few people there have tested low but there's some disagreement over the effect on FMS of bringing the level back up.
Next time I manage to corner my doctor I'll ask whether Vitamin D was includde inthe last batch of bloodwork. In the meantime, I suppose I can just start experimenting with how supplements make me feel, after the next time I feel well enough to walk to the drug store.
My doc says it's a relatively new test and vitamin D studies have only come out in the last couple years or so . I was kinda surprised but taking 1000 IUs/day has helped the general aches and pains tremendously.
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Next time I manage to corner my doctor I'll ask whether Vitamin D was includde inthe last batch of bloodwork. In the meantime, I suppose I can just start experimenting with how supplements make me feel, after the next time I feel well enough to walk to the drug store.
Thanks for the info.
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Here's a thread on a vitamin D and fibro that I found: http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3214 Has some links to medical journals with studies of vitamin D and various conditions including fibro.
Good luck with it!!