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Originally Posted by Stya
Hi,
I was taking a st John's wort supplement (Nature's Bounty) for my mild depression and sleep problems. It worked perfectly well. Now I am not finding it difficult to fall asleep, even when I wake up at night. I took it for last three months. Three times daily.
The problem is, my D3 levels were low too. It was 25 ng/ml (25OLH) 3 months earlier. I took a 5000 IU per day supplement for 3 months along with the SJW. To my extreme surprise, the supplement did not work. In by recent blood work, I am at just 28.6ng/ml. Just a few points up even after taking 5000 IU per day.
There can be three possibilities:
1. Supplement not proper. I was a dry tablet and not a softgel. But it had very good ratings in Amazon.
2. My body could not absorb the D3.
3. SJW depleted my D3 supplement. I heard it sometime does.
What you think could be the cause? I am having foot spasms. Restoring D3 is important.
I am thinking of moving to L-Glutamine instead of SJW. Anybody have any experience with this one? It is said to be much safer than SJW.
Regards,
Satya
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when my D2 was low my treatment providers explained to me this means I was not getting enough time outdoors, nor eating enough dairy products, eggs and fish. it had nothing to do with the st Johns Wort in me.
we can not tell you whether this is a problem with your taking St. Johns Wort or not only your own treatment providers can say that.
my suggestion is go according to what ever your treatment providers told you to do about this problem when they did the blood work and found out you were low in Vitamin D3.