so I had no choice and wanted to avoid shots, if possible. Unfortunately my body rejects oral and even transdermal D3. The UVB lamp I linked is definitely not cheap and I wouldn't have bought it if I tolerated any decent amount of oral D3. In any case I think the lamp has helped quite a bit especially in the last 2 months and in the cloudy days or when I was not able to be out in the sun. which I didn't expect considering it usually takes 6-12 months to recover from a severe deficiency. Today I got back the vitamin D results and, to my surprise, the level is now 45. ![]() and I kept doing this for all September and October as substitute for sun exposure. I sticked with this "protocol" for all July and August, exposing the legs directly and the rest indirectly to avoid being overwhelmed by the heat.Īdditionally I bought a narrow band UVB lamp from Amazon, this model:Īnd started using it every day for a few minutes, slowly building up the tolerance, until I reached a total exposure time of 20 minutes (5m legs front + 5 legs back + 5m chest + 5 back). Since it was summer the obvious choice was to be in the sun for at least 30-50min a day, every day, with no protection. ![]() Naturally the doctor wanted to immediately start with high dose (50-100K IU) shots to remedy the situation but I have a very bad history with high dose shots of anything, so I passed and looked for alternatives. ![]() Just wanted to report what I think is a positive experience of using an UVB lamp for recovering a sever vitamin D deficiency.Īt the end of June 2015 I was tested and found literally no vitamin D in my body, the serum level of 25OH-D was zero.
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