Could vitamin D help ward off suicide?

Medical Xpress / HealthDay / PLOS ONE ^ | Feb 2, 2023 | Amy Norton / Jill E. Lavigne et al

[ConservativeMind]

Supplements appear to be a reasonable way to address issues, especially if found to have deficiencies in them. They aren’t assured of full resolution, but if vitamins, minerals, or substances bodies need, it sure seems obvious to address root cause, first.

After that, other options should be explored.

[ConservativeMind]

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[chajin]

I’m not sure how scientific this is, but I take 5000 IU of vitamin D3 daily, and I’m still here.

[higgmeister]

I have taken Supplements for decades and not for anything specific, but for health and survival.   I am up to 26 pills tablets or capsules in addition to my prescribed pills.   I just came upstairs from exercising and so far so good.

I read Earl Mindell's "Vitamin Bible" in the early 1980's and haven't stopped.

[roving]

I was always suspicious vitamin supplements worked until they told me I was depleted of vit D and Iron. They put me on the supplements and it worked. Now I take them every day.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I’m not sure how scientific this is, but I take 5000 IU of vitamin D3 daily, and I’m still here.”

I take a pill of 5,0000 IUs daily, plus there’s D3 in my multi and in my calcium citrate. Still here; not suicidal.

[ryderann]

B-12 with folic acid sublingual or patch for a happy mood. Also helps for lower leg tingles.

[FreedomPoster]

FWLIW that’s my number.

[lizma2]

Stopped taking my vitamins this summer to save money.

Restarted late fall and couldn’t believe how much my energy level sky-rocketed!

[Sparky1776]

I take one 50,000 pill of D2 once weekly, still here, I have been reading that taking it with vitamin K helps remove calcium from veins and arteries and transfers it to the bones where it belongs.

[TTFX]

Vitamin k helps to reduce excess vitamin d.

I think people take too much vitamin d. It would cause problems, so supplement makers sell vitamin d overdose capsules with the antidote in the same capsule.

[I want the USA back]

If one assumes that all disorders arise from chemical deficiencies, then yes.

[adorno]

I’ve been taking a vitamin D pill for over 10 years, and I haven’t committed suicide yet. (I’ll let you know when I do)

Now, after the article above, I’m afraid to stop taking vitamin D. ;)

[Charles Martel]

In the UK, this has been a marketing angle for many years - especially northern England and Scotland. Light-therapy lamps (sunlight spectrum) are sold there as a means of countering the long, dark winters and feelings of depression.

[Veto!]

I take that much too. Far more likely to murder some stupid Dem than I am to commit suicide.

Veto!
(Female)

[Secret Agent Man]

The food eaten by the vast majority of Americans is nutritionally deficient, and in some cases, depletes the body of vitamins and minerals.

Supplementing is required to have any chance of keeping the body working as optimal as possible.

[ConservativeMind]

I would posit this:

A man is suicidal and his blood showed severe deficiencies in multiple nutrients, including Vitamin D and Vitamin B12.

Do you assume he shouldn’t take those, and why?

[TigersEye]

It must work. I take 15k IUs per day and I never want to kill myself! :)

[AlaskaErik]

I’m not sure how scientific this is, but I take 5000 IU of vitamin D3 daily, and I’m still here.

I used to take one 5000 IU every day, until I got my blood test results back showing 132.9, when the normal range 30-100. I cut back to three a week. We'll see what it looks like next time I get tested.

[Pelham]

If you are taking 5,000 IU of Vitamin D daily you ought to have your levels of both D and calcium tested regularly, the two track together.

Vitamin D toxicity is very rare but it’s potentially serious, and taking high dose supplements is usually how it happens. High doses of D are used for treating some kidney diseases and 5,000 iu managed to put my D and calcium levels above the safe range.