Looks like ~4000IU a week is plenty, even with no sunlight exposure.
You’re looking at like 13x the recommended intake; that’s going to screw up your calcium levels eventually. And the stuff is cumulative, it’s not like eg. vitamin C, which is gone from your system a day later.
My very strong advice would be don’t.
If you’ve got a massive deficiency, follow medical advice.
I had to do exactly this after a blood test showed my vit D was so low they couldn’t accurately test it. It was to bring it back up to level, and now I just take a normal amount every day to keep it that way.
Sweden’s recommendations are 100 µg/day for adult, which is 4000 IU (IE) per day. Times 7, is 28000 per week. So you’re off by a factor of 7.
Some tests have shown even up to 10000 per day is fine. But why risk it? While I’d not take OPs 40000 per week, because it’s too much in my eyes, it could still be save, but I’d personally not risk it. There’s no point in overdoing it.
I take 5000 UI every other day, because I barely get any sunlight. Probably a bit too low but I’d rather not risk it.
It is for some people. I currently need to take 100k iu/week in order to be on the low end of normal.
I was on 150k iu, but I had to switch doctors. The new idiot didn’t believe me and just told me take an OTC pill a day.
I left that guy. The next time I got checked, I was in the single digits. The new one didn’t really believe me either. Each winter visit I’ve been low and she just keeps adding another pill. I suspect I’ll be back up to 150k then.
Why the hell would you do that?
Looks like ~4000IU a week is plenty, even with no sunlight exposure.
You’re looking at like 13x the recommended intake; that’s going to screw up your calcium levels eventually. And the stuff is cumulative, it’s not like eg. vitamin C, which is gone from your system a day later.
My very strong advice would be don’t.
If you’ve got a massive deficiency, follow medical advice.
If you haven’t, then quit fucking with it.
I had to do exactly this after a blood test showed my vit D was so low they couldn’t accurately test it. It was to bring it back up to level, and now I just take a normal amount every day to keep it that way.
Oh yeah, Stoss therapy - german for ‘hammer’ :D
I just wonder why someone would continue to do it…
The German word for hammer is Hammer.
Stoß is push or shove
That makes a lot more sense, come to think.
TIL my kid’s paediatrician couldn’t speak german either :D
Ah well they tried hahaha
Had to do the same a few years ago
It was quite the trip suddenly having my vitamin D levels go from dangerously low to normal in such a short span
Especially after mine had been so low for so long
Did you have symptoms from low vitamin d, and how long did they take to resolve?
Sweden’s recommendations are 100 µg/day for adult, which is 4000 IU (IE) per day. Times 7, is 28000 per week. So you’re off by a factor of 7.
Some tests have shown even up to 10000 per day is fine. But why risk it? While I’d not take OPs 40000 per week, because it’s too much in my eyes, it could still be save, but I’d personally not risk it. There’s no point in overdoing it.
I take 5000 UI every other day, because I barely get any sunlight. Probably a bit too low but I’d rather not risk it.
It is for some people. I currently need to take 100k iu/week in order to be on the low end of normal.
I was on 150k iu, but I had to switch doctors. The new idiot didn’t believe me and just told me take an OTC pill a day.
I left that guy. The next time I got checked, I was in the single digits. The new one didn’t really believe me either. Each winter visit I’ve been low and she just keeps adding another pill. I suspect I’ll be back up to 150k then.