How much Vitamin D is really necessary?

yep I have low energy because I also have low b12 and it makes me very tired. The doctor said "want to have some energy." Don't know why but I am on 50,000 twice a week. Prescription.

I see a Functional Doctor and she was me on 10,000 IU a day. So far my levels are within the lower range of normal and still working on it 🤗

I only take 1000 IU daily :0 I didn't know any of this stuff! Reading these comments was a shock ahaha, although I'll admit that with a pretty severe deficiency (I believe they may have actually recommended 5k tablets but I didn't know what any of it meant at the time and went with whatever I could find! They didn't have the dose I needed in vegan tablets either) I had my blood tested months later for something else and my vitamin D levels were normal. So what some of you are saying about a small amount going a long way def checks out.

i only take 50,000 iu once a week. mine was prescribed by my transplant dr and i know tons of other people who take this dose as well. all my labs are perfect so it definitely works for me! i have no symptoms from it because my body needs it.

I take 50,000 ONCE A WEEK. Seems crazy to me to take it daily!! My levels were very low but this amount manages it very well. I wouldn’t take more just because of low energy- that could be something unrelated to your levels.

I take 2,000 as well and it works for me. My doctor once put me on 50k and it made me violently Ill for three weeks 😬 I had way too much vitamin D in my system with that, idk how your doctor does it!

I take 2000 IU a day as well. You do have to be a little patient with that dose. It is not recommended to do very big intake of vitamin D once a week. There are pills that are weekly but the half life of it kinda doesn't work with this timeline. Trust, if you wait a little you will see the results, if not you could talk to your doctor about increasing to 3000 IU. Excess of vitamin D is not a bad thing and there are not a lot of bad things that can happen but you always gotta be careful!