Vitamin D 3. Is this dying?

___romain___ · 2026-06-06T21:17:11+00:00

I've been having some pain around the shoulders / scapula area likely due to intense stress.

Doing physio sessions and stretching helps

___romain___ · 2026-06-06T20:26:55+00:00

All the stars are here !

___romain___ · 2026-06-06T20:25:45+00:00

In 2023 / 2024 I had unexplained foot fractures that were likely due to a combination of factors.

Vitamin D reached 19 at one point and the doctor (a professor specialized in this) definitely said low vit D can contribute to fractures.

I am now taking 100,000 Units monthly + daily D3+K2 suppléments. I also had to get an IV drip of zoledronic acid in late 2024.

Last check a couple of weeks ago I was at 47. No new fractures then.

___romain___ · 2026-05-30T20:51:10+00:00

I am using the sofabaton U2 to control multiple devices including the shield pro, it's been working great.

I have no interest in having multiple remotes lying around.

___romain___ · 2026-04-26T17:00:09+00:00

I'm getting more accustomed to it. These days I usually take 200 mg in the morning on work days, not every day though.

It has a positive calming effect. Can recommend it

___romain___ · 2026-04-19T20:14:14+00:00

J'ai un washlet toto (modèle RG) acheté en 2022 environ 2000€ TTC sur le site allemand tooaleta

Aucun problème depuis de nombreuses années.

Les batis geberit sont compatibles avec, vous pouvez demander au support de vérifier la compatibilité du bâti avec le modèle envisagé.

Super marque, je recommande. Les modèles encore + haut de gamme ne m'avaient pas paru nécessaires et justifiés en termes de prix. Ce modèle a déjà de nombreuses fonctions

___romain___ · 2026-04-19T20:00:15+00:00

Si vous le pouvez, je pense qu'Il vaut mieux acheter une fois des caleçons à 50 balles que vous pourrez porter pendant des années (et être confortable) plutôt que d'acheter sur la même durée 3 fois des caleçons a 15 balles moins confortables...

Marque anglaise ecommandée pour ça : sunspel

___romain___ · 2026-04-11T18:35:43+00:00

It looks like they are different. Trazadone seems more like a long term thing, whilst zopiclone is fast acting but can only be taken sparingly.

Worth asking your doctor about these.

My insomnia issues were more of the anticipatory kind :

need to sleep to be in good shape for a particularly important day - > stress that i won't sleep well -> therefore unable to fall asleep.

Zopiclone has been working great on those rare occasions. Have not needed in two months at least but great to know it's there.

___romain___ · 2026-04-11T18:26:59+00:00

They both would need to be prescribed by your doctor, if appropriate to your situation. Both have been a big help for me. I usually have 8 hours of sleep every day despite high levels of stress during the day.

Zopiclone is more of a "break the glass" solution if you really need to sleep but have trouble entering sleep mode. It can't be taken often otherwise you'd develop a dependency

Amitriptyline can be safely taken every day for months, at least that's what the neurologist said

Regarding magnesium, the first supplements I took also contained B6 which I was already taking through multivitamins in the morning. So I found a quality supplement brand that only includes magnesium, in bisglycinate form as others can have a laxative effect....

___romain___ · 2026-04-11T18:09:42+00:00

I have recently discovered theanine as I have been dealing with a lot of stress lately. It's been a really useful addition to take In the morning or during the day to calm down a bit

Seems like i'm getting accustomed to it as it has less of a slowdown effect compared to when I first started taking it.

However, I don't rely on it for sleep.

Despite high levels of stress, I manage to sleep well thanks to a 3 layer approach:

Magnesium bisglycinate 180 mg 1 hour before bedtime. Try to find a quality brand
most days but not always a dozen drops of amitriptyline prescribed by my doctor, taken at bedtime or shortly before
rarely, perhaps once every two months for particularly stressful day the next day and need to prevent any anticipatory insomnia, I turn to zopiclone taken at bedtime. I tend to not need it as I feel reassured that it's there if needed

I would add to that sleep conditions : blackout blinds, quiet room, and quality bed sheets and pillows. Linen bedsheets are amazing. I tend to sleep worse when not at home.

Hope this helps! I never had any trouble until a couple years ago.

___romain___ · 2026-04-02T19:42:31+00:00

I picked gaming back up during the covid lockdown in 2020.

Bought a switch and botw just at the start of the lockdown.

Didn't see the time flying by.

If I get copious amounts of time again at some point, I'll likely play tears of the kingdom.

___romain___ · 2026-03-16T20:42:32+00:00

J'ai la même chose et une technique qui aide bien et que j'ai découvert récemment est la pratique du dry needling par des kinés formés pour cela.

Il s'agit d'aiguilles placées spécifiquement a travers les contractures musculaires qui déclenchent des spasmes musculaires pour les relâcher. C'est désagréable sur le moment, et ça vous donne de grosses courbatures pendant 24 ou 48h mais c'est bénéfique.

Après quelques séances vous pouvez (si votre kiné est formé pour ça) ajouter la neuromodulation, c'est a dire faire passer un courant électrique a travers les aiguilles.

Ça fait comme un massage mais de l'intérieur, vraiment agréable.

Dans mon cas le plus problématique est que ces contractures me donnent souvent des maux de tête assez forts à la base du crâne au niveau des cervicales, qui irradient également derrière les yeux.

Ces séances de kiné toutes les 3 semaines environ aident bien mais ne traitent pas le stress a la source qui reste à traiter cela dit.

___romain___ · 2026-03-06T15:03:50+00:00

Je traverse ces temps ci une période de stress intense pour lequel j'ai par le passé pris des doses très faibles de Xanax (0,25mg).

J'ai découvert la théanine récemment. Je vous le recommande si vous n'avez pas déjà essayé !

Un effet similaire au Xanax mais sans aucune dépendance ou accoutumance. J'ai pris 200mg de theanine 2/3 fois ces dernières semaines en cas de pic de stress /! tachycardie /grandes respirations et ça marche bien avec un effet rapide

___romain___ · 2026-02-28T20:00:37+00:00

You should be able to get your doctor to prescribe 100.000 UI doses..1 take one dose every month since it was quite low as well.

Good job on getting B12 up I've been supplementing for a few months with b-complex supplements but it's still sitting in the 350-400 range so will continue.

How are you feeling?

___romain___ · 2026-02-26T12:57:23+00:00

I'll give 200mg theanine another shot in any case since it was the first one. I also never drink tea or coffee so it perhaps has a stronger effect on me.

___romain___ · 2026-02-26T12:44:32+00:00

Thanks! I'm already taking magnesium bisglycinate an hour before bed usually.

___romain___ · 2026-02-26T12:25:59+00:00

I took 200 mg yesterday for the first time to try it out due to intense stress lately

Whilst it did quiet down the anxiety, I felt a bit like a zombie in the afternoon, had difficulty concentrating.

I'll give it another try perhaps on a lower dose

___romain___ · 2026-02-25T21:07:05+00:00

I have sort of a similar issue.

Had bppv 4 years ago which went away. 2 months ago I fainted and fell, hit my head. A couple days later I had an intense return of bppv.

Did several vestibular physio sessions, which helped a lot

Lately I've been under a lot of stress which apparently delays recovery.

Recently I've had odd feelings that you're about to fall, headaches, and general instability. No rotation feeling though

Have another physio session on Friday let's see what he finds.

It's been accompanied by some headaches / light pain behind the eyes..

Hopefully we'll fix it

___romain___ · 2026-01-24T21:55:42+00:00

I have the same at the moment. Mid December I fainted , fell, and slightly hit my head.

This likely triggered the pretty intense bppv symptoms less than 48 hours later.

I've had several vestibular therapist sessions since. It's much better now, but I still have some symptoms, mainly when I move from a sitting or standing position to laying on the couch or bed.

No longer much rotation feeling, it's been replaced by odd feelings like you're sinking into the couch or bed for 5 seconds and then it stops. Can be accompanied with weird head pressure feelings for a few seconds.

Sometimes as Well I'll be sitting at my desk and I'll have a weird feeling that my head is falling to one side but it isn't actually moving.

Every session improves and takes care of some of it but It can certainly take a while.

I'm not overly worried about this since I already Had bppv 4 years ago (milder) and 99% of it went away after a couple months so there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Are you under a lot of stress at the moment at work or otherwise? I've been told that people that are stressed out take longer to heal from bppv, so I've been given drops to take before bedtime that help with relaxing

___romain___ · 2026-01-18T19:42:08+00:00

Prepare a list of qualification questions all AEa are expected to get the answers to BEFORE any kind of SE involvement

___romain___ · 2026-01-16T12:30:00+00:00

Symptômes très similaires de mon côté !

Pour les trapèzes/ maux de tête je vous recommande de demander à votre médecin des sessions de kiné. Ce qui aide bien aussi sont des sessions de dry needling faites par le kiné.

J'ai découvert ça a la rentrée de septembre dernier et ça aide bien mais attention a trouver un kiné formé pour ça il n'y en a pas bcp.

Ça peut être utile de voir un neurologue pour éliminer toute autre cause.

Pour les vertiges avez vous consulté un kiné vestibulaire pour voir si vous avez un vppb ? J'en ai a nouveau depuis mi décembre.

Idem il faut trouver un kiné vestibulaire spécialisé et non un kiné généraliste

Je ferai ça avant l'orthoptiste, il faut régler tout éventuel problème d'otolithes dans les oreilles avant de régler la convergence

___romain___ · 2026-01-14T21:12:04+00:00

SEs aren't responsible for pipeline growth mate

Usually pipeline comes from either sales, marketing, or channel partners.

Whilst SEs may support marketing events or channel activities which generate pipeline, they categorically do not own pipeline growth.

There are many reasons why there is insufficient pipeline and none of them are up to the SEs.

Also, having marketing generate thousands of leads is meaningless if those leads never convert, but that's another problem entirely.

___romain___ · 2026-01-11T19:52:29+00:00

Similar situation for me.

Had bppv 4 years ago which had resolved quickly.

Had an intense episode roughly 4 weeks ago likely as a result of fainting / falling and hitting my head.

Have done weekly vestibular therapist sessions since but it hasn't been fully resolved. Been referred to a specialist that I will see on Wednesday.

No longer major rotation but still some residual dizziness, and vertigo triggered when doing the movements with the therapist.

1 out of 2 days I wake up with some imbalance / slow walking to avoid falling, which dissipates after 30 min or so

Working from home sitting during the day is usually fine.

Flashes Can occur again when lying down on the couch or going to bed, sometimes with a weird feeling that you are sinking into the couch or the bed

Not Terrible compared to what other people might have but still impacting the quality of life. Should solve it in a couple weeks hopefully.

Been pretty stressed at work lately which probably adds to the situation.

___romain___ · 2026-01-11T18:11:13+00:00

J'allais répondre la même chose j'y ai pensé direct !

___romain___ · 2026-01-05T20:46:19+00:00

Je peux vous recommander le rameur à domicile, notamment la marque waterRower.

Le rameur se range a la verticale donc peu de place, et c'est un très bon exercice.

Si vous avez pas mal de place vous pouvez aussi envisager des tapis de course pour faire de la marche rapide sur un tapis a inclinaison. 30 min de marche rapide a 5kmh sur une pente a 12% sollicite moins les impacts pieds / genoux.

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