Vitamin D deficiency masking as peri-menopause
I’m 37f (nearly 38). Yesterday, I got my results back from my recent blood work. My vitamin D levels were at 7.7 ng/ml. To say my doctor was concerned would be the understatement of the year. She’s prescribed me 50,000 ui weekly and I’m hoping it helps. Many of the things myself and my former doctor contributing to peri-menopause overlap with Vitamin D deficiency symptoms and my bloodwork showed no actual signs that I am in peri-menopause. So frustrating that I’ve spent the last year without a full blood makeup and a doctor willing to just label it peri-menopause for whatever reason. Some of the symptoms I’ve been having include: fatigue, chronic aches/pains, lack of a regular cycle, mood fluctuations, never ending sickness by way of coughs and runny noses, anxiety, and depression.
Just a little warning to other women near my age that my lack of a cycle and mood fluctuations were the only thing given any consideration and no other possibility was considered because it just HAD TO BE peri-menopause