Comments for Can too much vitamin D cause a "ringing in my ears?"

Tinnitis and vitamin d
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Hi Cathy,

Tinnitis, or ringing in the ears, is one of the 'Classic' Signs of Magnesium Deficiency, since magnesium is depleted when you are taking Vitamin D in order to convert your supplements into the 'active' form in your blood, many of the Vitamin D Side Effects are really just magnesium deficiency.

So, go to the Magnesium Dosage page and see how much magnesium to take and see if that resolves your tinnitus. You are NOT having overdose symptoms. It is IMPOSSIBLE to overdose on 2000 IU's per day.

In fact, if you have a vitamin d deficiency and your doctor is only giving you 2000 IU's a day, he does NOT know what he is doing! Be sure to read the Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment page and see what the 'Standard of Care' is that your doctor should be following.

2000 IU's is a daily maintenance dose for a small child and not a TREATMENT dose for an adult!!

Kerri Knox RN Immune Health Queen

Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Easy Immune Health.com

Absolutely
by: Anonymous

Could't figure out for months - went to drs.

Found out, online, that too much vitD does cause cases of tinnitus in some people.

I stopped and started taking my multivitamin to see if this was the case - it was like clockwork.

It's NOT a problem of "Too Much" Vitamin D
by: Kerri Knox, RN - The Immune Queen

While vitamin d CAN cause ringing in the ears, please DO read my post again. It is NOT because you "Took Too Much" as you said, it is because you have a subtle MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCYthat was brought on by the vitamin d.

By stopping your vitamin d and NOT replenishing your magnesium while you are doing it, you are simply perpetuating TWO vitamin deficiencies instead of eliminating them both.

Please reconsider your decision to stop your vitamin d- and consider taking high dose magnesium for a few weeks prior to restarting your vitamin d. I'll bet that you have no problem.

Kerri Knox, RN

Vit D & tinnitus
by: Anonymous

I have been taking vitamin D for months for a deficiency. Now, I have ringing in my ears that's driving me crazy. I have no other medical conditions. Do I need to increase my magnesium? How do I get this to stop?

Please read the thread
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

As I said to the previous poster, please actually read the thread that you commented on since I already answered this question with the original person who asked the same question you did.

Kerri Knox, RN

Tinnitus after taking vit D
by: Adam

I have unresolved (and very bad) tinnitus after taking ONE DOSE of 5000ug D3. Prior to this I had been taking 400u per day for months with zero problems. I read how this was a puny amount so purchased some larger tablets. They were 'proper' D3 from cholecolciferal and the tinnitus came on less than an hour after ingestion. I have not taken *any* vitamin D since and three weeks later I still have horrific tinnitus. I was hoping it would go away within a couple of days, so I'm getting worried now that the condition is permanent. I have been taking 200mg per day magnesium for two years!

I hate to keep repeating this but...
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Hi Adam,

I hate to keep saying this over and over because it's starting to sound rude, but just like I told the two previous posters, please read the thread. I've told you the solution to this problem but you hear 'magnesium' and think that you are taking 'plenty' of magnesium because you are taking 'some' magnesium.

If you were to drink 5 glasses of water a day and got symptoms of dehydration, would you argue that you CAN'T be dehydrated because you are drinking 'plenty' of water? Or would you conclude that 5 glasses a day is not enough water to prevent dehydration?

You have symptoms of magnesium deficiency. And in this thread that I told the previous 2 posters to read, it takes you to the links to tell you how to know if you are getting enough magnesium and how to get enough. In a nutshell, if you have symptoms of magnesium deficiency, you take enough magnesium so that you don't. In addition 200 mg of magnesium is almost 1/2 the RDA! So, why do you believe that the ringing in your ears is something other than magnesium deficiency?

Kerri Knox, RN

Reply
by: Anonymous

Hi,

So in your opinion, it is normal to experience such shocking tinnitus after *one* tablet of 5000u D3? In your opinion will my tinnitus reduce or go away if I consume much larger amounts of magnesium? Or am I stuck with it now and should have been taking much larger doses of magnesium before I ingested the D3?
Thanks.

It's not 'normal'...
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune Queen!

Of course it's not 'normal' to have ringing in the ears after taking vitamin d! It's a result of you having moderate to severe magnesium deficiency that caused it.

Yes, you should have taken magnesium with your vitamin d and, knowing what I know I never start anyone on vitamin d without first having started them on a magnesium repletion for about a week. But hindsight is 20/20 and there is no use lamenting over what you could have done but didn't know about, you can only move forward now that you know.

Whether or not your tinnitus goes away or not with magnesium, there is only one way to find out. I can only say that the chances of it going away are higher if you do take magnesium than if you do not, and if you review some of these posts on my site, you'll see that I have dozens of people get all sorts of problems after taking vitamin d that go away once they start taking magnesium.

I also suggest taking vitamin A and Vitamin K with vitamin d for the same reasons. Vitamin D also requires vitamin A and Vitamin K to work, and if you are deficient in one fat soluble vitamin, it's likely that you are deficient in many or most of them.

Vitamins are not drugs, you cannot take them independently. They require other vitamins, enzymes and body processes to work effectively and you cannot think of them as separate and individual entities that work all by themselves in a vacuum like we think of drugs.

So, think of this as having been a wake up call to improve your health. You just got a shocking notification that you are fairly deficient in magnesium, which could later on lead to a TON of other health problems. Better to learn that now than when you get diagnosed with heart disease or osteoporosis.

Kerri Knox, RN

Ringing in the ears after taking vitamin d supplements.
by: Anonymous

I've been taking a vitamin d (D3)supplement for months because of a having low vitamin d (level 16). I've developed loud ringing in my ears that I did not have previously. My doctor told me to start taking a multivitamin daily along with the continued extra vit D. I also had my magnesium level checked and it was within normal range. So I'm not low in this vitamin. What do you suggest?

Kim

Please read my site.
by: Kerri Knox, Registered Nurse

I'm happy that you read enough on my site to realize that magnesium deficiency may be causing your problem. Unfortunately, you did not read enough to find out that magnesium blood levels are worthless.

PLease read my page on Mangesium Levels. If you have ringing in the ears after taking vitamin d, then you are magnesium deficient.

Kerri Knox, RN

Hissing in ears
by: Anonymous

Boy was I dumb. Thought the vitamin d bottle said 100 units took 15000units a day for six weeks. Figured out out was vitamin d. Went down to 1000 a day and talking magnesium. Hissing down some. Phew!

Buzzing in ear
by: brett

I had an incessant, maddening buzzing in my right ear only, that started intermittently about 5 months ago. It became more frequent and about a month ago it was almost constant.

At first I assumed it was an ear wax issue. Cleaned my ear thoroughly several times with no change.

Then I thought it might be an eustachian tube blockage. I tried treating that with antihistamines. Still no difference at all.

Then I read about magnesium deficiency causing inner ear muscle spasms that can cause buzzing exactly like I was experiencing.

And it just so happened that about 8 months earlier I went on a major vitamin D supplement kick that lasted about 4 months. I didn't know at the time that vitamin D supplements will deplete your magnesium level. Nor did I think that was a big deal. Well, I've since learned about the importance of magnesium.

Anyway... I started taking magnesium supplements (and vitamin K, which is also important with D and magnesium) and within two weeks the constant buzzing has completely disappeared. I made no other change in my daily routine. I am sooooo relieved.

symptoms after taking vitamin D
by: Anonymous

So I've been taking vitamin d since January from my Dr 50000 till march for 8 weeks till it ran out. Then i started on 5000 iu a little shortly after that up until the first week of may and I've also started developing symptoms the ones that stand out are heart palpitations, sensitivity in my teeth and gums and now slight dizziness, low appetite,light can be very sensitive to my eyes,light headaches, and these weird visual flashes every now and then. All of this was non existent till the beginning of May so I stopped the vitamin d. I see there can be a magnesium deficiency and other vitamin deficiencies as well. Can you get vitamin D "withdrawal" symptoms?

What about vitamin K2
by: Kelly

Isn't it possible that the tinnitus many are experiencing from vitamin D may also be due to a vitamin K2 deficiency?

K2 is supposed to help address calcification, and also works with vitamin A and D -- and calcium and magnesium -- in order for 'balance' to be acheived.

I'd be interested to hear your opinion on this.

Opposite situation
by: Ross

I have been taking mag for years (RBC 4.9) and also have tinnitus. I started taking D3 10k per day along with K2 and the tinnitus has stopped. Any idea what worked?

Yes, I'd add Vitamin A and K2
by: Kerri Knox

Yes, I'd definitely try adding Vitamin A, Vitamin D Absorption Pack

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