mentos 4 days ago

Careful with this I took vitamin d every day no problem for a year. Randomly started getting heart palpitations one week and was trying to figure out why. Got an Apple Watch to monitor for a fib. Was asking myself what changed in my life that it happened all of a sudden and realized I had started taking K2. ChatGPTs theory is that it really made the absorption of vit d effective and led to hypercalcemia.

Stopped taking vit d and k2 it resolved after a week no problems almost a year later.

  • candiddevmike 4 days ago

    It should be the opposite, not taking K2 leads to calcification as K2 helps your body absorb calcium instead of lingering in your circulatory system.

    • nrhrjrjrjtntbt 4 days ago

      Anyone reading any of this ignore it all and see a doctor/cardiologist/emergency if concerned.

    • mentos 3 days ago

      Yea actually it was a while ago I think ChatGPT actually pointed out I was low on magnesium from vit d + k2 requiring/depleting more than usual leading to the palpitations.

      Biggest takeaway is it’s easy to hit toxic levels when taking supplements so be careful.

    • boston_clone 4 days ago

      well that would imply that these LLMs could be wrong and they should talk to a doctor instead - lunacy!

  • boston_clone 4 days ago

    people should actually be more careful about taking medical advice from an LLM than grabbing a vitamin D supplement.

  • gbear605 4 days ago

    You’re warning people to be cautious of taking Vitamin D… because you had problems with potassium supplements? Those are entirely different things with entirely different risk profiles.

    • Rebelgecko 4 days ago

      K2 is synthetic cannabinoid inspired by THC

      • SeanAnderson 4 days ago

        I mean, you're not wrong, but that's not what the discussion is about.

        There's Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 is frequently taken alongside Vitamin D.