Other Osteoporosis at age 30....yeah!

[SinkorSwim]

I was diagnosed this week with osteoporosis at the age of thirty. Right now I am having a really hard time with my doctor. He wanted to put me on an injection of osteoporosis medicine once a year. The problem is I'm 30 and this medicine has been really only used on people over 50. No research has been done on 30 year olds. Also it is already a controversial drug as it causes cancer. It was even banned in the netherlands. So I have decided against the medicine at the moment. The problem is I just want an easy fix, there isn't an easy fix. I am struggling really bad right now as a way to cope with my anxiety was to run. I used to run every day. I actually fractured my hip while running and this caused all of this diagnosis. I'm not sure what to do with myself anymore. I feel lost. I literally have a disease that I can't find a doctor to help treat it.

 

[Deadman]

Has your doc given any indication as to why you have osteoporosis? My understanding is that there are multiple causes; bad diet, genetics, precipitating diseases etc. Knowing the possible cause may help you find a plan to move forward.

 

[SinkorSwim]

so far we found out that I am vitamin d deficient, and my calcium level is boardline low. I am currently taking 50,000 units of vitamin D a week and 1000 mg of calcium a day. However I have read that it is not a cure.

 

[Friday]

I've had osteoporosis a few times, starting as a teenager. Part of female-athlete-triad; nutrients going in do not meet physical demands placed upon the body.

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Each and every time we flex a muscle, we use up calcium. Bones are our calcium "banks" with deposits constantly being made and withdrawn. Female athletes are extremely prone to early, severe, & rapid bone loss. In part because chicks use more calcium. But mostly? Because our diets suck.

In the USMC we were on winter rations at 6,000 kcal per. (Thank you USSR). Eating 4-5 of them a day during field ops. That's 20,000-30,000 nutrient dense calories per day. We still lost weight, it was really hard to keep weight on. I look at that, and then I look at the piddling 1-2,000 kcal per day I ate as a competitive athlete and just shake my head. No f*cking wonder. I look at the few hundred calories per week working with NGO's and just bang my head. :banghead: Yeah. Hello. :wtf:

 

[Deleted member 541]

There are many reasons for having osteoporosis and if you take antidepressants it can increase the risk...Antidepressant medications and osteoporosis

 

[EmmaOwl]

I was diagnosed this week with osteoporosis at the age of thirty. Right now I am having a really hard...

I want to offer you some extra support here. At age 30, I was also diagnosed and hospitalized with an illness that didn't fit my age and , well after the doctors made sure I wasn't going to die, they were were really curious and seemed like they wanted to discover why I was having problems of someone at least twice my age. I know what it's like to have that dynamic. Initially, they did go ahead and treat it as they would in the elderly - since they have little-to-no experience with your situation. It sounds like your doctors and mine have done a lot of the same things. Some very frustrating things.

And all this really does make you change your life/health plans, again at a younger age, at 30 year's old, we are not equipped to deal with illnesses standard in elderly patients

I felt criticized almost - doctors telling me helpful things like: "This isn't supposed to happen, you know," and after a while they decided it was idiopathic . (A fancy word which basically means: "We don't know how, or why, or what the heck is going on.")

I wish I could help you more, but I'm thinking of you, and I wish you luck as you navigate through this, learn about the possible implications, thinking about treatments, and what adjustments need to be made.

I don't want to overstep bounds - so I hesitate to send you a PM . But I'd really like to talk to you about this. So only if you want.I would certainly welcome a PM from you, if you care to.

Thinking of you,
Allie

 

[Deleted member 541]

Have you been tested for HYPOparathytoidism????? I know someone that just went through HYPERparathyroidism surgery. She had very HIGH levels of calcium in her blood....

 

[provencepearl]

Check out this website for some information on how to treat/prevent osteoporosis: (put in browser, can't post with web addy, apparently)

OK. So, can't post links. Go to the website for the physicians committee on (for?) responsible medicine. They have info on osteoporosis.

I have been following these guidelines for 7 years, and partially following them for 6 years before that. I am now over 60 and recently had a dxa scan for osteoporosis. I have a score that shows no signs of osteoporosis. It has definitely worked for me.