I had a melanoma removed from my arm a while ago.
I display common symptoms of Depression.
I usually sleep during the day.
Today, it occurred to me that my symptoms might be of a vitamin D deficiency.
That would mean that when I get Sun, it tries to kill me and when I don't get Sun, it makes me want to kill myself.
I laughed at this for a good 3 minutes straight today.
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@torq I went through this just recently.. I was getting severely depressed and couldnt figure out why.
Turns out it was a combination of B12 defiency and D defiency.
I realized it because i spent a day out in the sun and felt suprisingly better.. then when i went on supplements I was cured within a week and it never came back.. it was an issue for months.
Cant hurt to take a supplement and see. I highly recommend throwing in some B12 too just to make sure.
I have D supplements. Living out here in the threat Northwet doesn't provide much sunlight at the best of times. We don't tan, we rust.
I avoid taking lots of supplements as a general principle though. I hear that kind of thing is mostly good for making urine expensive. But I work indoors at a factory all day and my hobby is computer jockey, so "sunlight" is a problem. :(
@freemo @torq I would consider supplements on the advice of my doctor for medical reasons. I found https://youtu.be/29v6rNFjlLI useful. That said, I have anemia, so I take iron, Vit D as mentioned, fish oil for heart risk, and a medication. I'm all for supplements medically indicated. Beyond that, expensive pee is expensive.
@Romaq
a good multivitamin is a good move... its not high enough in anything to hurt you, and helps fill in the gaps in your diet.
@torq