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Originally Posted by Tobra
...Seasonal Affective Disorder is a B
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Indeed. I take 4,000 (yes, four THOUSAND) IU of D3 per day. Bloodwork had indicated I was severely deficient. Enough at risk for the doctor to discuss taking vitamin D in an injected form until I was leveled out. I opted for controlled sunlight exposure and vitamin supplements. 20 minutes of sun exposure in shorts/tank no sunscreen can equate to 10,000 plus IU of vitamin D. Could not get enough D in the system with controlled sun light exposure (winter) and wound up going to a tanning booth a couple of times a week for a month. Once I got sorted out, just the vitamins alone keep me square. Its not just to make you feel good, the Vitamin D is also important to quite a few body functions including bone density, preventing heart attacks and protection from certain types of cancer.
Tired, depressed, etc., and could not shake it. Absolutely felt like every day was a dead end tunnel and that I was doomed to walk to the end of hit, smack into the wall, and start the same routine the next day. I know quite a few people whose lives are touched by it. Several of them in Alaska where they have grow lights in the house during the winter to combat the lack of sun.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is the real deal. Not everyone who is deficient of vitamin D (as I was) will have SAD, but the two often go hand in hand. By taking care of my severe vitamin D deficiency, I keep SAD completely at bay.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002499/
angela