Awww....yes rub her feetNo wonder you're so cheerful all the time! You guys with irritable wives...get 'em a bottle of B-12!
(and rub her feet!)
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Awww....yes rub her feetNo wonder you're so cheerful all the time! You guys with irritable wives...get 'em a bottle of B-12!
(and rub her feet!)
Awww....yes rub her feet
I suffer from mild seasonal depression. During the winter months, I try to get more omega-3 fatty acids from various sources, such as trout and salmon. I have also sometimes taken omega-3 in pill form. It has helped me lot, although you may need something more.
The TOG
Instead of omega-3's, it sounds like I need to start yet another thread about getting adequate unprotected sunlight
Instead of omega-3's, it sounds like I need to start yet another thread about getting adequate unprotected sunlight
Wow! Where do you live that you are up about 62-63 degrees North latitude? Close to the arctic circle! I'm closer to 41 degrees. Yes, that is a sun problem, and I feel sorry you can't get more sunlight. And what you say jives with lack of vitamin D since I would suspect that it's lowest in the spring after a long winter without sun, just as it's often coldest before sunrise instead of midnight.It's getting better, but it's kinda hard to get enough sunlight, when the time from sunrise to sunset is only about 4 1/2 hours and the sun is only 3 degrees above the horizon at noon. But seasonal depression isn't always during the darkest time of year. Some people get it in summer. In my case, it's worst in the early spring. My main problem during December and January isn't depression, but simply getting up in the morning.
The TOG
Instead of omega-3's, it sounds like I need to start yet another thread about getting adequate unprotected sunlight (i.e not slathering on the sunscreen) and the vitamin cholesterol ( as precursor to D3). People who get these seasonal depressions are sometimes deficient in vitamin D3. Have you been tested for that?
If you are not taking D3 supplements and sunshine, I'd start with 10,000 units and see if you feel better, and if your D level is OK, then you can back off and opt for the sun in the summer. Personally, I take 6000 units a day, but when I spend hours in the sun in the summer each day, I don't take them because direct sunlight is the best form. Sunlight also decreases your risk of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
At my latitude one can only get enough vitamin D from the sun between the equinoxes.
Wow! Where do you live that you are up about 62-63 degrees North latitude? Close to the arctic circle!
Yes, that is a sun problem, and I feel sorry you can't get more sunlight.
And what you say jives with lack of vitamin D since I would suspect that it's lowest in the spring after a long winter without sun, just as it's often coldest before sunrise instead of midnight.
It's only that bad during the winter. It doesn't get dark here from May 19 to July 24 (i.e. civil twilight never doesn't end).
A lot of people around here take cod liver oil to get more vitamine D. Back in the 40's, they wanted to make sure that children got enough vitamine D, so they made them take it at school.
I kid you not. That's cod liver oil in that pitcher. I used to work at that school. That room is now the computer lab.
The TOG
So, I jumped on the bandwagon and started taking fish oil. I thought initially that I'd follow the directions on the back of my vitacost bottle of "mega efa". 2 caps daily.
THEN, I started actually reading about dosing for my issues (eczema and crazy). Much higher. Much, much higher, actually.
I've been trying the higher doses. Thank goodness this stuff is flavored.
Anyway, anybody else out there taking fish oil? What brand(s) do you recommend? I tried finding brand recommendations on line, and the advice varied from "you must take expen$ive fish oil" to "take whatever...just take a lot of it!," so I'm a little confused.
How much y'all take? If you take a larger dose, how do you divide it up, or do you just dose it 1x daily?
Thanks.
It takes a while to see the advantage of taking fish oil but I am thinking that you will be glad that you did.
Yes,I have taken some that have that side effect.Not too nice.Yeah, but those burps are uh, nasty