Current Events > To depressed and unmotivated CEmen: Have you considered your vitamin levels?

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Might be out of wack. I know that if you aren't getting proper nutrition it can make it feel like you never have energy to do anything.

I started taking a B12 suppliment, and man. A week going and I already feel a lot better and some of the tightness in my chest I used to have is gone. Also sleeping better.
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You think some chemical is going to make me feel better?
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armandro posted...

You think some chemical is going to make me feel better?

......if the problem is a chemical problem/deficiency in your body, then yes. Just an idea.
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Maybe I'll start swiping the kids vitamin gummies.

armandro posted...

You think some chemical is going to make me feel better?

Yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%E2%80%93Korsakoff_syndrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriberi

RedWhiteBlue posted...

Wont be able to go into detail, currently in a short work break.

Got a blood test for finding things affecting my depression. Nothing showed up. Eh.... My problems can't be solved by just meds, either. None have worked for me. No money for therapy, either.

I mean, it's definitely possible for people to think themselves sick. If it's not physical, then the other way out is that with time, eventually you get tired of being tired.

Lack of sunlight. That's another one.
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I actually do have low b12 I'm trying to take vitamins for
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I was prescribed a B12 supplement recently. A blood test flagged up a deficiency, along with a high potassium level (caused by Lisinopril, a heart tablet I take), which was causing most of my issues. I contracted pneumonia late last year also (I was in ITU for a month and was lucky to survive really). I don't know if my high potassium level could have made me more vulnerable (it was at 8 when it should have been 3.4-5 apparently).

Also, living in Scotland where it's famously dull and rainy quite a lot, Vitamin D deficiencies are common too.

I have low vitamin D levels. Was put on strong prescriptions last year to raise it up, but the doctor was surprised that it didn't raise by much. Got another prescription after that, but didn't finish it off.
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I'm not getting enough D
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