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Vitamin D supplement
The Government advises that everyone take Vitamin D supplements October-March.
- The Government advises that everyone take Vitamin D supplements October-March. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to be linked to low mood, an increased prevalence of depression, and increased suicide risk. Supplementing with Vitamin D for the management of depression and anxiety and mood disorders has research backing and is seriously considered. The commonality of vitamin D deficiency and link to low mood, its wider health benefits, and low risk of harm mean taking a Vitamin D supplement should be seriously considered. For further information please review the NHS information here and consult your Doctor with any questions or concerns.
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It sounds stupid if you've not experienced it, but I genuinely think taking a Vitamin D supplement saved my life. I used to experience extreme Seasonal Affective Disorder (or Seasonal Depression). My mental health always felt cyclical and absolutely plummeted around November time. Last Winter (2024) was the first Winter I went through taking a Vitamin D supplement, I think I'd been on since about April. I did still experience a bout of seasonal depression, but it was no way near as severe. I felt less like a wounded animal all season and more like a rational, reasonable adult. Sure I was still depressed, but it was the first winter I felt like me.
Seriously, if you are reading this and anything resonates, and you aren't already- please consider taking one. Don't take more than the national recommended daily intake (too much Vitamin D can cause a build up of Calcium, Hypercalcaemia which is not fun! so no "super double extra strength please!) I didn't really believe in taking any supplements before unless I'd had a deficiency appear on bloods, but it was the simplest, easiest, cheapest thing, and probably also the single most effective thing I ever did for my mental health and overall wellbeing.
i have suffered with low vit d for a while now. this makes sense! GP has already advised i take vit d every day all year round
Everyone should take a Vitamin-D supplement **Year Round**.
We need to use sunscreen to prevent burning & skin issues (of course!!) BUT the downside of this, is that it does not let the Vitamin D through.
I, personally, absolutely HATE the summer & hot weather.... Give me Autumn & darker evenings any day (I don't like it dark at 4pm, don't worry, I'm not THAT crazy!) But I hate it light until 10pm. I can't settle, I don't eat.
Anyway - Vitamin D should be taken year round, ideally, but just in lower doses during the summer months.
BetterYou have AMAZING Vitamin D oral sprays, which vary in strength from 1000ųg - 4000ųg, the highest one is for use during the Autumn & winter months (☆Remember - Winter does not even BEGIN until 21 Dec, it ends on 21 Mar [roughly]).
So, check them out.
They're really really easy to take, just one spray onto your cheek each morning & done.
Its absorbed trans-dermally, so there's no worry about bioavailability (it can decrease by the time it is in the stomach)
And I love how the strengths are so adaptable - Stronger in Autumn / Winter & Weaker in Spring/Summer! Unless you're like me and you hide away all summer, that is!!
P.S - the NHS calls this "Reverse" S.A.D, which is quite upsetting... It is called "Seasonal" Affective Disorder for a reason. Summer is a season, its just less common to get S.A.D in the summer....
But the NHS shouldn't be calling it "Reverse"!
Look on Mind for some more inclusive info.
And remember - BetterYou Vit-D sprays!!
Almost everyone in the northern hemisphere should do this. WHen I don't take vitamin D I notice a little while later that my mood has dropped. Fundamentally alters my mood level in a positive manner.
Almost everyone in the northern hemisphere should do this. WHen I don't take vitamin D I notice a little while later that my mood has dropped. Fundamentally alters my mood level in a positive manner.
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