I have decided to consume more iron and vitamin d. Doing so will hopefully improve my health and depression.
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If you want to consume vitamins against depression, I can recommend you try to find out wich one are you do not have enough in your sys.
B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, C vitamin, Biotin, folic Acid.
I hope the best for you.
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Have you consulted a doctor? Iāve seen person literally shitting blood from āmore ironā, itās obviously your choice though, not my life.
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Indeed. I would also check the nutrition facts on what you eat too, to find clues as to what to improve and discard.
Increasing your consumption of water will do a lot for depression. Try 2 - 3 litres a day.
I agree vitamin D is very helpful especially if you live in a cloudy place and over the winter in Northern climes. Thatās been proven to prevent āseasonal effective disorderā and strengthen the immune system against winter colds and flu.
Vit C as a long term supplement is contraindicated. But if you take 1000mg 3x a day when you have a cold it will shorten the cold by 2 days.
Iron is hard on the stomach so take with a meal. I tend to get iron deficient and it causes extreme fatigue and migraines. A bug tell if if you get these a few hours or the next day after a workout. Cheap to fix, take a gentle supplement for a month or until you donāt get that fatigue, then keep the rest to top up as and when.
I am a fan of getting blood tests before and after, but not abdicating my health decisions to a Doctor that diesnāt know me and hadnāt the time to ask the right history questions, and in the case of trying supplements I think theyāre a waste of time and money, but I live in a country where I pay thousands for medical insurance and still pay 150-250 dollars for a visit - Iām not wasting that to ask if I can pretty please try a supplement. I can figure that much out on my own.
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Thatās why we usually visit a specific doctor who knows our history. Here we call them āfamilyās doctorā.
Thatās absolutely your decision and not my place to tell you if I agree or not with this mindset as it is what have you decided and follow for your own health and life.
But when someone posts a topic about health and medication (or supplements in this case) we have to let that person know the consequences. This is a forum about magick and not a health forum, weāre not doctors but even if we were you canāt just give medical advices according to your own experiments and experiences without any blood tests and history in your hands exactly because ā
Weāre not playing with peopleās healthā¦ Maybe in a magickal way, but not medical.
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weāre not doctors but even if we were you canāt just give medical advice
I donāt see that talking about supplements qualified as āmedical adviceā as much as dietary.
Also I wasnāt telling the OP what to do, I was explaining my view, which is what forums let people do.
My lifelong personal harm that causes distrust of Doctors as very dangerous people with a lot of power they donāt always handle well aside, SUPPLEMENTS are basically concentrated food, and talking about publicly available information does not constitute medical advice.
So I donāt know who you think is āplayingā with the OPs health? I thought this was a discussion.
My argument is that the OP has not just the right but the responsibility to understand and make his own decisions, and sharing information to help him do that is always going to be important and worthwhile.
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Have you seen the side effects on real people hospitalised from iron overdose with your own eyes? I had the āluckā to experience it with both healthy people with normal iron levels as well with people with iron deficiency. Iām talking from experience if you like, not with my personal mistrust on doctorsā¦ And yes, these people were taking the innocent supplements you speak of with doctorās prescription and permission.
My very own personal advice is to stay away from all supplements unless its absolutely unavoidable to take them, and even so keep your eyes open.
Nothing is so innocent as you think.
Feel free to advice as you like ofc, as I said, not my life.
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I would definitely let a Dr. do a blood test first. I have chronic vitamin d deficiency and get monthly shots. Before I knew I was very down and tired all the time. Somehow my body doesnāt wanna absorb it from the sun and if your vit d values are in fact low, over the counter supplements arenāt gonna do much for you.