Do you have the winter blues?

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Hello everyone,

Interesting findings on the so-called "winter depression". Read the article here

Do you sometimes feel a little down during winter?

All the best,

Marina

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Edited on 09/11/2015 at 19:41

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Winter is always depressing, roll on summer back out to my caravan.

I am already on Vitamin D due to cancer treatment!

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10/11/2015 at 08:31

I'm on Vitamin D but don't feel much of a difference....possibly would if I stopped it

The rain and the damp and this fog we've been having recently really make my pains worse. As someone said althought the cold does as well its better that damp and you can wrap up

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23/11/2015 at 14:49

I am not keen on winter at all - just about everything seems more of a struggle somehow. If I didn't have a dog I would find it hard to go out at all I think, mind you that is probably because I feel the cold so much!

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24/11/2015 at 22:25

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I am definitely having a spell of winter blues & felt it more this morning when I didn't feel like getting up in the dark with the rain beating on the windows. My doctor called me this morning to give me some more results from bloods that was taken last week. He said he's prescribing me Vitamin D & I asked him if he could send me a prescription for some winter sunshine instead. He laughed & said he would love to prescribe the winter in the Caribbean for me but didn't think the NHS would go for it. Not looking forward to the rest of the winter now.

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08/12/2015 at 03:48

I feel low in the Winter months. Its very cold and chilly.

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08/12/2015 at 03:50

I don't really like the winter months. Due to cold and chilly weather. I try to go outside for some fresh air. It does help with my Diabetes.

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Overdosing with Vitamin D can be a problem just as much as a low level it seems. My bloods are checked regularly but not for Vitamin D, I have just agreed with my Diabetes nurse to add the test on a regularly basis. So if you do take Vitamin D it is worth monitoring your bloods to make sure you are not overdosing or simply adjusting the amount you take. I would have thought it would in the minds of your GP for regular testing but it seems not, so worth considering adding to your blood tests!

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I re-located to UK last year and arrived during the winter. From being in a new country my mind was inundated with thoughts for weeks and months! I was kept occupied with all the essential completion of paperwork, getting to know the place, the people, the transport system, etc. that I didn't have time to get depressed! Seeing the snow for the first time even brightened up my life, and exploring all over kept my brain going!

We have now gone through our 1st summer, and I have purposely looked at volunteering the next few months ahead... This will help me to get through the winter and not feel the 'winter blues!'

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As soon as it gets cold I seem to go into a depression and desperately want to leave this country for warmer climes. We were fortunate a few years ago to spend the winter months in Gran Canaria and I can honestly tell you that I had never felt better and could really do with feeling that way again but unfortunately money restrictions hasn't allowed us to do it again. I am mostly housebound these days so I am normally home during all the winter months with all my shopping being done online and delivered to my home. Looks like I have this to look forward to again this year.

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I love winter as my health is so much better. The heat hits my epilepsy and I hate the humidity when it comes.

After leaving South Africa 2 years ago, its hard adjusting to a different weather pattern but I love the change.

After surgery recently I've noticed also a change in tiredness and depression, but I won't let these take over!

Wishing you all a fabulous day!

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