I started taking vitamins again yesterday. A good, all-around multivitamin for the three of us, and then additional Vitamin D (with Fish oil) and a B-Complex mix for myself. I may have the kids start taking the vitamin D once the weather turns dark again in a few months. I am very much affected by the lack of good weather here. There are only about 3-4 months out of the year that the weather is nice, dry and actually sunny and warm. Those months I thrive. I could spend all day(s) just lounging at the lake, basking in the sunshine. I would say I have that Seasonal Affective Disorder, but it's hard to tell, because that dreary "season" is pretty much autumn through spring. I do know that I always have tons more energy and a feeling of well-being, and I even think something bordering on the verge of actual happiness, during the summertime. Or, whenever the weather makes a turn for the better. I also know that after that good turn comes, when the bad weather strikes again, it hits me harder, too.
But what do you do when that dreary season is 9 months long??
On the advice of my sister (who is not a doctor, but I'm starting to mistrust most of them anyway), I started taking Vitamin D; A little dose of sunshine that may not be given by the actual appearance of the sun. I suppose it will be hard to tell whether or not it is actually making a difference, since it seems the warmer weather is peeking into us a bit early (though, I am really trying to not get used to it. The weather here is notorious for giving a few days tease, and then taking it away again for weeks). However, my hope is that by the time the dreary season comes back, I will have enough sunshine dosed up in me to counteract the blackness those clouds, rain and cold bring me.
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