I was wondering how much the weather has affected my mood the last 3 days. It has been gorgeous, just perfect weather! sunshine, 70's, light breeze, my perfect choice of a day.
And I have been feeling great the last 3 days! really buzzing yesterday, like i was high on something.

my pdoc says SAD but i haven't found any real cure for it other than sunshine.

30 min - 2 hours in frount of my light box helps quite a bit. and if it gives me a headache that day i take up to 20 000 iu of vitamin D Drops. (usually only 10 000)

and in the summer i am much more energetic than winter. so i need the light box less though i need it still cus it rains alot here.

and if you want to say thats above the safe upper limit.. youre right but they are currently reviewing that and trying to change it to at least 10 000 iu and rdi at something like 2000 - 4000 (for ppl who have no deficiency like those of us with sad)

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/treatment.shtml

this is the part all about vitamin d and mental illness.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/mentalIllness.shtml

Thanks Rae

this is what i use ( i can only get the 1000iu in stores here in canada)
http://www.vitacost.com/Carlson-Vitamin-D-Drops

and no prob i love researching nutrition. and i am the Google search queen =)

you would be shocked to find out that most if not all of the symptoms of mental illness has been linked to vitamin deficiencies or imbalances for quite some time... but drs arnt taught this stuff. they only take a whopping 2 weeks of nutrition during their studies... sad...

my old family dr would think its funny how much im into the supplementation thing now. he has been trying for years to get me to take my omegas vit d and b's among other things. (he is a British dr .. i find foreign trained drs tend to have more knowledge when it comes to nutrition) but i seriously thought he was off his rocker how could a supplement help... i rolled my eyes and poo poo'ed him but now i understand where he is coming from.

now i have a freaking health food store piling up in my house... it almost looks like a manic spending spree.. its just a pain in the ass to find what works for you. as everyone tends to have different issues. im just about there.

yes i do feel better in sunshine although last year we had no summer so didn't get out of bad depression at all. lot of friends died suddenly during summer so that of course had a bad impact. hope we get a better summer and a better time this year.

i have a light box too, I really should use, thanks for remimding me

After the winter, I always look forward to spring. I like when the temperature is warmer and flowers are blooming.

I think for me it's the temperature. I can enjoy rain if it is warm.

One of my favorite things to do is walk in a light rain shower in the summer. It brings back fond memories of an playing in the warm late spring rain with an ex. We had fun positioning each other under a small tree and shaking the leaves.

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The sun does make me feel better if I'm not feeling terrible to begin with!

dh pointed out to me with this recent bout of badness that i always get worse before true spring hits. however, on that note, i love the sunny days and don't use my light box on those days either. today it will be sunny and in the 50s so i am hoping for a good day. 2 of my hospital stays came in the spring along with my attempt.

I have the opposite problem- my episodes can be seasonal, and spring can hit off a bad mania- usually April. So I brace myself.