Vitamin deficiencies are easy to detect and to treat, and there’s no sense in spending months or years hoping to find the right anti-depressant before checking for them. Heck, I wish my issues were caused by vitamin deficiencies.
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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn turns out I’m not depressed I just needed some magnesium
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
racsol@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
How are vitamin deficiencies detected? Some specific blood test?
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Your doctor sends your blood sample to a lab and tells them what to test for
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I think it’s something a GP will prescribe.
474D@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I know you’re joking but I only figured out I have anemia because iron supplements suddenly gave me energy to live
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That literally happened to me. Turns out that my doctor’s resident who just finished a psych rotation learned that most people are deficient in magnesium.
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s not always someone saying - it’s definitely these and anyone who is depressed just isn’t taking these, it’s literally just a kind and actually possible and helpful suggestion
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wish this were true for me but Magnesium just made me slightly less depressed; indistinguishable from placebo.
zell565@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tired? Mag it! Down? Mag time! Liver damage? MAXIMUM MAG!
Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Damaged because of too much mag? Uh. Mag…?
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
i know you’re joking but fuck, sometimes it do be like that.
Obviously nobody should infantalise people suffering from depression by telling them to “just be happy”, “go outside” etc. but if you’re malnourished, have vitamin deficiencies, don’t go out to hang out with the human tribe, and sit in your home the entire day without moving - you’re going to feel like shite. Fixing those problems won’t cure clinical depression, but the other way round is true too - getting meds for depression won’t cure you of feeling like shit if you don’t use the chance they give you to try to improve your life yourself.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I had an iodine deficiency! I wasn’t eating dairy or eggs, I was cooking my own food from scratch, and I was using sea salt instead of iodized salt. In addition, I like drinking alcohol which makes it harder to absorb iodine. Felt like shit. Couldn’t muster the energy to give the slightest shit about anything.
Got blood work done and found out. So I started taking a supplement every other day for it specifically because I’m just not getting it in my diet. I’m feeling pretty great now.
I don’t think supplements are generally the answer, but having a work up done and learning some shit about yourself can be pretty eye opening and point you at what you need to do to fix your diet. It’s a good first step, but not a magic bullet.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
i’d say everyone should just try an all-round supplement for a while, and if that makes you feel like you’ve been reborn you know you had some sort of deficiency, and you can just try to identify it.
So like, they’re more of a temporary tool than a golden bullet, IMO