Jonp
20-05-17, 15:01
Hi, I am male, 66. I have visited this site before and found it very reassuring. I have been depressed and anxious for a number of years, worse as I went through a divorce and had problems with my 3 young children but better in the last 9 months. I want to share my experience in the hope that it will help others.
Apart from depression, which might have been serious if I did not have to care for my children, I have had various physical symptoms, including poor sleep, palpitations, stomach pains, night sweats and headaches. I have taken different antidepressants, and suffered many side effects. I currently take 20mg of propanolol for the palpitations.
My depression is considerably lower as a result, I believe, of improved vitamin D levels. I read that low levels can cause depression and that most people in the UK have low levels, particularly in winter months. Within days of sitting, shirtless, in the sun for 15 minutes in the middle of each day last summer, I felt much better and have maintained this, taking supplements through the winter. Worth a try if your doctor agrees.
I shall post separately under palpitations, how I have learnt to control them.
Apart from depression, which might have been serious if I did not have to care for my children, I have had various physical symptoms, including poor sleep, palpitations, stomach pains, night sweats and headaches. I have taken different antidepressants, and suffered many side effects. I currently take 20mg of propanolol for the palpitations.
My depression is considerably lower as a result, I believe, of improved vitamin D levels. I read that low levels can cause depression and that most people in the UK have low levels, particularly in winter months. Within days of sitting, shirtless, in the sun for 15 minutes in the middle of each day last summer, I felt much better and have maintained this, taking supplements through the winter. Worth a try if your doctor agrees.
I shall post separately under palpitations, how I have learnt to control them.