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SAD syndrome?

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gracesmum Sat 14-Jul-12 19:48:24

Some of us admit to feeling not a little down in the dumps/fed up/emotional/p****d off at the moment and I wonder if it is to do with the fact that we are not getting our sunshine and vitamin D? We might expect to feel a bit like this in February after a long dreary winter, but mid-July? I don't have to worry about entertaining young children, my holiday was not ruined and I have gven up on the garden, so why do I find it so enervating to wake up yet again to raindrops on the window? To get soaked when Grace has her bedtime walkie? To want the heating on?
Oh for just a day or two of sunshine to make us all smile again

crimson Sun 15-Jul-12 16:46:57

Might as well get the lights out the loft anyway..soon be Christmas [as she crawls away to her gloomy place a la Eeyore]....

JessM Sun 15-Jul-12 16:42:23

That's what we need - a bit of sparkle

AlieOxon Sun 15-Jul-12 16:32:40

I have this Adcal too, Annobel - makes my mouth a bit dry. But I had some fizzy ones which made things considerably worse in the dire rear dept, I don't know what to do with them now!

Anagram Sun 15-Jul-12 16:14:56

That is such a good idea, goldengirl! Wonder if I can persuade OH to go up in the loft.....

goldengirl Sun 15-Jul-12 16:11:04

My DH didn't remove the coloured lights he'd put around the kitchen at Christmas and I've felt so much better when I come down in the morning to find them on [they're on a timer]. They really cheer me up - and don't look too incongruous!

Annobel Sun 15-Jul-12 16:06:27

These are chewable. not fizzy, thank goodness.

JessM Sun 15-Jul-12 16:01:32

oh right. thanks. I remember my gran taking fizzy calcium tablets for osteoporosis

Annobel Sun 15-Jul-12 15:52:22

I am prescribed Adcal to counteract the effects of long-term steroid use. They taste rather good - tutti frutti! Each tablet contains 1500mg calcium carbonate and the equivalent of 40mcg VitaminD3. So no Vitamin A. Copied from the back of the box.

glammanana Sun 15-Jul-12 15:49:52

jess I could live on salmon and sardines I love them,if I open a tin of sardines for barney my little jack russell you can gaurentee that I will eat half before it get to his dish.

Anagram Sun 15-Jul-12 15:27:44

Any sort of salmon, sardines, brisling, tuna, smoked haddock...

jeni Sun 15-Jul-12 15:05:53

Love sardines and smoked salmon

Greatnan Sun 15-Jul-12 15:04:21

What a good job salmon is so tasty and sardines on toast is so cheap - I have each of them once a week!

JessM Sun 15-Jul-12 14:00:20

Bless them!
adcal presumably calcium, vitamin D and vitamin A. Good idea to supplement with these if someone is housebound-ish. Unless they are stuffing down the salmon, mackerel and sardines every week.
Animal fats are the only dietary source, with oily fish topping the charts.

Grannylin Sun 15-Jul-12 13:30:25

Popped in Tesco on the way back from Pilates and everyone was dressed as though they live in the Carribean! You have to admire the optimism of the British!

glammanana Sun 15-Jul-12 13:25:24

grannylin good idea I will pop down to Morrisons before they close at 4pm and see what I can rustle up.grin

Grannylin Sun 15-Jul-12 13:16:18

I'll join you glamma.Sunny and white fluffy clouds here.Would starting the BBQ be pushing my luck?

jeni Sun 15-Jul-12 13:06:37

This old person doesn't if there's any around [grumpy] emoticon!

crimson Sun 15-Jul-12 13:03:52

Jess; Adcal which they give to older people has vitamin D in it, the reaon being that loss of calcium in the bones is partly due to the fact that older people tend to have less exposure to daylight.

glammanana Sun 15-Jul-12 13:00:12

The front garden is now looking nice and tidy so while the sunshine is out I am going to knock on my neighbours and ask her if she fancies sharing a bottle of wine whilst we sit and enjoy the weather,if anyone fancies a wine or two or three you are all most welcome.

AlisonMA Sun 15-Jul-12 12:36:09

Poo, now I'm stopping being positive. They've just abandoned the cricket match we were going to and it looks like it will rain on my washing too. Think I'll just go and curl up on the sofa with my Sunday paper. sad

glammanana Sun 15-Jul-12 12:19:43

I am now convinced that rain is the nectar of life to weeds !!! the darn things have sprung up everywhere in the last two days,and so I am going to get out there today and do my best to pull them out again.The sun is out to-day but there is still a chill in the air nice views across The Mersey to Liverpool and the prom is full of people either fishing or walking down to the dunes,lets hope it keeps nice and lets have some sunshine.

jeni Sun 15-Jul-12 12:14:47

Shh! It's dry here. Perhaps some sun later? Tomorrow I've got to go to Chippenham again so early start and rain forecast!
I'm starting to wonder who I've upset on the allocations office in Cardiff as they know I don't like early mornings!

JessM Sun 15-Jul-12 11:29:22

Great weather for weeding! Damp soil makes it easier to get those persistent little devils dislodged.
SAD is thought to relate to a lack of full spectrum light in winter months.
I suppose thick cloud cover could have the same effect but I will have to consult DH (resident physics expert) to check
I don't know if anyone has ever researched relationship between SAD and Vitamin D.
But we don't make it in the winter in UK because the angle of the sun too low, however sunny and however long we indulged in nude sunbathing on a warm february day (we wish)
But as we get older skin is more sluggish at making vitamin d - so get out there and expose as much of your flesh as you can at this time of year.
I need to take some exercise now. If i wait until after lunch it never happens.

Ariadne Sun 15-Jul-12 11:20:04

Lovely sunshine! Yippee!

Faye Sun 15-Jul-12 10:59:24

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