A Cool Dude to Asklemmy · 9 months agoDo you get seasonal affective disorder?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareDo you get seasonal affective disorder?A Cool Dude to Asklemmy · 9 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoBasically every westerner has a vitamin D deficiency, as we don’t spend all day long outside anymore. So go get some D prescribed, because deficiency accelerates dementia and a whole slew of mental disorders. You could spend lots of time in the sun to alleviate the D vitamine deficiency but that’ll get you skin cancer instead.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWhat’s the benefit of a prescription over just buying a bottle at a pharmacy? Would it be covered under insurance if prescribed?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoIn Europe you can’t just buy any medication like that over the counter (not in France anyway), and yes I guess it’s also about cost.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoReally? What about omega 3 fish oil or melatonin?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI was talking about medication, like I take one big dose a year.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHow does that work? One giant suppository?
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoDoctors will sometimes prescribe periodic megadoses instead of (or, for severe deficiency, in addition to) smaller, drug-store daily doses.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoHa ha it’s liquid in a glass vial :-)
Basically every westerner has a vitamin D deficiency, as we don’t spend all day long outside anymore.
So go get some D prescribed, because deficiency accelerates dementia and a whole slew of mental disorders.
You could spend lots of time in the sun to alleviate the D vitamine deficiency but that’ll get you skin cancer instead.
What’s the benefit of a prescription over just buying a bottle at a pharmacy? Would it be covered under insurance if prescribed?
In Europe you can’t just buy any medication like that over the counter (not in France anyway), and yes I guess it’s also about cost.
Really? What about omega 3 fish oil or melatonin?
I was talking about medication, like I take one big dose a year.
How does that work? One giant suppository?
Doctors will sometimes prescribe periodic megadoses instead of (or, for severe deficiency, in addition to) smaller, drug-store daily doses.
Ha ha it’s liquid in a glass vial :-)