Mental Health

[jamcg]

Have you had your vitamin d levels checked Gavin? Mine were off and getting it back to where it should be makes a huge difference

[Gavster]

Have you had your vitamin d levels checked Gavin? Mine were off and getting it back to where it should be makes a huge difference

Were you far off? I had mine checked last month and it was 71.5nml/L which is below optimal, however the optimal range in the UK starts at 75, so it wasn't far off - although I guess 100+ is probably a really strong level. Been smashing the high dose Vit D since then to get it back up.

[jamcg]

Have you had your vitamin d levels checked Gavin? Mine were off and getting it back to where it should be makes a huge difference

Were you far off? I had mine checked last month and it was 71.5nml/L which is below optimal, however the optimal range in the UK starts at 75, so it wasn't far off - although I guess 100+ is probably a really strong level. Been smashing the high dose Vit D since then to get it back up.

Just went back on my records to check what it was when they first tested and it was 31 so a little lower than yours main reason for the test initially was massive issues with brain fog, taking the tablets definitely helped

[dinny_g]

Min was 19 when I was diagnosed...

7 weeks of High Dose Vit C and the Mid day walking got it sorted again

[Barry]

I never stopped the daily VitD supplements, since COVID days. 2000 in summer, 3000 now. No medial evidence it helps but I sure feel a bit more stable mood in general.

[dinny_g]

I just take Centrum 50+ and try to get out for at least 20 mins each lunchtime

[V8Granite]

A broken record I know but....

Had your Testosterone checked ?

Mine sits between 25 and 30 now which has been absolutely life changing.

Dave!

[Barry]

I just grab these when they're on offer

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[dinny_g]

Had your Testosterone checked ?

No but I think I need to - our practice is an absolute shitshow so I've had to sort out my ongoing prescription first, but now that that's sorted, I need to move onto a few other things - including the Prostate Cancer checks.

You can't do more than one thing at a time in our Medical practice and if you try, you can often find yourself with cancelled appointments.

[Gavster]

A broken record I know but....

Had your Testosterone checked ?

Mine sits between 25 and 30 now which has been absolutely life changing.

Dave!

I was at 22.8 last Jan, which is high enough to be regarded as totaly normal.

Also with the VitD, i hope we're all talking about the same units I was 28.6 ng/mL which is 71.5nmol/L, and I think NHS uses nmol/L, whereas the tests I had at a private hospital in Turkey last month were ng/mL.

NHS guidelines are:
<25 nmol/L – DEFICIENT
25-50 nmol/L – INSUFFICIENT
50-75 nmol/L – ADEQUATE
>75 nmol/L – OPTIMUM

and then dangerously high is 375nmol/L

Doctors advice is 1000IU a day is safe for everyone to take, regardless of whether you've had a test. Higher than that should be safe, unless you already have high VitD, and don't take more than 4000IU.

[Gavster]

I've now done three weeks with zero dairy as an elimination diet to see if I have a hypersensitivity, I should re-introduce some dairy soon and see if I react. I also got an IGe blood test for cow dairy allergy and that came back as 0.10 which is negative for an allergy. For the last week I've been plant-based for 95% of my diet, while focusing closely on hitting the right micro/macronutrient splits, plant-based really does seem to work for.

I've also been taking VitD and using a SAD lamp for a week.

On top of that I resolved a problem in my personal life that had been going on for around for 10 days.

I feel great now, although fcuk knows which of those interventions has actually contributed all I know is that I usually feel like hibernating or crying at the end of Nov/Dec, and I don't anymore

[jamcg]

The human body and brain is a complicated pain in the are isn’t it?

There’s nothing that makes you feel as awesome as the lift following on from experiencing absolutely soul destroying levels of stress.

Unfortunately it’s not worth how unbelievably shit you feel under that stress, not to mention the 25 years it probably takes off your life expectancy. Added in that many men don’t survive long enough for the weight to come off

Plus 2 weeks of stress equals about 20 seconds of feeling great afterwards

Keep looking after yourselves

[V8Granite]

A broken record I know but....

Had your Testosterone checked ?

Mine sits between 25 and 30 now which has been absolutely life changing.

Dave!

I was at 22.8 last Jan, which is high enough to be regarded as totaly normal.

Also with the VitD, i hope we're all talking about the same units I was 28.6 ng/mL which is 71.5nmol/L, and I think NHS uses nmol/L, whereas the tests I had at a private hospital in Turkey last month were ng/mL.

NHS guidelines are:
<25 nmol/L – DEFICIENT
25-50 nmol/L – INSUFFICIENT
50-75 nmol/L – ADEQUATE
>75 nmol/L – OPTIMUM

and then dangerously high is 375nmol/L

Doctors advice is 1000IU a day is safe for everyone to take, regardless of whether you've had a test. Higher than that should be safe, unless you already have high VitD, and don't take more than 4000IU.

That's a really nice level to be at, did they also test your free testosterone ?

I had 10,000IU vitamin D pills given to me by the doctors but all my levels came good when I started on TRT.

All my issues started after my Covid jab, so tinfoil hats at the ready.

Dave!

[Barry]

So my ex mate who succumbed to the drink, left his wife n kids, ran away to his home town and shacked up with some bird, dragged his divorce out, and cut us all out of his life after sending pathetic messages blaming everyone but himself.

Found out today that his latest drinking escapade was too much, so he's died.

I remained friends with his wife and the girls, they were always great to me, treated me like family so I stuck by them while he treated them like shit. I got a message from his BIL (who I'm friends with through my drunk mate) and minutes later the drunks eldest daughter calls me to give me the news too, and she asked how I was doing.. incredible.

Anyway, this is just me venting, I've had numerous calls from peripheral folk who knew him. I knew this day would come but its still knocked the wind out a little, cos its such a waste. 56 yrs old, ex Maersk Master, brill family.. all gone to shit in a couple of years.

RIP Simon.

Be good to yourselves folks, its easily taken away.

[Carlos]

Sorry for your loss Barry.

[nuttinnew]

Sorry to hear that, Barry.

[V8Granite]

Do people not get angry ? When a good friend died and he didn't, he then did something he knew might result in a bad episode. Choosing low life's for a quick fix instead of a great group of friends he would come to when he actually needed help.

All the good in them but now I just hate the mess they left and the talents, opportunities they had being wasted on them.

Dave!

[V8Granite]

So my ex mate who succumbed to the drink, left his wife n kids, ran away to his home town and shacked up with some bird, dragged his divorce out, and cut us all out of his life after sending pathetic messages blaming everyone but himself.

Found out today that his latest drinking escapade was too much, so he's died.

I remained friends with his wife and the girls, they were always great to me, treated me like family so I stuck by them while he treated them like shit. I got a message from his BIL (who I'm friends with through my drunk mate) and minutes later the drunks eldest daughter calls me to give me the news too, and she asked how I was doing.. incredible.

Anyway, this is just me venting, I've had numerous calls from peripheral folk who knew him. I knew this day would come but its still knocked the wind out a little, cos its such a waste. 56 yrs old, ex Maersk Master, brill family.. all gone to shit in a couple of years.

RIP Simon.

Be good to yourselves folks, its easily taken away.

A lot of marine, service traveller folk have issues.

You're away for long periods, doing a stressful job a lot of the time in foreign countries. The banter a lot of the time isn't the same as you're "the boss" plus a lot of different cultures have a really nasty attitude to how you treat other workers.

Because of that you end up being alone, stressed, in your own head etc and it's certainly not healthy unless you find a way to manage it.

Some people ring home every night, just mumble about nothing as nothing has happened at home, nothing interesting has happened at work and they are visibly bored. Some are hearing about how something has broken or moaning about something the other person can't do anything about. You may not want to talk about your stress or issues but you want to talk to them in a happy way. I message my lot all the time but only ring every week or two as then you have a whole lot of stuff to talk about and then end up having a long chat and hang up feeling good and that it's worthwhile.

Oddly one of the worst stressful places to work was Australia as it took a while to figure out. We called it "eating their young" as people would do whatever it took to enhance their career. Some really shitty practices and a really toxic way to work.
Considering we had active Taliban members, people trying to kidnap you, building companies hiding and stealing your kit, loads of corruption and a few physical attacks. At least they did it to your face and knew where you stood with them.

Give me a crew of smiley Philippinos some Scot's, Welsh and a catastrophe in the middle of the ocean over a simple meeting in Australia any day

It's shit that your mate died, not everyone can figure out what they need, just what dulls the pain.

Dave!