I've noticed a change in my normally cheery disposition. It took me a while to notice it, but when I did it scared the living shit out of me. Watching a depression commercial I noticed that I had been showing some symptoms: no energy; lack of interest in friends, work and hobbies; there was just no get up and go in me. I'm not surprised if it's the real deal, there is a history of it in my family.
Regardless of whether or not it is real depression or just my hormones creating Hell, it was a real concern for David and I. At my appointment at the beginning of January, I brought up my concern. The midwife on duty that day believes it to be a vitamin-D deficiency. That did not come as a surprise either as I am a sun person and spend many hours in the summer time outside in the sun.
My treatment: take a vitamin-D supplement, IU 5000 twice a day for a week and then down to only once a day.
It doesn't always work, but I have been more social, going to work more and throwing myself into stuff I love again.
A few weeks later I took a survey with a nurse at my local health clinic. The score was a little higher than the average person; it was scoring me on depression. It was only a few numbers high, but it's still good to know that this is not just in my head (as in me freaking out over nothing).
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