Golden hour (/month)

[Alvin]

The wholllle thread.

I LOLed. I've been reading in spurts and my ability to correlate things over time is basically gone so my bad

Seriously, I started wondering why I felt so terrible in the winter, found out that we get negligible amounts of UVB over the exact period of time I feel crappy (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway), realized people use UVB therapeutically for skin conditions and MS and read a ton of papers on this, researched really expensive therapeutic centers and then finally realized that tanning beds are a cheap alternative.

I paid about $8 US for a session. Two lattes worth. Absolutely worth it.

This is what i like about you, you think of something then deep dive into it.
I typically feel a bit better in spring so you might be on to something here.
Perhaps i should look into this locally, though with our snow and ice i've not been going anywhere anyways right now but if it would add a boost its worth keeping in mind if needed.

The thing is, high B vitamins stop working for me up to a point. I can only absorb so much thru the gut, maybe? Hard to say why. And if you up it too long, you may downregulate the enzymes needed to break it down. I noticed this with a few supplements: taking too much feels precisely like taking too little.

I agree with you here on all counts.

Eh, like I said... barely. Not worth the price of purchase for ME (crashes, cognitive or physical issues), but it might help with mood and/or circadian issues if that comes in your particular bag of symptoms.

For years before i was diagnosed with ME the sleep neurologists were obsessed with that damn full spectrum light for my non 24, i've tried it in every configuration and timing possible, did squat for my sleep timing. I cringe whenever i hear full spectrum these days.

This was all just complete blood count, so there's nothing special here. All the same we were looking for patterns and changes over time, not just things out of range. Don't know how helpful it would be to get a snapshot in this case.

Ah

 

[Snow Leopard]

I don't have remission, but I feel much better briefly in the fall, and worse in the winter. Do you feel worse in the winter?

Not really, no. But we don't have serious winter here like in the USA.

 

[JaimeS]

Not really, no. But we don't have serious winter here like in the USA.

Where are you in the world, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Snow Leopard]

Where are you in the world, if you don't mind my asking?

I think my previous response was badly worded, I mean we don't have serious winter here, like you have in many parts of the USA. (I hear there were even snow storms in California!)

I live in South Australia, it never snows where I live.

 

[JaimeS]

I think my previous response was badly worded, I mean we don't have serious winter here, like you have in many parts of the USA. (I hear there were even snow storms in California!)

I live in South Australia, it never snows where I live.

Even here in CA, temps dropped pretty low at night. But I also think it is to do with the amount of light we do or don't get. At least, that was my hypothesis, and why I went to the tanning bed.

 

[JaimeS]

I learned from a severe patient yesterday that she had actually *bought* a tanning bed. Wow!

 

[Jaybee00]

nope, no golden month for me in November....I could always hope that it hits in late November.....

 

[Jaybee00]

so far, more like the lead, arsenic, plutonium month.....

 

[Jaybee00]

@JaimeS Tweeting opposite to what she posted here, in the first post. Still definitely no golden month for me.

 

[Jaybee00]

 

[Shadrach Loom]

It’s worse being cold than being warm and it’s much colder this year than last, because heating the house properly would cost over a grand a month now. Not looking forward to January.

 

[Trish]

@JaimeS Tweeting opposite to what she posted here, in the first post. Still definitely no golden month for me.

Not surprising since ME seems to be full of surprises and changes. What happened to someone 4 years ago and seemed to be a pattern then, turns out not to be now.

I've given up trying to understand any fluctuation in my symptoms, apart from obvious ones from too much activity or foods that don't agree with me.