🔼: [[🛠 Supplements]] ###### Vitamin D-3 Mild cases of [[💡 Depression]] are sometimes caused by a Vitamin D deficiency, which itself is caused by a lack of sunlight exposure. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). For many a supplement and [[🛠 Light Therapy Lamp]] is all that needed — for others, it can still help. Try to get your 25-OH Vitamin D levels checked before supplementing. If they’re low, it's normal to supplement with Vitamin D-3 and then check again after about three months. If after supplementing it's still low or even drops, check for 1,25-OH Vitamin D. A healthy person can have low 25-OH vit D and normal levels of 1, 25 OH Vit D; an unhealthy person can have low 25-OH vit D and high levels of 1, 25 OH Vit D. 2000-5000 IU is a healthy supplement dose. Anything over 5000 should be regularly monitored. Vitamin D has multiple cofactors. If we are taking more than 4,000 IU for more than a month, it's important to take other supplements in addition with meals containing [[Healthy Fats]]: - [[💡 Magnesium]]; the two are synergistic. - [[💡 Vitamin K-2]]