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Help!! I don't feel like doing anything
RandallMcRee:
Vitamin D is hardly a placebo. I have a prescription for it from my doctor! And I'm in sunny California.
Come on folks! Vitamins are real and have real effects!
Better living through chemistry. ;)
Inverted18650:
Note: I have not read the comments, just the original post.
I am an disabled American vet who battles, among other issues, severe depression. I left active duty early in 2016 and have been bored out of my mind ever since. I went back to school to finish my EE degree (I started working on it years ago and in-between field problems/ deployments) because I always loved tinkering. Anyway, I have bouts like you described in your original post all the damn time. They can last a couple weeks and come on out of the blue. Granted, many of my issues are directly combat related, the treatment I receive is not unlike treatment that many other depressed people or, other normal citizens, receive from their 'head-docs'. It wasn't working and I had to find a way to make myself focus on the task at hand or to stay motivated enough to see a project through.
One of the things I tried:
In June of last year, I decided to film some of my projects and create a YT channel. It helped me a lot. I found the experience to be mostly positive. Otherwise boring projects had taken on a new perspective. I couldnt just blunder through the work, I had to communicate what I was doing and why to the camera. I could also choose to interact with the viewers and try and help them (those I can anyway) or not reply to comments at all. I could explore their ideas and topics which often lead me to a new an exciting project.
For instance:
Right now I am learning LabView and how to automate testing procedures for the Keithely 2000 DMM. Why? Well, since used units are "affordable" now for hobbyist, I bought a few on eBay and because when I google "Labview with Keithley 2000" and clicked on the videos link, there were hardly any quality resources. So, once I get a better understanding of it all, I will film the videos and make a series about the topic to help other people, like me, who want to try something new but wouldn't know where to start...and I started the channel playing with recycled 18650 li-ion battery packs...quite a leap.
Note 2:If you are in a position where you cannot film the projects, you can pretend you are. Talk though the work and see if you think someone else would benefit from it. If the answer is yes, at least your mind stays busy while you are working, even though you can't actually share it. I talk to myself a lot anyway...
I still succumb to the desire to lay in bed and do nothing, but much less now than I used too. When I get that feeling, I try to remember that I believe information is the greatest resource we have. The desire to share what I have learned, hoping it may help just one person, goes along way for me. There are brilliant minds on this forum and its a real shame that when they die, they will take all their knowledge with them, because they never took the time to share it.
My two cents...hope you feel better and remember, the sun will come out tomorrow.
Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: RandallMcRee on February 28, 2018, 12:34:48 am ---Vitamin D is hardly a placebo. I have a prescription for it from my doctor! And I'm in sunny California.
Come on folks! Vitamins are real and have real effects!
Better living through chemistry. ;)
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A doctor prescribed drug is not only generally more potent than over the counter stuff, but also prescribed by an expert. The potential difference seems pretty obvious. A lamps burns kerosene with the aid of oxygen. A rocket engine burns kerosene with the aid of oxygen. Yet your lamp is not a rocket engine.
Mind you, I'm not saying taking vitamin D can't work or doesn't work. It's just the self rapporting after self prescribing I'm wary of, regardless of who it is and what you take.
steverino:
Let's not forget that vitamin deficiencies are real and can be measured via blood work. I suffer from vitamin D deficiency and take supplements to correct. Symptoms for me are hand tremors. Vitamin D supplements corrected problem.
Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: steverino on March 02, 2018, 08:04:20 pm ---Let's not forget that vitamin deficiencies are real and can be measured via blood work. I suffer from vitamin D deficiency and take supplements to correct. Symptoms for me are hand tremors. Vitamin D supplements corrected problem.
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I don't think anyone said vitamin deficiencies aren't real.
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