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I did not get covid but did get the vaccines + 2 boosters. I have been feeling tired etc for the last 6+ months turns out because of the work at home etc and my

I did not get covid but did get the vaccines + 2 boosters. I have been feeling tired etc for the last 6+ months turns out because of the work at home etc and my lifestyle I was not getting enough sunlight and had very low vitamin D levels. I am not white so need to spend longer time in sunlight according to my doctor.

harry8 3y ago
Please ask your doctor if supplements are right for you and how much.
- ljf 3y ago
  While supplements can help, nothing been sun on your skin for vitamin D and also for other help benefits - in moderation of course. If someone's doctor has told them to get outside more and they find it is helping, I would not personally recommend someone stays in and just take supplements as an alternative.
  - k_roy 3y ago
    And your statement here is part of the problem. Too many doctors are quick to look at a person and their lifestyle and just say "welp, get outside, get more active, lose some weight, get some sun" There are cases where supplements or medication are completely valid. How many (primarily women, but some men), have hypothyrodism. I know of at least 3 other women in my life who, instead of the doctor listening to their symptoms, just kept recommending "eat better, exercise more, lose weight". No. There was a serious problem. And a problem which literally makes those three things almost impossible. And can be detected with a simple blood draw. One of my friends finally went to an urgent care, they did the test, prescribed levo with a "follow up with her doctor", and the doctor wouldn't renew the prescription because she was just "inactive and retaining water". Of course at this point she switched doctors to one that wasn't a misogynist. Same thing with vitamin D. If you live above 37 degrees of latitude, chances are you are taking vitamin D most of the year because "sun on your skin" just ain't happening.
    - ljf 3y ago
      Not sure if you miss read my post, but to reiterate 'if sunlight is working, and the person is feeling better, then supplements are not likely to be needed' - I never said don't use supplements, or that they have no use.
- Isthatablackgsd 3y ago
  Add to that, avoid multivitamins if you are on medications. Turns out some vitamins, specifically Vitamin C, may prevent some medications to be absorb in the bloodstream.
- xbmcuser 3y ago
  Oh he did put me on supplements but he also recommended me to get out and get more sunlight
  - harry8 3y ago
    Great. Your doc is the right person to advise you on this, not some goose on the internet! ;-)
nradov 3y ago
Unless you've been getting weekly tests you can't be sure that you haven't been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Many infections are asymptomatic. You might not have noticed at the time.
- xbmcuser 3y ago
  unlikely you need to meet people to get infected I work in very small firm of 6-7 people and live in a city where the spread was effectively controlled and rapidly vaccinated unlike most countries though it is not impossible. I am not a very social person hence the lack of sunlight.

harry8 3y ago

Please ask your doctor if supplements are right for you and how much.

ljf 3y ago
While supplements can help, nothing been sun on your skin for vitamin D and also for other help benefits - in moderation of course. If someone's doctor has told them to get outside more and they find it is helping, I would not personally recommend someone stays in and just take supplements as an alternative.
- k_roy 3y ago
  And your statement here is part of the problem. Too many doctors are quick to look at a person and their lifestyle and just say "welp, get outside, get more active, lose some weight, get some sun" There are cases where supplements or medication are completely valid. How many (primarily women, but some men), have hypothyrodism. I know of at least 3 other women in my life who, instead of the doctor listening to their symptoms, just kept recommending "eat better, exercise more, lose weight". No. There was a serious problem. And a problem which literally makes those three things almost impossible. And can be detected with a simple blood draw. One of my friends finally went to an urgent care, they did the test, prescribed levo with a "follow up with her doctor", and the doctor wouldn't renew the prescription because she was just "inactive and retaining water". Of course at this point she switched doctors to one that wasn't a misogynist. Same thing with vitamin D. If you live above 37 degrees of latitude, chances are you are taking vitamin D most of the year because "sun on your skin" just ain't happening.
  - ljf 3y ago
    Not sure if you miss read my post, but to reiterate 'if sunlight is working, and the person is feeling better, then supplements are not likely to be needed' - I never said don't use supplements, or that they have no use.
Isthatablackgsd 3y ago
Add to that, avoid multivitamins if you are on medications. Turns out some vitamins, specifically Vitamin C, may prevent some medications to be absorb in the bloodstream.
xbmcuser 3y ago
Oh he did put me on supplements but he also recommended me to get out and get more sunlight
- harry8 3y ago
  Great. Your doc is the right person to advise you on this, not some goose on the internet! ;-)

nradov 3y ago

Unless you've been getting weekly tests you can't be sure that you haven't been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Many infections are asymptomatic. You might not have noticed at the time.

xbmcuser 3y ago
unlikely you need to meet people to get infected I work in very small firm of 6-7 people and live in a city where the spread was effectively controlled and rapidly vaccinated unlike most countries though it is not impossible. I am not a very social person hence the lack of sunlight.