The Vitamin

Honestly, that kinda happened to me.
Well, I had a blood test because I was having heart palpitations and under extreme stress, so not exactly “just collapsed”. But they found I have hypothyroidism, and life’s much better and much easier with the medication.
Turns out you’re not supposed to feel tired after doing nothing, sleep 12 hours, then wake up tired…
Annoyingly this must’ve been an issue for years, but I was raised to “shut up and get on with it”, and told the problem was that I’m “just lazy” :/
- Turns out you're not supposed to feel tired after doing nothing, sleep 12 hours, then wake up tired..
  Source?
- This was me except I was disappointed when the blood test came back completely healthy. I guess it's all in my head after all...
  
  The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
  I know nothing about you or your situation, but food allergies can really mess up your life, and they're often overlooked (speaking from experience).
- It was Celiac for me... It's such a relief to be able to make a change and do something about it instead of "just getting on with it."
- Mine was noticed because I have a multinodular goider. I asked about potential issues with it a couple times over the years and was always told I just needed to lose weight till the doctor finally noticed it in my early 20s. Who knew it was a lot easier to be active and control your appetite when your metabolism is actually working and you don't feel like you always wanna crawl into bed?
  You normally will get it after puberty, pregnancy, or menopause(at least with what I have, which is hashimotos thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease. Not sure about others) so, if it's similar you likely developed it during puberty like myself and didn't realize it or notice the changes because you assumed it was normal.
- This was me except it was narcolepsy. Which isn’t as fun because it’s incurable and also largely untreatable. Most medications and aids are supportive, not corrective.

This was vitamin D for me... When I finally got checked I was at a 6... The lowest you're supposed to go is like 40. I could hardly chew food I was so exhausted. Winter is still hard for me, but I take a crap load of vitamin D and it helps a bit
- My favorite thing about this meme is that whenever it gets posted we get to hear these stories. I'm glad it got better for you!
- I know this exact experience. During university, I think I tested down asking 9ng/dL. My digestive tract nearly stopped. It was awful. Having ADHD, I sometimes forget to take my vitamin D for extended periods, which, while not as severe now that I'm close to the equator, does exacerbate everything.
- I have 20 and haven’t been able to get it up in years
  
  I’m sorry to hear that, but how is your vitamin D level?
  
  Oof... Any chance of getting to a sunnier climate?
- Damn I'm at 22. I really need to be better at taking that, I wonder if it's why I feel tired and shitty all the time.

That's basically what therapy is. The lack of vitamin is the damage you received in your childhood that you just thought was normal.
Then you actually recount the experience to a therapist and they tell you how not normal that is and help you to recognize the fact that you had to go through that without support and that the way you are is because you had to cope to support yourself to survive when no one else was there for you.
Once you know it then you can tell all your friends and get them to awe at your seemingly inhuman perseverance.
- Living through trauma isn't really a super power. And I wouldn't wish what happened to me on anyone. In fact, I don't usually share what happened to me with anyone but my therapist and my wife.
  
  Not a superpower, agreed.
  I've found many shared experiences when I thought my experience was unique. Sharing my personal traumas with people in my life has both helped them to understand me as well as sometimes help them also. In the same ways I have felt alone I have helped other to realize they are not alone and often that can be the first step to them getting real help.
- Boo, that's far more complicated than popping a pill once a day.
- Therapy might help with the childhood trauma but it imparts the poverty trauma.
  Which one is better depends on the build you're going for and whether you want to recruit all companions and get the true ending or are fine with the neutral.
  
  Unfortunately this is the case in America but not everywhere. Seems like a trauma on it's own.
  That said, there are resources and many therapists in the US who will work for free or at reduced rates on a case by case basis.
- For me this was ADHD meds. I was always lacking, but ever since I self-prescribed darknet amphetamines I'm much happier. Therapy wasn't shit for me, I'm glad it helps others but I never had any trauma and I feel like it's too over-prescribed instead of drugs that fix the issue.
  
  I never had any trauma
  It's hard to know this by yourself. I'm assuming you've been through the process but I wouldn't want others to assume they could self-assess this at all - it's not possible.
  and I feel like it's too over-prescribed instead of drugs that fix the issue.
  I think generally the sentiment is that america over-relies on drugs to fix mental health problems. But I can understand that if you have a chemical imbalance or need drugs that it would seem like there are a lot of hoops to jump through before you get there.
- That last paragraph. It just shows that your therapist sucks. Or you aren't doing therapy right. But oh my, I'm sure you're now walking around telling everyone how therapy saved you and how they all should do it to.
  
  The last sentence was facetious/tongue in cheek because the op is a meme.
  I do advocate for therapy to others.
- I’m curious, are you American? It seems to be such a phenomenon that Americans love talking about therapy.
  I find it perplexing.
  
  I am not.

- Source is Pictures For Sad Children, if anyone's unfamiliar. Not that it's been available online in the last decade.

not only do you now have the Vitamin, you also have crippling Medical Debt

Until he sees his bill...*
*assuming this fantasy takes place in the USA
- I'm low on Vitamin $
  
  [reverently] All this time, you lacked the Dollar? And yet you persevered?
  
  That is actually the vitamin that most people lack to be happy and unanxious
  
  Got an honest to god laugh out of me.
- Sorta but also as bad as insurance is, if you have any and go to the ER, an ambulance ride and an ER visit are generally flat rate and not an absurd amount of money. It all goes downhill once you’re fully hospitalized.

Magnesium for me. I don’t know why but it makes my brain work better. I feel horribly anxious, depressed, and intolerant of others when I forget to take it for more than three days or so.
- I’m going to try this before I head for the cliff. :p
  
  It changed my life, seriously. I mentioned it to my doctor with one of her residents present. The resident had recently finished a psych rotation and said that she learned that most people are deficient.
- My wife started giving me her electrolyte mix and feeding me sardines everyday and I can't tell you how much better I feel
  It has magnesium in it, but I think it's the particular form of potassium in it that's hitting my deficiency. It tastes like potatoes and it's.... I guess it's not bad. Like drinking starch water.
  Shout-out to my wife who i'd probably whither away and die without.
  
  I imagine you as a seal, happily awaiting his yummy sardine treat
- I tried these Magnesium drink tablets while I was in Europe. Could feel how much it helped. Can't find anything similar in the States :\
  
  If you're looking for magnesium most nuts are very good sources of it.
- Same for me, taking magnesium basically treated my anxiety and insomnia.
- Fun site I just showed my partner. He's been having ADHD flair up, insomnia, twitching and loss of appetite. For me, it helps regulate stress and anxiety. Low magnesium levels are so common. The world could be a better place if our bodies actually received/processed what we need to thrive.
  how you could be depleting body's magnesium

Iron deficiency for me. Still miserable, but less so.
- Eat beef, drink wine.
- Alt f4

The Spice Melange!
- Now we can never leave this planet
  
  Why would we want to, it's 100% beach.

Doesnt even need to be an actual vitamin, just a basic chemical imbalance. That is why many people experiment with nootropics.
- Ashwagandha <3
  
  And L-theanine and magnesium bisglycinate

It was folic acid for me. Turns out me and my family don't get the full affect of vitamins or medicines. After some genetic testing we are all taking it and are all feeling a lot better and our meds are actually working. It's nuts how simple it was to turn us all around.
- Looks like a few ways to test for this, how'd you guys find the needle in the haystack? Doctors won't actually run all the tests for cost reasons..
  
  I kept having to change meds because different ones didn't work. One doc got me genetic testing which cost me about $15.

Yeah turns out all I had to do was take a pill of Diet Meth in the morning and now I can function like a human being

Last few times I had a doctor appointment I was low on Vitamin D. Unsurprising. I don't like being in the sun.
- D has got to be one of the easiest to take. No side effects unless you take a stupid amount. Generally pretty cheap for a large quantity. Numerous studies have linked vitamin D intake to reduced death from all causes. Of course there are some that discount that effect, but it’s not gonna hurt if you do take it. Might want to give it a shot if you aren’t already.
  
  I just started eating more greens and drinking whole milk, as suggested by my doctor because it was just a slight deficiency. I just haven't been to the doctor since to see if it's helping.
  
  I take a lot of vitamin D, like up to 10,000 IU per day. It’s on the direction of a doctor and my levels get checked several times per year. They (pcp and specialist) never told me to reduce it and afaik it’s caused no problems.

Have you tried buying some multivitamins at the store just to rule out that THAT was the issue?
- Store bought multivitamins aren't even guaranteed to rule it out. For a myriad of different reasons, you can still have deficiencies even if you take a multivitamin. So, maybe it's worth a try, but if it doesn't work, that doesn't mean there couldn't still be a deficiency.
  
  Recently did some research on what the treatment would be for a particular deficiency.
  Found that general-purpose multivitamins provide about 0.5% of the therapeutic amount.
  So yeah, there can be a massive difference between the little bit of help a multivitamin can give vs. what you really need for a specific condition.

The actual pill in reality for us: PRESCRIBED METH!
- Prescribed meth that allows me to do math.
  
  Prescribed meth that allows me to wake up every morning not feeling like a hot bag of ass and let's me follow my to do list somewhat easily for most of the morning and afternoon without wanting to take naps every couple hours for me.

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This is the same process that leads people to wanna have victim status.
- Bro what. A victim of vitamin deficiency? It might be high time for you take a break from being online and get some vitamin d
  
  The guy WANTS a deficiency so everyone will give him attention for it.