I've a depression and anxiety disorder for a year. Recently I found out my vitamin d is 10 which show deficiency. Does this anxiety and depression is because of vitamin d deficiency?
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Hi there, Vitamin D plays a vital role in bone health and researchers are now discovering that vitamin D may play a role in many other areas of health also. Vitamin D receptors have been found in many parts of the brain. Receptors are found on the surface of a cell where they receive chemical signals. By attaching themselves to a receptor, these chemical signals direct a cell to do something, for example to act in a certain way, or to divide or die. Some of the receptors in the brain are receptors for vitamin D, which means that vitamin D is acting in some way in the brain. These receptors are found in the areas of the brain that are linked to the development of depression. For this reason, vitamin D has been linked with depression and with other mental health problems. Exactly how vitamin D works in the brain isn?t fully understood. One theory is that vitamin D affects the amount of chemicals called monoamines, such as serotonin, and how they work in the brain. Many anti-depressant medications work by increasing the amount of monoamines in the brain. Therefore, researchers have suggested that vitamin D may also increase the amount of monoamines, which may help treat depression The amount of research about vitamin D and depression, as well as other mental health problems, is growing. It?s only recently that large scaled studies on vitamin D and depression have been conducted. The research in this area has given some conflicting results.[7] Some of the reasons why mixed results have been produced from studies on vitamin D and depression include: The use of different dosages of vitamin D supplements for different lengths of time Varying parameters defining vitamin D sufficiency and efficacy of treatment Different study populations, that is studying people without depression The use of different tools to measure depression and mental health Administering vitamin D at different frequencies ? in some studies, people are asked to take vitamin D every day, whereas in other studies, people take vitamin once a week. Failure to obtain baseline and final 25 (OH) D levels to confirm levels were raised in the treatment group Studying subjects who have relatively high baseline levels In some research studies, the amount of vitamin D given has been small, much less that the 5000 IU a day that the Vitamin D Council recommends. Insufficient doses of vitamin D decreases the likelihood of producing significant clinical findings. Due to the variability in research studies, and because this is a relatively new area of research, it?s very difficult to say with any certainty what role vitamin D has in either preventing or treating depression. I hope this helps. I wish you a very quick and speedy recovery.
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I would recommend you to go for following remedy Natural home remedy using cardamom seeds: 1. Crush 3-4 cardamom seeds to powder 2. Take � tsp of this cardamom powder 3. Add to 1 glass of water 4. Mix well 5. Sieve the mixture 6. Drink 1 glass every day Surely you will get results.
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