Deficiency?

Ok, so a workmate made a comment today and i am now wondering if this has something to do with my problem a little.

Yes fair enough it's probably stemming from grief etc, but it seems to be pretty bad with anxiety etc about 5 days post Af, Even with the meds, i notice the rest of the month is fine apart from the week after Af up till about Ov - so probably back when hormones do a change around again. I am seriously wondering if this has something to do with it.. ie hormonal imbalance since the M/c as my Af was already doing stupid things just before that.

Anyway back on track - my workmate was talking about Vitamin D etc, and it's relation to modd, and i realised that probably, shift work would have alot to do with that, and also wher ei work - that only has 1 set of windows to theoutside wrold, and even they are mirrored and blackened.   I am constantly in darkened rooms, I start work in the monring before the sun comes up, I leave work in the afternoons when the peak of the sun is gone and these days sometimes it's even beginning to get dark. Or, I have to sleep the day away to catch up, go to work in the afternoon and leave when dark, or go to work near midnight and still leave work before the sun comes up.      I really don't get much time in between for sun.                   

Has anyone else who works shift work found this? does it affect your Vitamin D levels? and did you find it affecting your mood?

I think i need more sun.

Its hard to tell,..because it could totally be the nature of nursing = stressful job! I used to find a walk on my breaks helped!

On the hormone imbalance thing,...I went to a naturopath after I had an allergic reaction to the third antidepressant I was on and had to stop meds cold turkey. After a full assessment he reakoned most of my prob was hormonal imbalance,...that has been now corrected with cream and tabs and Im still doing well,...when the anti-d's werent doing much at all.