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Wellness Wednesday for July 19, 2023

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

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What dosage do you take off vitamin D? Did you also notice being less groggy upon waking up in the morning?

3 of the larger dose pills sold at my local Krogers grocery, I don’t know the dose off the top of my head.

Yes, it was a subtle effect at first, but now I’m no longer groggy even at 6:30am! If I’d had these in high school or my first attempt at college, I might have gotten better grades and made some money off the dotcom boom.

How long were you taking them before you noticed effects? Going to try the same.

No idea. I assume I got my blood levels of vitamin D3 up before the effects started. I’d say try it daily for a month, 15 min to half an hour after your daily alarm.

Will do! What’s the reason for the timing?

I found myself waking to near full wakefulness, half an hour before my alarm would go off, after months of having taken vitamin D right as I awaken instead of on my way out the front door. I have since started taking my vitamin D after my shower. In combination with the Pokémon Sleep game/app, I am now once again having vivid near-lucid dreams when my alarm sounds.

Okay, I’ll try to replicate. The timing is curious. Do you take breakfast? Might affect absorption.

I do, usually within half an hour or less of the vitamin. I usually have the vitamin first.

I see, thank you. I’ll report back :)