SAD syndrome?

Might as well get the lights out the loft anyway..soon be Christmas [as she crawls away to her gloomy place a la Eeyore]....

That's what we need - a bit of sparkle

I have this Adcal too, Annobel - makes my mouth a bit dry. But I had some fizzy ones which made things considerably worse in the dire rear dept, I don't know what to do with them now!

That is such a good idea, goldengirl! Wonder if I can persuade OH to go up in the loft.....

My DH didn't remove the coloured lights he'd put around the kitchen at Christmas and I've felt so much better when I come down in the morning to find them on [they're on a timer]. They really cheer me up - and don't look too incongruous!

These are chewable. not fizzy, thank goodness.

oh right. thanks. I remember my gran taking fizzy calcium tablets for osteoporosis

I am prescribed Adcal to counteract the effects of long-term steroid use. They taste rather good - tutti frutti! Each tablet contains 1500mg calcium carbonate and the equivalent of 40mcg VitaminD3. So no Vitamin A. Copied from the back of the box.

jess I could live on salmon and sardines I love them,if I open a tin of sardines for barney my little jack russell you can gaurentee that I will eat half before it get to his dish.

Any sort of salmon, sardines, brisling, tuna, smoked haddock...

Love sardines and smoked salmon

What a good job salmon is so tasty and sardines on toast is so cheap - I have each of them once a week!

Bless them!
adcal presumably calcium, vitamin D and vitamin A. Good idea to supplement with these if someone is housebound-ish. Unless they are stuffing down the salmon, mackerel and sardines every week.
Animal fats are the only dietary source, with oily fish topping the charts.

Popped in Tesco on the way back from Pilates and everyone was dressed as though they live in the Carribean! You have to admire the optimism of the British!

grannylin good idea I will pop down to Morrisons before they close at 4pm and see what I can rustle up.

I'll join you glamma.Sunny and white fluffy clouds here.Would starting the BBQ be pushing my luck?

This old person doesn't if there's any around [grumpy] emoticon!

Jess; Adcal which they give to older people has vitamin D in it, the reaon being that loss of calcium in the bones is partly due to the fact that older people tend to have less exposure to daylight.

The front garden is now looking nice and tidy so while the is out I am going to knock on my neighbours and ask her if she fancies sharing a bottle of whilst we sit and enjoy the weather,if anyone fancies a or two or three you are all most welcome.

Poo, now I'm stopping being positive. They've just abandoned the cricket match we were going to and it looks like it will rain on my washing too. Think I'll just go and curl up on the sofa with my Sunday paper.

I am now convinced that rain is the nectar of life to weeds !!! the darn things have sprung up everywhere in the last two days,and so I am going to get out there today and do my best to pull them out again.The sun is out to-day but there is still a chill in the air nice views across The Mersey to Liverpool and the prom is full of people either fishing or walking down to the dunes,lets hope it keeps nice and lets have some .

Shh! It's dry here. Perhaps some sun later? Tomorrow I've got to go to Chippenham again so early start and rain forecast!
I'm starting to wonder who I've upset on the allocations office in Cardiff as they know I don't like early mornings!

Great weather for weeding! Damp soil makes it easier to get those persistent little devils dislodged.
SAD is thought to relate to a lack of full spectrum light in winter months.
I suppose thick cloud cover could have the same effect but I will have to consult DH (resident physics expert) to check
I don't know if anyone has ever researched relationship between SAD and Vitamin D.
But we don't make it in the winter in UK because the angle of the sun too low, however sunny and however long we indulged in nude sunbathing on a warm february day (we wish)
But as we get older skin is more sluggish at making vitamin d - so get out there and expose as much of your flesh as you can at this time of year.
I need to take some exercise now. If i wait until after lunch it never happens.

Lovely sunshine! Yippee!

Message withdrawn at poster's request.