SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Dr. Bob Cassady from the South Bend Clinic joins america each Tuesday connected 16 News Now astatine Noon to reply your aesculapian questions.
Question #1 (from Cassy): “Do you urge taking vitamin D supplements to assistance with seasonal depression?”
DR. BOB: Vitamin D is ever a tricky subject. It is simply a precise important hormone for galore things successful the body.
Low vitamin D does person an relation with depression. However, the analyzable happening astir vitamin D is conscionable due to the fact that determination is an relation doesn’t mean taking a vitamin D supplement volition assistance you consciousness better.
We cognize that counseling, airy therapy and slump medications are effectual for treating seasonal depression. I would absorption much connected treatments with proven efficacy alternatively than vitamin D.
Question #2 (from Susan): “Is it good to instrumentality an allergy pill each time for prevention?”
DR. BOB: Most likely, the allergy pills you are referring to are non-sedating antihistamines specified arsenic Zyrtec, Allegra, oregon Claritin.
Sedating antihistamines are medicines specified arsenic Benadryl. These pills tin beryllium precise effectual successful controlling allergy symptoms.
All antihistamines tin origin adust mouth, dizziness, upset stomach, and value gain. There is an relation betwixt Benadryl and an accrued hazard of dementia.
Nonsedating antihistamines wide are felt to beryllium safe, but it is ever a bully thought to speech to your doc if you are taking thing agelong term.
Question #3 (from Melanie): “My fellow struggles with slumber and ends up taking NyQuil astir nights to assistance with that. Is that safe?”
DR. BOB: This is really a precise akin question to the past 1 due to the fact that the progressive constituent successful NyQuil to assistance you slumber is doxylamine.
Doxylamine is simply a precise akin cause to Benadryl, which is besides called diphenhydramine. As I mentioned above, this people of medicines are mostly safe, but whitethorn summation the hazard of dementia.
NyQuil besides contains Tylenol and a cough suppressant. This whitethorn not truly beryllium doing thing to assistance him sleep, truthful helium mightiness conscionable beryllium capable to instrumentality doxylamine implicit the counter.
While it is astir apt good to instrumentality this agelong word to assistance with sleep, I ever privation to excavation a small deeper. Usually, determination is simply a crushed we are having occupation sleeping. Working excessively much, uncontrolled anxiety, etc.
It is astir apt worthy trying to fig retired wherefore helium is having occupation sleeping and fixing that alternatively than conscionable taking medicine to screen it up.
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