Why is it that when the weather turns bitterly cold that I feel so much worse?

I have no energy whatsoever, no ambition to do anything, feel extremely weak/tired, hot/cold, & hungry all the time no matter what I eat.

Fortunately first thing on Monday morning (1/23) is my last appointment to get the remaining amalgam fillings out of my mouth. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I am counting down the days!!!!!

How many more days until Summer?

Hmmm, could it be Vitamin D ? Perhaps you could try supplementing vitamin D and see if your energy level and mood is affected.

If you decide to try, please let us know if you notice any difference. Thanks.

B-vitamins maybe?

Although B12 might have some risk.

Maybe you have seasonal disaffection syndrome (not sure if I spelt it right). Do you live in a place where there are distinct seasons? We do in the UK and I really hate winter. We only get about 7 hours of daylight and it's dark by 4pm. It's too cold to go for a walk and we have to put heating on and lights.

Apparently depression in winter is very common in Scandinavian countries where they have even less light in winter. I find that I suffer not only mentally from the dark cold nights but physically because I don't get out and about as much. I would like one day to move to a warmer country with more hours of daylight in winter.

Apart from the darkness and the artificial lights and heating of winter, we have to wear more clothes. It takes energy to move our clothes, so the more clothes we wear the more enegy we need. The more energy we need, the more hungry we get. Also, the cold weather can affect circulation and make limbs ache, which combined with less exercise can cause more pains etc.

PS I forgot to say that a friend of mine with health problems was going to move to Maine from California, but when she went for a visit in winter, she found her physical pains were worse because of the cold. She therefore decided to stay in the southern USA. Another friend of mine has the seasonal disorder and gets very depressed in winter. I don't think it is uncommon. I definitely think warmer weather helps my health problems and general psychological well-being.

I think in the Winter months, our immune system drops dramatically. Lack of Sun , lack of vitamin D, lack of the abundance of FRESH organic local grown veggies and fruits--as compared to heavily sprayed, artificially ripened produce now being sold in the supermarkets, lack of drinking the proper amount of water (because you dont feel that thirst as in Summertime) , the holiday seasons happening now where we all ate too much sugar and other rich foods that impair the immune system, etc,.etc., all tie in to lowering our immune system.

A lower immune system means your going to feel all your mercury symptoms intensify in scale .

I have been trying to figure out the winter thing myself for the last 8 years. February is always my worst month. I think the lack of sun is part of it, but I think that it might be the dehydration problem being made worse by the drying heat running all the time and I know for me that it is hard to keep up with drinking tons of water in the winter because your not hot like you are in the summer.