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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vitamin deficiencies are easy to detect and to treat, and there's no sense in spending months or years hoping to find the right anti-depressant before checking for them. Heck, I wish my issues were caused by vitamin deficiencies.

[–] racsol@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How are vitamin deficiencies detected? Some specific blood test?

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Your doctor sends your blood sample to a lab and ticks the 'B12' box on the printout form

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I think it's something a GP will prescribe.