I really need to discuss this with my psychiatrist too.
Every year around this time as the dark nights close in I start feeling depressed. Negative thoughts about loosing loved ones. Death in general etc. I am also more irritable.
Not to mention after the hype of Christmas is over my mood crashes even more.
Anyway I was just wondering if maybe I have SAD.
Yes it is. I have it in spades and an official diagnosis of such.
Thanks. I am going to talk to my nurse next week. Is there any treatment for it @shutterbug ?
Yes, it’s called spring. Hitting anyone in the mouth who talks about how much they love fall weather is also satisfying.
Haha I get you. 151515151
I’m trying not to let the cold and dark stop me from going out. I purchased a dry suit so I can keep paddle boarding on cold lakes that are still open even after the temp drops below freezing. It will keep me safe if I hit the drink.
for a while ive thought i might have reverse sad i get depressed, irritable, and some fear when summer starts but then in fall and winter i feel unmatched levels of peace and contentness and excitement
I am disgnosed with both schizophrenia and seasonal affective disorder. Every winter I get extremely depressed and sleep too much. Then in the summer months i run on only a few hours of sleep a night and spend too much money.
The treatment that was suggested was using a light box in the winter months. It is somewhat effective. I needed to raise my level of antidepressants in the winter months also when I lived up north.
I use a light box in the winter…it’s hard to adjust to the darkness in winter here, when eventually we only have 4 hours of daylight. For me the light box plus vitamin D and lots of exercise helps.
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