Mental Health Humor: Ask Dr Bob Bob, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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 Mental Health Humor: Ask Dr Bob Bob, Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

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Question:

Dr Bob Bob, I am really sad and blue. I get like this every year even though I am not diagnosed with depression, I feel so down. But, this time of the year I JUST FEEL DOWN and I don’t know what to do.
Signed: Sad and Blue

Answer:

Dear Sad and Blue,  Every one gets down now and again and what
you’re describing sounds like Seasonal Affective Disorder. This is what
you need do, pack up and move to a place where they don’t
have seasons.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), I could set my watch by it, and in some cases I really did with the fall equinox. It always seems like come the fall, I am more vulnerable to depression due to the seasonal changes.  Back in Boston every November was my total month of triggers.  It would start out at a low ebb, then a bit of melancholy and work its way right up to depression, or down I should say.  I thought living here in Florida would take care of it, and it has to some degree but I can still feel it starting… Well, at least I’m consistent.

Here is some information about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression, and it can severely impair your daily life. That said, treatment — which may include light box therapy — can help you successfully manage seasonal affective disorder. You don’t have to dread the dawning of each fall or winter.

Symptoms

Seasonal affective disorder is a cyclic, seasonal condition. This means that signs and symptoms usually come back and go away at the same times every year. Usually, seasonal affective disorder symptoms appear during late fall or early winter and go away during the warmer, sunnier days of spring and summer. But some people have the opposite pattern, developing seasonal affective disorder with the onset of spring or summer. In either case, problems may start out mild and become more severe as the season progresses.

Fall and winter SAD (winter depression)
Symptoms of winter-onset seasonal affective disorder include:

• Depression
• Hopelessness
• Anxiety
• Loss of energy
• Social withdrawal
• Oversleeping
• Loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed
• Appetite changes, especially a craving for foods high in carbohydrates
• Weight gain
• Difficulty concentrating and processing information

Spring and summer SAD (summer depression)
Symptoms of summer-onset seasonal affective disorder include:

• Anxiety
• Insomnia
• Irritability
• Agitation
• Weight loss
• Poor appetite
• Increased sex drive

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Chato B. Stewart
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