Who else gets it and what do you do to combat it? I know there are probably alot of you who aren't in the northern "go to work in the dark, come home in the dark" areas, but for those who are, do you do anything or just sit around like a lump for a few months?
I find something to plan, usually gardening or home improvements. This year I get to plan a fantabulous asylum get together and plot how to get more people to attend.
It's May 13th by the way, and yes, you're coming. Yes, you.
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
I get it. 5 days out of the week I am either going to school or work or a combination of the two. I rarely ever see sunlight during the winter months. One starts to feel like a hermit.
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Rum, lot's and lots of Rum
I have a severe case of it, or so my Dr. says. I was diagnossed last year. I hate taking meds for it, but in my case I have to or else I would not be able to get up in the morning.
Starting in Nov I start taking the smallest dosage of Zoloft and compliment it with light therapy. I have to sit under a light ( its like a desk lamp) for a minimum of one hour a day. I basically do that until mid April. It helped tremendously last year when I finally got diagnosed in January, my worst month. I have had it since my son was born, but always thought it was just normal parental tiredness until I talked with my Dr about if and noticed it was only happening so severly in the winter time. I am actually moving down south largely in part because I was told if I did I would probably not need to take meds and could function with just the light therapy.
Starting in Nov I start taking the smallest dosage of Zoloft and compliment it with light therapy. I have to sit under a light ( its like a desk lamp) for a minimum of one hour a day. I basically do that until mid April. It helped tremendously last year when I finally got diagnosed in January, my worst month. I have had it since my son was born, but always thought it was just normal parental tiredness until I talked with my Dr about if and noticed it was only happening so severly in the winter time. I am actually moving down south largely in part because I was told if I did I would probably not need to take meds and could function with just the light therapy.
I had a friend who had SAD, he had to sit in a big room with floodlights once a week.
Do what now?
My husband has one of those light boxes that supposedly provides the same spectrum of light as normal sunlight would. He turns it on while he eats breakfast in the morning before work. Claims it works. I'm lucky, I usually schedule my classes so that I don't have to leave the house before the sun comes up.
Let me understand this correctly. You get bummed out in the winter, and the only things that help are a lamp, and some drugs?
Somehow my life doesn't suck so bad.
Somehow my life doesn't suck so bad.
I haven't been diagnosed with it, but if the past two weeks are any indication, I've got the "winter is coming funk" pretty bad.
I've been coping the past couple of days by spending some extra time outdoors in the afternoon. I'm also trying to eat a lot of fruit. Dunno if that's something you're supposed to do for SAD, but it has helped me when I was outta pep in the past.
Apples got a lotta fiber, too. Buy stock in Charmin.
I've been coping the past couple of days by spending some extra time outdoors in the afternoon. I'm also trying to eat a lot of fruit. Dunno if that's something you're supposed to do for SAD, but it has helped me when I was outta pep in the past.
Apples got a lotta fiber, too. Buy stock in Charmin.
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The thing that works best for me is a healthy diet and a bit of exercise. Wait, no. I've never tried either of those. Nevermind.
I hate winter, but usually ******** about it and pushing onward gets me through.
That pretty much goes for everything, actually.
That pretty much goes for everything, actually.
In a perfect world I'd have enough money to have a winter home in the south and a summer home in Maine. Maine is the most beautiful place in the world in the summer and even the fall (though it's hard for me to enjoy the fall since I know what's coming). The winter's are just so depressing. Even during the day when there is some sun, the ground is gray, the sky is gray, the air is cold, excepting evergreens all is dead. Sure, the snow is pretty at first, but the roads get sanded, then plowed, then sanded, then plowed and you end up with huge piles of dirty snow lining every street. It's all just dirt and cold and dark.
God, I'm depressing myself already. Oh well, at least I'm going over to England for a couple weeks after Christmas. No, a sunny spot it isn't, but it's not so dismal as here. There are still living things there during the winter.
Nexa
God, I'm depressing myself already. Oh well, at least I'm going over to England for a couple weeks after Christmas. No, a sunny spot it isn't, but it's not so dismal as here. There are still living things there during the winter.
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
I am not so sure it is that much better in the south. It can be at times, but most of the winter (in Mississippi at least) is overcast, rainy, and around 40 degrees. Yuck! I do prefer that to this upstate New York overcast, blizzard, - 30 degrees by far, but it still sucks.
The snow was only a new and novel idea to me for about a day. Once I discovered the art of the shovel it became not so fun anymore.
the fact that the lowest it normally gets in NC is 40 F is something I am so looking forward to. I think I could handle 40 in the winter than the 15 F we get plus snow
Nexa wrote:
Maine is the most beautiful place in the world in the summer and even the fall (though it's hard for me to enjoy the fall since I know what's coming).
I feel the same way about Virginia. Whenever I go anyplace else, I miss the bright green trees and how the forest seems to be everywhere. Springtime I adore, summer is hot but beautiful, fall is colorful but I dread it because the winters are so horrid. I just try to get through them, but they always seem to last so long. I think there's a proposal out there to extend daylight savings, and I would love for that to happen. Part of what's so depressing is not seeing any sunlight. You leave your house in the dark, come home in the dark.
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
I think there's a proposal out there to extend daylight savings, and I would love for that to happen.
That has actually passed and will take effect in March 2007. Not extended as much as they were originally pushing for but we still get 4 extra weeks out of the deal:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/congress.daylighttime.ap/
EDIT: That link was from when it was still being pushed through congress but that is the daylight savings portion that ended up passing with the rest of the energy bill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005
Edited, Thu Oct 20 10:03:14 2005 by klyia
I'm all backwards. Having shorter days doesn't bother me much. In a way, I kind of like it. I only start to get sick of it around the end of Feb.
fenderputy the Shady wrote:
One starts to feel like a hermit.
That. It rained for about 7 straight days last week. Totally depressing ;;
nuzin wrote:
fenderputy the Shady wrote:
One starts to feel like a hermit.
That. It rained for about 7 straight days last week. Totally depressing ;;
I just finally emerged from my shell of a house on Monday after all the rain. I had to squint for a couple of hours, wondering what that brightness was. Then I realized it was the sun
I get seasonal affectation disorder. Summers really **** me off and I can't wait for snow. To make myself feel better, I play golf.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
I spent a few years working in the federal sector. I can remember plenty of months where I didn't see the sun, and was absolutely miserable for it.
My solution was to take a job where I work 11am to 8pm. I have a bit of a commute, but at least it's a nice, sunny drive with no traffic between me and my destination. Plenty of time to chill out and be happy.
My solution was to take a job where I work 11am to 8pm. I have a bit of a commute, but at least it's a nice, sunny drive with no traffic between me and my destination. Plenty of time to chill out and be happy.
Is that Gendo Ikari in your avatar?
Nexa
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
It is. Odds are he had seasonal affective disorder, too, but he spent his time a bit more actively than the rest of us.
I'm pretty sure his issue was around the clock PMS.
Nexa
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
I used to like winters in Tennessee, actually. The stark tree limbs defied the gray sky, and the overcast did interesting things to the weak light. Of course it only snows a couple of times a year, so being able to actually go outside and walk around helps.
Out here it just rains, which is still okay with me.
Out here it just rains, which is still okay with me.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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"I get seasonal affectation disorder. Summers really **** me off and I can't wait for snow. To make myself feel better, I play golf."
LOL. Was wondering if it were possible that anyone else would post something like I have.
Same thing here, love the snow. Also my home is even more bright in the winter, from the glare off of the snow.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
LOL. Was wondering if it were possible that anyone else would post something like I have.
Same thing here, love the snow. Also my home is even more bright in the winter, from the glare off of the snow.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
I always look forward to winter. Warm soups, blankets, shovelling..I love it all.
By the end of Feburary I'm ready for a change though.
By the end of Feburary I'm ready for a change though.
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