whichwayisup Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Seasonal Affective Disorder, how many of you suffer from this? I never used to growing up but as I get older and even more so in the past 3 years it has affected me. Last year wasn't too bad but the year before was awful! I'm trying to do everything possible to prevent this s***ty feeling to enter my life. I've come too far with fighting my anxiety disorder to let SAD take over and make me feel down and out. Cuz that is what it does! For me, anyway. Just curious what some of you may do to prevent it? It's hard being in Canada, in Ontario anyway, cuz our winters are dull and gray, barely any sun, so that definately doesn't help. I am looking into getting a SAD light or a visor, depending on the cost. The visor is a couple hundred so that may not be an option, I don't know yet. 2 days, today included I've felt very blah. It is a combination of afew things but the weather isn't helping much...And soon we'll be putting the clocks back an hour so that won't help me much. I woke up a 3am and had a mini panic attack because I started worrying about stupid s*** and things I need to get done that I haven't done yet. Woke up my hubby and we talked it out abit, then cuddled and I went back to sleep. Ahhkkkk. I don't like this feeling I have and I want to do everything possible to fight it. I just want it all to go away! Anxiety and all. Maybe one day! Link to post Share on other sites
bunnzy Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 http://www.psychiatry.ubc.ca/mood/sad/sadfaq.htm#q3 I remember reading an article once in national geographic about children in Scandinavia being Vitamin D deficient because of lack of sunlight. Sounds like you should invest in a light box. The above link should help you. Link to post Share on other sites
Author whichwayisup Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 Thanks for the link, I'm gonna check it out. And I do intend on buying either the SAD lamp or the visor. The visor isn't available in Canada, so that option is probably out for me. Link to post Share on other sites
laRubiaBonita Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 take a vitamin B suppliment, as b is a main transmission aid with seretonin. i have seasonal AD too. i usually take anti-depressants in the fall and wean off into the spring...it helps. also exercise helps a lot too. Link to post Share on other sites
JS17 Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 take a vitamin B suppliment, as b is a main transmission aid with seretonin. I didn't know that. I thought I knew all this stuff!!! I'm a vegan so I don't get vitamin B through diet. I take vitamins...whenever I'm good about it Thanks for the info Link to post Share on other sites
Author whichwayisup Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 I actually have been doing B12 shots since February. They have helped ALOT in so many ways. More energy, my mood is evened out and I don't get the migraines I used to get. I plan on doing alot of yoga and walking this fall/winter and yeah, I may have some yuk days but I am going to try my best not to let them takeover. Link to post Share on other sites
FataMorgana Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Funny you mention this I was thinking about starting a thread on this topic the other night ... Luckly for me we are just coming out of winter and spring is well on it's way. And also really lucky overall as winter in Australia is a joke compared with places like Canada. But I still feel it too. I hate the cold and the dark, I feel like hibernating all the time, lose my passion for life and desire to get out there and acomplish things. I was feeling so good walking through town the other day and suddenly realised it's because it's finally spring, it's light until 6.30pm now and I feel like I'm coming back to life I find that forcing myself to excercise still (meaning I find it easy in summer but really hard to motivate myself to do in winter) helps a lot as well. Generally just keeping myself really busy, trying hard to go out and socialise with friends which I initially think, nooo really don't feel like it, but once you're there you have a good time and another day closer to spring Link to post Share on other sites
Author whichwayisup Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 Well, happy spring to you and think of us during your hot summer as we freezes our tails off... My goal is to just not think too far ahead, I tend to worry about s*** that hasn't even happened yet or may never happen...Just how my mind works. Like today, I didn't have a good day. Maybe it's the start of PMS that got the ball rolling but my mind has just been going places it shouldn't and made me worry about this and that - Which ofcourse eventually makes me feel anxious...The coffee I had today didn't help matters, why the f I would have coffee knowing how I was feeling is beyond me. Blonde moment I guess... This past week on and off hasn't been a good one, not been sleeping well and also trying to reconnect with my husband as he has been very busy and stressed from work...Not too sure about how things are going, I mean, we're not fighting or anything....Just pretty much doing our own thing and I think that is part of why I'm feeling stir crazy and housebound. I need to push myself to DO things and I really couldn't give a crap to do them. Geez, I am even feeling too lazy to head to the store and buy milk!!! IT's the best thing I could right now for me, to push myself and get some air tonight but I just can't be bothered, the bed looks good just to curl up in and go to sleep. Think I said enough for now, thanks for reading. Link to post Share on other sites
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