SAD is sad

[glacier_kitty]

My SAD (seasonal affective disorder) has been awful lately. The symptoms..

Hopelessness
Increased appetite with weight gain (weight loss is more common with other forms of depression) <-- I've been the opposite actually..
Increased sleep (too little sleep is more common with other forms of depression) <-- It's been about the same, though I definitely want to sleep more
Less energy and ability to concentrate
Loss of interest in work or other activities
Sluggish movements
Social withdrawal <-- I was wondering why I suddenly didn't want to talk to my friends in class..
Unhappiness and irritability

Ugh. It has been colder than normal for like a month..maybe that's one of the reasons. Sites recommend getting a light that simulates dawn..I'm not sure where you get those though. I should probably see the doctor again though. Mom and I want to go to Hawaii in January..that would be awesome haha



I surrender..

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation
101. Life
101. Youth
103. Content
104. Change
105. Dreams
106. Pessimistic
107. Pirate
108. Novel
109. Doom
110. Garden
111. Sadness
112. Confusion
113. Freedom
114. Inevitable
115. Idle
116. Vampires
117. Convention
118. Roleplaying
119. Skull
120. Pain
121. Joy
122. Time
123. Warmth
124. Voodoo
125. Insomnia
126. Solitude
127. Zombies
128. Heaven
129. Evil
130. Weary
131. Candyland
132. Robot
133. Old-school
134. Patriotism
135. Flight
136. Movie
137. What if...
138. Batman
139. Dance
140. Oh, REALLY???
141. Play
142. Uh-oh...
143. Duel
144. coldness
145. Caption
146. Photo
147. Pants
148. Red
149. Fiesta
150. Percent
151. cute
152. playfullness
153. Stress
154. Froof
155. Mutation
156. Skeleton
157. Rock
158. Lies
159. Ninja
160. Message
161. Bugs
162. Effort
163. Band-aid
164. weird
165. Imaginary
166. Fly Me to the Moon...
167. Discovery
168. What?
169. Adhesive
170. Underworld
171. tropical
172. magic
173. Random
174. Video Game
175. Crisis
176. Insanity
177. Ice
178. Working Hard
179. Hardly Working
180. Sandwich
181. Clone
182. Clumsy
183. Keyboard
184. Hope
185. Song
186. Surprise
187. Cursed
188. Awesomeness
189. hate
190. Fire
191. Orange
192. Love
193. Annoyance
194. Misunderstanding
195. Fantasy
196. Puppy
197. Lost
198. Pie
199. Fate
200. Death

Comments

[judeaslinksta.livejournal.com]

You can order them online, we got one last year for Gaelan's grandmother. It was called something like "Happy Light" or somesuch.

[rdyfrde.livejournal.com]

How are your vitamin D levels? They tend to get low in areas with less sunlight during the winter like Alaska. I tend to take 4000-5000 a day and that seems to help with giving me more energy.

[glacier-kitty.livejournal.com]

I have some, I should definitely start taking it again

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

LOL @ your "winter needs to die" tag. Classic.

I think Hawaii would be a hugely positive thing if you and your mom go... It will give you something to look forward to and will give you a ton of sunshine as well. Know that the two of you (or just yourself!) are always welcome here too, it's sunny here generally. Haha. But yeah. Definitely look into Hawaii!

I'm sorry to hear that your SAD is so strong... You DEFINITELY get that, I've noticed it ever since you moved to Alaska. I'm sure it is extremely common in Alaskans in general, and because of that, I bet it won't be so hard to find those lights that they are recommending. I've always heard that light therapy using those lights is the way to go for SAD.

Good luck Heather, be sure to keep on writing about it and talking about it with your mom and stuff, I think that will help as well. *HUGS*

[skindyedindigo.livejournal.com]

*Gentle hugs* I deal with SAD too, it's a rough thing to cope with. I hope that the weather fixes itself and that helps to improve things. <3

[lemau.livejournal.com]

I just took a good long look at the description... Sweet mother goddess, I think I might have the same thing! X_x

[shesingsnow.livejournal.com]

At Home Depot I was able to pick up some Full Spectrum CFL light bulbs. They were marked "Daylight" or something like that. I changed out all of the bulbs in my house with these and the light is infinitely brighter with them.

Good luck. SAD hits me very hard, too. Especially after 10 years of living in Florida in near-constant sunshine.

[heartlines.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
It's been the same for me lately...my depression always gets worse in Fall/Winter.
Hope you feel better soon and that the light will help <3