in winter i go crazy! i get so mad at nothing then i get really sad and cry about stuff! does this happen to anyone else?? and is there anything i can do about it???
2007-02-14 13:57:49 · 7 answers · asked by beardedoctopus 4 in Health ➔ Mental Health
you have seasonal adjustment disorder (S.A.D.)i have it myself and well understand it's a b***h. There are special lighting fixtures you can purchase that really help me and spend as much time as you can outdoors. psychiatric medications are available that definitely help. See a professional. keep your chin up and good luck
2007-02-14 14:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder. When you don't get much sunlight, as many people do in the northern states in the winter, you can suffer from this.
I didn't get it until I moved to the north and it is really horrible. But there is hope. You need to do the following; get some Vitamin D suppliments and take those daily with calcium. Get exercise. Get sunlight whenever possible and buy a simulated sun lamp and make sure to sit in front of it for 20 minutes a day.
Watch what you eat; fats, carbs and unhealthy foods make it worse.
2007-02-14 22:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi beardedoctopus. There is something called "Seasonal Depression". I live in Venezuela. A tropical country which has sun the whole year. We live surrounded by palm trees, sun, coconut and ocean. All these help with depression. Sunlight help with depression. Whenever I am in a 4 seasons country and I go in winter I get depressed. (Dark at 4 o´clock in the afternoon).
To overcome depression there is different things you can do. (Go to a psychiatrist to get diagnosed and maybe he can prescribe meds, do acupuncture, yoga) there is also machines that provide sunlight rays. Find out. Good luck! Argentox2@yahoo.com
2007-02-14 22:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is known as the S A D syndrome there is web site for it .It is also called the winter blues.You are helping your self now by talking about it and that's free.Lack of sunshine diminishes your vitamin D try taking a supplement for a while .Ask at any good health store.
2007-02-14 22:03:51 · answer #4 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
heheheh me too.
I spoke to the doctor and there is such a thing as getting mild depression from the changes in sunlight and stuff..
The doctor suggested to me that i go to the solarium and get some UV rays.. as bad as it sounds with skin camcer and stuff floating around.. it has helped me deal with winter as i am getting a shot of sunshine every week..
2007-02-14 22:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by hot_pink_lippi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at birth, you were flexible and flowing
at death, you will become rigid and blocked
consider the lives of plants and trees: during their time of greatest growth, they are relatively tender and pliant. but when they are full grown or begin to die, they become tough and brittle.
the tree which has grown up and become rigid is cut into lumber.
if you find yourself becoming rigid in the winter by doing repititious and structured exercises will not help you cope with life.
remember this: to continue to grow you must be flexible and flowing.
whatever is rigid and blocked will atrophy and die.
flexible or rigid?
do not become tough or brittle
be flexible and pliant
2007-02-14 22:20:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could just be cabin fever. We all get it from time to time. Trying going for walks outside, even if its -20, you just need to get out in the sun and make sure to exercise and do things that you enjoy even though transportation might be inconvenient
2007-02-14 22:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by Cybele 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋