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Seasonal Affective Disorder is a big topic in the winter here at DS I was just courious about how many are effected by SAD in the summer. I live in MI and the great lakes provide plenty of humidity with the heat.
I find myself staying inside and air-conditioned 95% of the time. It is almost like cabin fever sometimes and depressive too. I have to take a vitamin D suppliment because one of my meds prevents too much exposure to sunlight; but my moods are still really down a lot.
Any one else experience this phenom?
I find myself staying inside and air-conditioned 95% of the time. It is almost like cabin fever sometimes and depressive too. I have to take a vitamin D suppliment because one of my meds prevents too much exposure to sunlight; but my moods are still really down a lot.
Any one else experience this phenom?
Where I live the winters are gorgeous, and the summers are oppressive and horrid.
I almost literally hibernate from May to 1st October. I keep my place dark, blinds drawn because they reflect heat way from the windows, and the a/c on, of course.
about 7 minutes in the sun is all it takes here to burn your skin.
anyway, yeah, I can relate to summer seasonal affective disorder.
January 31 is the anniversary of his passing on, and, every year since January 31, 2007, it's been a horrid time, when I feel like I'm withdrawing from PTSD (I watched him die of sepsis following surgery to remove a tumor in his colon) and the aftershocks hit me in like a ton of bricks in the form of anxiety attacks that feel like earthquakes in my heart...tingling in the wrists, mind racing, can't breathe...I plan to keep myself very sedated this holiday, with wine and Valerian. Hopefully I'll sleep through most of the festivities.
But today I realized that I'm feeling the symptoms again because August is Texas' hottest month. So despite the heat, I realize that I have to spend time outside during the morning in order to get sun but not boil to death. I also picked up a vitamin d supplement today. Go out in the mornings when it is cooler. Get up earlier if you have to. I'm setting my alarm for 7 (not working right now so no set schedule) and going to take my dog to the park in the mornings.