The past few days

I’ve been doing so-so the past few days. I’ll feel not bad for a few hours, and then collapse and feel like crap. Last night was especially hard. (I even used my light box for a half hour, which helped, but not enough.) I haven’t had a non-symptomatic day since Thanksgiving. I haven’t been running much this month, which is probably affecting my mood, but there’s been so much snow that it’s hard to get outside. The solstice is Saturday, but it’ll probably be February before the days are long enough for me to notice any improvement in how I feel.
I’ve been thinking lately about how I’m treating my depression this winter, and whether it’s worth trying a prescription anti-depressant next winter. For the most part, I think what I’m doing has been working. Thanks to what I’ve been taking, I’ve only had a handful of really bad days, and even those were made more bearable by the SJW and the Aleve. We’ll see how the rest of the winter goes, but, so far, I think I’m doing better than last winter (which is all I wanted).