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    Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during the fall and winter months for most people. SAD causes changes in mood and behavior such as low mood, lack of interest in activities, low energy, and increased sleep that are significant enough to impair people's lives. The causes of SAD are thought to involve low levels of serotonin and melatonin due to less sunlight in the fall and winter, which can disrupt circadian rhythms. Treatments for SAD include light therapy, self-help strategies like exercise and meditation, talk therapy, and antidepressants if symptoms are severe.

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    Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during the fall and winter months for most people. SAD causes changes in mood and behavior such as low mood, lack of interest in activities, low energy, and increased sleep that are significant enough to impair people's lives. The causes of SAD are thought to involve low levels of serotonin and melatonin due to less sunlight in the fall and winter, which can disrupt circadian rhythms. Treatments for SAD include light therapy, self-help strategies like exercise and meditation, talk therapy, and antidepressants if symptoms are severe.

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    Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during the fall and winter months for most people. SAD causes changes in mood and behavior such as low mood, lack of interest in activities, low energy, and increased sleep that are significant enough to impair people's lives. The causes of SAD are thought to involve low levels of serotonin and melatonin due to less sunlight in the fall and winter, which can disrupt circadian rhythms. Treatments for SAD include light therapy, self-help strategies like exercise and meditation, talk therapy, and antidepressants if symptoms are severe.

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    Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during the fall and winter months for most people. SAD causes changes in mood and behavior such as low mood, lack of interest in activities, low energy, and increased sleep that are significant enough to impair people's lives. The causes of SAD are thought to involve low levels of serotonin and melatonin due to less sunlight in the fall and winter, which can disrupt circadian rhythms. Treatments for SAD include light therapy, self-help strategies like exercise and meditation, talk therapy, and antidepressants if symptoms are severe.

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    Seasonal Affective disorder (SAD), is a form of depression often associated with

    late autumn and winter/is a type of depression that occurs and re-occurs during
    the fall and winter months.

    Most people experience some seasonal changes in feeling of well-being and


    behaviors, such as energy, sleep, eating problems and mood to a greater or
    lesser degree.

    People with seasonal affective disorder have changes in mood and behavior that
    are powerful that they produce significant problems in their lives.

    Symptoms

    Similar to depression

     low mood
     lack of interest and enjoyment in life
     low energy
     being less sociable
     less interest in sex.

    Atypical symptoms/different from depression

     increased sleep, with associated daytime somnolence


     daytime fatigue
     increased appetite; in particular carbohydrate and chocolate cravings
     weight gain

    You may find it hard to wake up on a winter's morning and can often feel sleepy
    during the day.

    SAD gets better in the spring. Indeed, around a third of people with SAD have a
    time when they feel more energetic than usual during the spring and summer.

    POSSIBLE CAUSES

    The serotonin connection

    Low levels of serotonin are thought to contribute to


    depression, and serotonin production slows down
    with fewer hours of sunlight.
    The melatonin connection

    Darkness triggers the release of the hormone


    melatonin, which controls sleeping and eating.one
    theory suggests that like hibernating mammals,
    some humans produce more melatonin in the winter
    months.
    The circadian rhythm connection

    The transition from summer to winter changes the


    time that melatonin is released and this throws the
    body’s natural clock out of sync, potentially
    triggering the symptoms of SAD.

    TREATMENT

    Light therapy, also Self Help Use mind/body Get help


    called phototherapy, Try to get as much therapies Talk therapy
    it involves daily natural sunlight as Practicing (cognitive
    exposure in front of a possible. meditation, even behavioral therapy)
    lamp of white Take a walk during deep breathing If symptoms are
    fluorescent lights, daylight hours. greatly alters brain severe, your doctor
    covered by a plastic Carry on any function &improve may prescribe
    screen to block the exercise you would the quality of antidepressant
    ultraviolet rays. normally do. thoughts & feelings. medication.

    Sources

    https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/problems-disorders/seasonal-affective-disorder-(sad)

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