15 Coping Techniques for Seasonal Affective Disorder
 

http://www.psybersquare.com/depressi..._SAD_cope.html

15 Coping Techniques for Seasonal Affective Disorder
by Frank Salamone, CSW

I like the one that says to remember that SAD is physiological rather than psychological.

M

could not ever bring myself to end my shower with cold water!
burrr!!!!
Lots of good stuff.:)
wonder why melatonin is bad for sad folks?
bizi

I shiver just thinking of cold water.

I love my light, I keep curtains open and try to sit in front of the window. SAMs club has a set of my lights and I want to get them before the days get any shorter.

I can't get up to go get coffee; the expense, it's way too cold, and the three morning I go down my ds to get the dgs out to school I am up at 3:45AM and go back to bed for a nap.
Good read

In winter our bodies make too much Melatonin
 

Bizi,

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Seasona...es/Causes.aspx
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0501113832.htm
For some people, taking Melatonin in the afternoon works.

Mari

Stop taking melatonin in the winter.
 

Even those of us in sunny places can suffer from SAD.

I only learned recently that SAD is caused by too much MELATONIN.

People who use it should stop taking it in the winter time or take it under the direction of a medical person who understands it -- someone like my sleep doc.

Mari

coffee delivery
 

Di,

Someone who likes mornings could start a coffee delivery business so that
people have something nice in the morning to help them look forward to
the rest of the day. :grouphug:

Mari