How do you cope with the dark winter months? (depressed)
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I live with "S.A.D."...SAD is Seasonal Affective Disorder,and am bipolar {manic/depressive}, and get depressed every winter...
I replaced EVERY light bulb in our house with full spectrum daylight compact flourescent{?} bulbs, then changed to "full daylight" LED bulbs,when they came out. These have the effect of "adding" sunlight to the house. They work well,and are all turned on all over the house.
There are any number of "full spectrum daylight" lamps available online..type that into you favorite search engine or your favorite online e-tailer to find one. They may help you.
Finally, I try to take a vacation the last week of Jan and the first week of Feb to a warmer sunnier southern destination.
This may seem silly, but I started an indoor garden in a atrium and set up a metal halide light and ballast. It's so similar to daylight it shocked me. That light and life impacted me more than I'd imagined.
Only way I'm trying to cope is by switching my driving job schedule to day-time pickups.
Leave when the sun is coming up and at least try to get back before it completely sets.
I would like to say that I'm a night person, but after dealing with the horrors of snow-storms and darkness that the headlights of the semi could barely pierce through, I feel the job is a lot easier with the added safety of visibility.
That said, I'm just putting in enough time here to get my EMT cert added and then it's off to Phoenix I go.
I also notice many people talking about going to the gym and working out around here, but that seems to be a no-go for me when trying to up my mood.
I go in feeling like nothing, leaving feeling sore and then not sleeping.
Only to get tired later.
They are called Daylight bulbs. You can get them where regular light bulbs are sold. They also sell 'sunlight' bulbs which are much the same. I use these two exclusively since with doing crafts you see the true colors.
The clouds and icy roads have been amiss in this part of the land for two days now.
Nothing spells a desperate day than a 25 mph top speed in order to not go spinning off into the ditch.
About the only thing that looks good on days like these is when you notice the freight train moving along, unmolested by weather conditions, at 55-70 mph.
All I could think is "What I would give to be the guy driving that locomotive instead!!"
It's here again - those dark winter months where many people go to work in the darkness, and leave in the darkness. As I age, I seem to be having a greater difficulty adjusting to it.
I don't mind the cold that much, just the darkness! I left work tonight and it was pitch black, 50 degrees, raining, and hard to see. It was utterly miserable. During these months, I barely do anything after work, other than go to the gym two or three times a week, and basically come home and sit on the computer or play Playstation.
How do you cope with the winter months?
Very bright lights in my lamps at home (daylight ones) and good fish oil. Makes a world of difference for me.
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