Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs during certain times of the year, such as winter and summer blues, and causes symptoms like oversleeping, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, and loss of interest in social activities. Light therapy and antidepressant medication can help treat it, and being outdoors in sunlight is also suggested. If symptoms become severe, one should seek help from friends, family, or medical professionals. Risk factors include being between 18-30 years old and being female. Managing SAD involves understanding the condition, communicating with support systems, getting treatment, increasing light exposure, and engaging in self-care activities like exercise and support groups.
Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs during certain times of the year, such as winter and summer blues, and causes symptoms like oversleeping, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, and loss of interest in social activities. Light therapy and antidepressant medication can help treat it, and being outdoors in sunlight is also suggested. If symptoms become severe, one should seek help from friends, family, or medical professionals. Risk factors include being between 18-30 years old and being female. Managing SAD involves understanding the condition, communicating with support systems, getting treatment, increasing light exposure, and engaging in self-care activities like exercise and support groups.
Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression that occurs during certain times of the year, such as winter and summer blues, and causes symptoms like oversleeping, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, and loss of interest in social activities. Light therapy and antidepressant medication can help treat it, and being outdoors in sunlight is also suggested. If symptoms become severe, one should seek help from friends, family, or medical professionals. Risk factors include being between 18-30 years old and being female. Managing SAD involves understanding the condition, communicating with support systems, getting treatment, increasing light exposure, and engaging in self-care activities like exercise and support groups.
as Winter Blues and Summer Blues. This type of mental disorder can be really severe so that your life may be threatened if you do not take it seriously. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder)
-Oversleeping, lack energy, difficulty to walk,
overeating, fail to concentrate, lose interest in social activities, feel hopeless, anxiety, nausea
-Suggest to have more outdoor activities and
expose to more sunlight -Light therapy and antidepressant medicines can work together -If the condition is too severe to the extent of thinking suicide, please tell families and friends and let them help you find a doctor, or call the closest emergence center. -The National Suicide Prevent lifeline 800-273TALK (8255) (http://www.psychiatry.org/seasonal-affective-disorder)
SAD may happen at any age, but usually
happen between 18 to 30 years old. -Anyone can be bother with mood disorder and especially women will experience depression (http://www.psychiatry.org/seasonal-affective-disorder)
-Understand and envisage SDA
-Communicate with families and friend. -Ask for help from doctors and therapist -Increase the environmental light -Keep warm when the season is changing Go to the website to get more help http://www.cet.org/
-Doing exercise
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