Seasonal Affective Disorder-when does it start? (page 2)

SheilaM

Sirona: I love the beauty of winter but I tend to get wicked sick (asthma) and I get so down dang I like the air much better than summer (hot muggy here) Wish we could have Spring and early Fall all year alternating LOL

gumby

I love you guys.

I came home from work feeling really "weird" today and your comments made me feel so good. I know it sounds like a little thing but it did.

I get so damn weird about this time and I wonder if it's SAD or a little of some pychological bullshit, that I am unaware of. I'm sure the light plays a big part.

Valis you bastard, nutsack, fellow stoner friend of mine, I've done the Zoloft anti-deppresant routine and I don't like the felling. I kinda view this as a challenge, coming out of dubdom and all, to see if I can't mentally put a squelsh on this little chemical in the mind weenie of a disorder.

BigT....you are one weird bastard The summer time gives you the blues? Damn......your a select few. I suppose there are others like you. I have heard of many who prefer the winter, as the cold wintery atmosphere gives them a better feeling. My body just plain feels better in the summer, along with my mind.

Shelia.....october? I wonder why so early? Perhaps this is when this affliction hits some....I don't know if there is a specific month.

Oh well.....I can say it's nice to know others are feeling shitty like me

I still say, grow an inside garden.....watch em grow.....and get the light you need at the same time

Gumbastard.

shamus

I wish that mine was just SAD.... I suffer from full-blown depression. It has been especially hard these last few weeks....

Get some flourescent lights and do some indoor gardening. It can help.

gumby

and do some indoor gardening. It can help

What kind would you recommend, ya fuzzy headed bastard"?

Hey bud....I am sorry for your depression. It sucks.....and the sad part is......it isn't real. It's your brains hangup. Endophines are a persons "pleasure centers". They are the chemicals that make us feel good, and smile, and be happy, and look an the bright side of things. When you have what you have and SAD people have........you lack endorphines. They are the bodys..."opiates".

Do you take meds for it Shamus? If so....does it help? What kind?

Gumby

shamus

Grow whatever you want... try growing Habernero (sp) peppers... they are delicious!

I take Paxil. It's great stuff... it makes your sex drive go down to zero, but keeps me above water. When I get pissed off, usually every 2 weeks I stop taking it regularly and have this happen. It's a cycle that never stops.

Ah, thank you god for this wonderful disease. At least with cancer I would have had a chance to get better.

DanTheMan

For me it starts when daylight savings time ends.

Winters tend to be pretty dismal in central Ohio. We don't get a lot of snow, just gray gray gray skies day after day, bare trees and mud.

SAD is a day-to-day thing for me, give me a bright sunny day and I'm happy as a clam.

gumby

it makes your sex drive go down to zero, but keeps me above water.

How can I get lower than zero? Ya I know.....when deppression hits......nothing is exciting.

You mentioned getting pissed. I get meaner than a damn snake like I'm looking for someone to piss me off and I'm not like that one bit in reality. I get pissed, and sometimes I just get "down" and not pissed......just unhappy. Probably after you and I die.....they will come out with something that will eliminate this shit......then I'll REALLY be pissed!

Gumby

shamus

Remember Hammas, Gumby? He is a classic example of depression. That poor guy... he didn't want to get help. That is what I'm like when I'm not medicated. Depression makes you angry, too. Very angry. I feel like I want to burn every store down sometimes the rage gets so bad.... it has been many years since feeling like that, thank god.

In regards to Hammas, he self-destructed, just like I did in real life. I told him so... and, of course he got banned. I am not saying one single bit that he should be allowed back... it's just a wake-up call that if you get angry over nothing then something is wrong. It may not be depression, but who knows?

gumby

Shamus......oh how remeber Hamas.

He was such a helpfull sweet guy...( if that doesn't sound too gay). He really was a nice good guy. Then he would turn like Jeckle to hyde. I didn't know he suffered from depression. You loved him and you feared him. I should go over to JWO and tell him what I just said.

I have to wonder, how many on this site, suffer from this shit that makes them seem like assholes.....and they are really not?

Gumby

got my forty homey?

Im very grateful to all of you for discussing this topic. For many years I've always felt I suffered from this especially since my late twenties. I found that I sleep lots more hours and still suffer from beinf tired, I drink much more hard liquor these months and I miss a lot of work. After reading your responses and doing research I think Im goning to speak to my doctor about this. Also I think I gonna take all my vacation time during the winter months because during the sunnier spring, summer and early fall months I feel exactly the opposite. Im drink just beer, my sex drive is much stronger, I can sleep less and feel engerized.

Thanks to all of you again!

Seasonal Affective Disorder-when does it start?

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