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Seasonal Affective Disorder in Numbers

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER THE NUMBERS GENERAL FIGURES ABOUT SADAND DEPRESSION 500K 40M AMERICANS BEING DIAGNOSED YEARLY WITH S.A.D. AMERICAN ADULTS 18 AND OLDER SUFFER FROM ANXIETY DISORDERS INCLUDING S.A.D. 1In10 AMERICANS WERE TREATED FOR DEPRESSION IN THE YEARS 2005-2008 ACCORDING TO THE CDC 50% 50-80% RATE OF EFFECTIVENESS IN PATIENTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS SUCH AS PROZAC AND ZOLOFT OF S.A.D. SUFFERERS GET COMPLETE RELIEF FROM LIGHT THERAPY SOME FACTS ABOUT SAD COMMON SYMPTOMS OF SAD INCLUDE FATIGUE, SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL, OVER- SLEEPING, CARB CRAVINGS, WEIGHT GAIN AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN MARCH 2013, DEPRESSION IS THE RESULT OF IMPAIRED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BRAIN CELLS SAD IS SOMETIMES MISDIAGNOSED AS HYPOTHYROIDISM, HYPOGLY- CEMIA AND OTHER ILLNESSES DOPAMINE IS ANOTHER NEURO- TRANSMITTER WHOSE LEVELS IN OUR BODY HAVE AN EFFECT ON DEPRESSION COMMON SYMPTOMS OF REVERSE SAD/ SUMMER DEPRESSION INCLUDE INSOMNIA, AGITATION OR ANXIETY AND WEIGHT LOSS PEOPLE IN THE ARTIC ARE POTENTIALLY MORE SUSCEPTABLE TO SAD THAN PEOPLE IN ANY OTHER REGION SAD IS NOT NECESSARILY DAMPENED BY MOVING TO A WARMER STATE LONG PERIODS OF OVERCAST WEATHER CAN FURTHER AFFECT THOSE WITH SAD 8TIPSFOR FIGHTINGSAD 1. WAKE EARLY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DAYLIGHT HOURS 3. SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 2. EXERCISE REGULARLY IT IS BELIEVED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION 4. EAT FOODS HIGH IN DOPAMINE: ALMONDS, AVOCADOS, DAIRY, PUMPKIN 5. GET ENOUGH SLEEP AND KEEP SLEEP HOURS CONSISTENT I. MOVE CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR. SAD IS RARE IN TROPICS 6. EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS 8. USE LIGHT THERAPY. THERE ARE LIGHTS DESIGNED FOR THIS RESOURCES online-paychology degree.com HTTP://WwW.ADAA.ORG/ABOUT-ADAA/PRESS-ROOM/FACTS-STATISTICS HTTP://www.CALMCLINIC.COM/ANXIETY/CAUSES/SEROTONIN-DEFICIENCY HTTP://DRWARDBOND.WEEBLY.COM/1/POST/2013/05/DEPRESSION-LOW-DOPAMINE-NOT-LOW-SEROTONIN.HTML HTTP://WwW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM/INTENT/YOGA-DEPRESSION_B_2624004.HTML HTTP://wwW.MEDICALNEWSTODAY.COM/ARTICLES/232248.PHP HTTP://WWW.MEDICINENET.COM/SEASONAL_AFFECTIVE_DISORDER_SAD/ARTICLE.HTM HTTP://WwW.NAMI.ORG/CONTENT/CONTENTGROUPS/HELPLINE1/SEASONAL_AFFECTIVE_DISORDER_(SAD).HTM HTTP://wwW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC2694720/ HTTP://www.OREGONLIVE.COM/SMALL-BUSINESS/INDEX.SSF/2013/05/PORTLANDER_OPENS_LIGHTBAR_A_LI.HTML HTTP://WwW.PATIENT.CO.UK/DOCTOR/SEASONAL-AFFECTIVE-DISORDER-PRO HTTP://WwW.PSYCHIATRY.ORG/SEASONAL-AFFECTIVE-DISORDER HTTP://ROBBWOLF.COM/2013/01/10/SEROTONIN-GASTROINTESTINAL-DISORDERS/ HTTP://Www.SCIENCEDAILY.COM/RELEASES/2013/03/130318105329.HTM HTTP://Www.SINASAIDIMD.COM/BLOG/INSOMNIA-AND-DEPRESSION-TREATMENTS/ HTTP://www.WEBMD.COM/DEPRESSION/FEATURES/SEROTONIN HTTP://Www.WEBMD.COM/SLEEP-DISORDERS/EXCESSIVE-SLEEPINESS-10/DEPRESSION-LACK-OF-SLEEP

Seasonal Affective Disorder in Numbers

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Some people call them the winter blues or the winter blahs, and many people in North America get them at some point in their lives. A more severe form persists for two or more years – what some pe...

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