http://allaboutsad.com/blog News about Seasonal Affective Disorder Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:28:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not sure if this personal account of Seasonal affective Disorder is serious or not. It seems to me that being clear enough about it to be able to poke fun at your depressive condition means you're not really depressed. But who am I to judge? Wah, Wah, I Have Seasonal Affective ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2007/02/08/one-account-of-sad/ There's a new blog Sunny and Toasty from a well-known life coach Pat Gundry which has the objective of adding some winter cheer to those who are adversly affected by the cold, dark days of the season. I liked this first post which is all about how the Scandinavians use ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/20/sunny-and-toasty/ This article outlines some of the research about the link between Vitamin D and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Vitamin D is the vitamin you get from a combination of sunlight and diet and the reason grannies recommended cod liver oil in the olden days (when I was young:) ). Worth a ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/09/vitamin-d-and-sad/ This article about a patient who started getting SAD symptoms after moving to Nashville from Texas, talks also about the FDA approval of Wellbutrin XL to treat SAD. What amazed me about this was how many people get well just with a placebo. "It was approved to treat SAD after ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/09/wellbutrin-xl/ Interesting piece on this blog which caught my attention because I am a LEO too. The writer believes that Leos may be more sensitive a lack of sunlight because of their birth chart. I've never been very sure about the merits of astrology but gloomy days do get me down although ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/08/sad-leos/ Imagine buying a penthouse apartment for $14.3 million and then finding that new buildings being erected alongside were going to keep your home in the shade the whole time! That's what one buyer Pritam Singh found in Boston. He is attempting to extract himself from the purchase and sale agreement as ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/06/lawsuit-over-a-lack-of-light/ One of the members of the Yahoo S-A-D group was saying that it takes a whole range of treatments (light therapy, meds, good nutrition, supplements etc) just to get through each day in winter. It can be hard to make all that effort especially when you're feeling so blue, but it ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/05/just-getting-through-the-day-with-sad/ Last year I reported about the town of Rattenberg which was immersed in darkness all winter and about its novel solution to lighting up the area. Then I just read about the little town of Viganella in Italy with just 197 inhabitants which was plunged into near darkness each ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/12/01/a-sad-town-no-more/ The Weather Channel in the UK is publishing charts to show how the UK and Europe might be affected by SAD each day. Anyone know of a similar service elsewhere in the world? If you do , please add a comment to let us all know. weather.co.uk - UK - ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/11/30/find-out-if-your-area-is-impacted-by-sad-today/ If you drive a lot a convertible is great for getting more light in your life. But unfortunately in winter, when you need the light most, you can't keep the top down. Now you can get a bit more light in the cabin with a new car from VW - the ... http://allaboutsad.com/blog/2006/11/23/get-more-light-in-your-life-2/