Hi Reader - glad to hear you're feeling well. It's amazing how much the right meds can help things change! I also dread the coming of winter. For me, it's right around when the clocks change - like you said, October or November - and I take a nosedive. Almost like I can feel the Darkness coming. I have begun using a light box starting in the late fall and it has helped. I'm the same way - it doesn't matter how well my meds are working, once the days get shorter, my little bipolar brain gets all out of whack (thank you, pineal gland...) and I have to counteract it.

Ask your pdoc about using a light box this fall. It might be just enough for you.