Hello, Crazytired. I'm sorry opportunities for care in the DoD system(s) have been cut back so.
Long ago, back on AD, when someone suspected there was a SAD component to my depression, they outright got me a lightbox. I used it faithfully, and it did nothing for me. If you, however, are convinced you have SAD - your evidence is convincing, then look into a lightbox or at least "full spectrum lighting."
Though it has no practical bearing on your treatment, the DSM-5 (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition) was released earlier this year. According to reports,
"Dysthymia" is no more:
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Dysthymia is gone, replaced with something called “persistent depressive disorder.” The new condition includes both chronic major depressive disorder and the previous dysthymic disorder. Why this change? “An inability to find scientifically meaningful differences between these two conditions led to their combination with specifiers included to identify different pathways to the diagnosis and to provide continuity with DSM-IV.”
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.