I don't have a formal diagnosis of SAD, but I have it and it's bad. I've been hypomanic on and off since mid-March, which is perfectly normal for me because I usually get that way around the same time every year. Then in late fall and winter, I become depressed. I live in the Pacific NW where it's gloomy and rainy most days during the winter, and I use a HappyLight every morning to keep the down cycle from getting too bad. My pdoc knows this and has prescribed thyroid medication of all things to help with the depression, and believe it or not it works...I wasn't depressed at all last winter.

So definitely, you have my sympathies. I think there are a lot of us around here with the same complaint. Hugs.