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Dec 08, 2022, 10:49 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by lizardlady
Two thoughts - 1) were all/most of the losses in the fall? It could be old stuff is trying to bubble to the surface. I had something like that happen several years running after a series of losses.
2) could you have developed SAD since this comes on in the fall?
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Odd. Get this. Every one of the losses were in the most glorious days of spring. Soft blue skies, flowers and trees in full bloom, weather a dream...tea party days.
Late February (spring, here), March, April, May. Go figure.
SAD - it has to be. And doesn't that involve the pineal gland? I hate, hate these long, long nights - they feel like 3 nights seamlessly stitched together.
Eleven years ago I was in Paris and in Dublin in February. In both places (especially in Dublin), darkness fell early, by about 4 p.m. It didn't bother me, I didn't feel depressed, at all. But maybe the contrast wasn't as stark: the sun in those places wasn't a Mediterranean sun to begin with, as it is here.
btw, I have done my faithful duty with a therapy light, to no avail. The only result was a headache. I have, however, considered going "against the rules" and using the therapy light box to light up my living room, instead of staring right at the thing. My pdoc's concern is that it will cause mania. HA. Mania in December? Now, that would be one for the books 
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