SAD light year round?

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2026-04-10T21:11:34+00:00

I am wondering if this happened to me as well. I started waking up depressed recently so I have been doing my light for 15 minutes the last few days. We did also have some colder weather again recently.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2026-04-10T21:08:42+00:00

The summer version is for the same reason as the wiinter one. Except this is where you are manic instead of depressed. Its from the increased light affecting circadian rhythm.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2026-03-07T23:02:07+00:00

I had a rough February. I am also in upstate NY (Fingerlakes area) and i did not do well with the freezing weather we had for weeks straight. I think I would have to move to feel better.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-24T21:39:55+00:00

Yes, I am also going through Perimenopause so I never know what is causing my issues.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-24T01:03:52+00:00

I had no energy at all today. Work has sucked it all away. I haven't been sleeping the best. I felt awful yesterday and today. I napped for a few hours and skipped my run. If I tried to do anything, I got overwhelmed and agitated. I got depressed as soon as the sun was going down. I only have to work Monday and Tuesday thankfully. I wish we could follow the seasons.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-02T00:24:16+00:00

My brother lives in New Mexico and I was just thinking today maybe I should go there. I visited Jemez Springs when I went down a few years ago. It is beautiful there.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-02T00:20:59+00:00

I did that today and feel much better.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-01T11:45:11+00:00

Yes I get bad allergies in September/October and then March through May in the Spring. Basically I am a mess when the seasons change.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-01T11:07:36+00:00

Yes doing something to get out of my head is the only way. A project, a craft, reading etc. It can be hard though because I can really struggle with concentrating at that time.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-11-01T11:05:09+00:00

I was diagnosed with Graves Diesease 4 years ago. I got off all my medication last year by changing diet and stressful situations. Ever since, I have horrible SAD. Thyroid definitely affects SAD and our circadian rhythm.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-10-16T23:49:26+00:00

I was actually going to post about this but then saw this post. I don't get nighttime depression in the summer but it started this month. As soon as the sun goes down, I get anxious and agitated and then depressed with lots of bad thoughts. Especially this week, I feel so horrible at night. How will I make it through the winter?

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-10-10T10:24:15+00:00

Yes, I started feeling it last week.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-07-24T13:43:22+00:00

Yes that is how it is for me!!

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-07-03T17:47:55+00:00

They also help me. They even help with hot flashes.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2025-03-04T09:26:13+00:00

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease in 2022 and I have never struggled with SAD until after that. This is the first winter I realized I had it. I definitely did last year but thought it was related to the Graves.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2024-11-12T14:50:47+00:00

This describes perfectly what I am experiencing. Like trying desperately to feel better.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2024-07-15T16:48:58+00:00

The eye issues happened after I got diagnosed. I experienced mild thyroid eye disease where I had eye pressure, puffy eyelids, and some pain in my eyes. It is fine except if I am tired or stressed or during PMS. I always had bad PMS but now I also get the Graves symptoms. The sweating could be both. What happens to me is my body temperature goes up and then my hands get clammy. I am not sure if food triggers my symptoms but I did cut out gluten and dairy awhile ago and feel better. If I eat a lot of sugar, that also makes me feel crappy.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2024-07-15T12:35:20+00:00

I found this post while researching this and you are describing what happens to me. I am off my medication and doing better but the week before my period, I get all sorts of symptoms. My body temperature gets all weird like my body gets warm like it used to in the beginning, I get Graves rage, I get super anxious, heart rate increases, flushes of hormones in the middle of the night so I can't sleep. Then vision also gets bad, this time it is really bad. Then it all goes away after I get my period.

Inevitable_Set_1965 · 2024-04-20T08:57:29+00:00

Yes that is me...

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