Do You Have Seasonal Affective
Disorder?
by David
Maillie
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Just like fibromylagia,and ADD (attention deficit disorder), Seasonal
Affective Disorder (SAD) is a hard to diagnose and easily disregarded or
overlooked condition or form of depression. Some people get the winter
blues. Some just feel sluggish and have a hard time getting out of bed in
the morning. But, for some it is a serious, almost debilitating disorder.
For some it can lead to an actual diagnosis for depression.
For some it is just a mild, temporary feeling of helplessness - a very
minor form of depression. For others it can be very serious. As evidenced
in many studies, 1 out of every 10 people have some manifestation of SAD.
And just like with regular depression, there have been cases ending in
suicide, progression into different forms of depression and psychosis
including manic depression, multiple personality disorder (schizophrenia),
etc...
Key indicators that one has SAD are sluggishness, sleeping over 10
hours per day and still feeling tired, general lethargy, migraines that
can be quite severe and usually hit their peak with drops in barmometric
pressure. Studies have shown that depressed people are more susceptible to
temperature extremes which some researches have attributed to evidenced
lower sustained levels of electrolytes and essential minerals and salts in
the body and brain. One of these is potassium. It has been proven that low
levels of potassium can bring on severe migrains. Another is vitamin D and
sun exposure - many doctors believe that the seasonal limited sun exposure
and lower levels of vitamin D produced at the cellular level in our skin
can bring on SAD all by itself.
SAD can begin at any age, but is rarely evidenced in childhood. It
occurs mostly women age 35 and above. If one or more symptoms of SAD can
be seen it is strongly suggested that one seek appropriate medical care.
It could be something as simple as a chemical imbalance that a small
change in diet could quickly fix. Sometimes a trip to a spa for a skin
treatment or skin peel can be enough to offset the condition. Or it could
be more severe. There is no reason to let this condition go and suffer
through it. With recent advances in medicine SAD can be treated very
effectively and the sufferers quality of life greatly improved.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Maillie is a chemist with over 12 years experience in biochemical
research and clynical analysis. He is an alumni of Cornell University and
specializes in biochemical synthesis for public, private, and governmental
interests. He can be reached at M.D. Wholesale: http://www.bestskinpeel.com/ and http://www.mdwholesale.com/.
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