Do you get depressed a lot?.

[TINY]

Don't drink diet pop or diet fruit drinks.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/drinking-diet-soda-linked-depression-211727800.html

 

[Chucky]

I don't drink diet stuff and still get depressed.

 

[Dan]

I get depressed on cloudy days!

 

[RAWD]

I don't know if its depression but I find that I fall into funks during the winter months. That's why I'm on my way to get my bi weekly dose of vitamin D as I type this....sun, surf and outlet shopping is way better than psychotherapy

 

[BEER]

Drinking beer never gets me depressed.

 

[HOF]

I don't know if its depression but I find that I fall into funks during the winter months. That's why I'm on my way to get my bi weekly dose of vitamin D as I type this....sun, surf and outlet shopping is way better than psychotherapy

It is called SAD, seasonal affective disorder, and it is in the DSM-IV under mood disorder. January & February are the worst months due to cold, dark days and usually trying to catch up on finances.

Mid Winter vacation is a great means to combat SAD, so is light therapy and just being active during day time hours. For example, the light bulbs in every room of my place with exception to the bedrooms are daylight brightness very good for this time of year.




The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version 4 (DSM-IV), is the official guidebook for classification of psychiatric disorders. The DSM-IV currently presents under the broad heading of Mood Disorders those disorders that have as their central feature a disturbance in mood.
is characterized by one or more major depressive episodes, which are defined as experiencing two or more weeks of (1) depressed mood and/or (2) loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities. To be diagnosed with major depression, a person must experience one or both of these symptoms and a total of five or more depressive symptoms. For more information, see .
is called dysthymia, which involves depressed mood for a protracted period of time—at least two years—but without major depressive episodes. To be diagnosed with mild-to-moderate depression, a person must exhibit depressed mood plus at least two other mood-related symptoms. For more information, see .
(manic depression) is cyclical. Unlike depression, which is characterized only by lows and is therefore sometimes called unipolar depression, bipolar disorder involves mood swings from very low (depression) to inappropriately high (mania). Three types of bipolar disorder are distinguished. Bipolar I disorder involves the most radical mood swings—from major depression to extreme mania. Bipolar II disorder involves deep lows (major depression) cycling with moderate mania (hypomania). Cyclothymia is a cycling mood disorder characterized by mood alternating between mild-to-moderate depression (dysthymia) and moderate mania (hypomania).

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