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Jen
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Posted by Jen, 22:08 2 November 2007

It's hit me really hard this year. I cant be bothered doing anything but at the same time want to do things, I just dont have the energy to actually do them! My memory is so foggy & it's effecting my work. Im getting upset & angry at ridiculous things. My other half is getting really worried as Ive changed so much in the last few weeks & it's so hard to explain why! Im using my lightbox every morning & that helps to get me up in the morning & actually get to work but once ive got through the day I just want to sleep - not good for keeping the old social life going! But if I stay in & then find out my mates have been out doing something I then feel left out - cant win! I cant take St Johns Wort as Im on the pill & the doc says the only thing I could use with SJW is the injection which I dont want (sorry thats all probs TMI!) Still got citalopram in the house, about 7wks worth, thought about just taking it again but I know I shouldnt without seeing the doc etc & to be honest I dont want to take them, but I just dont want to feel like this anymore...think I need to find some other herbal remedy that will help me get through this. I refuse to let this beat me but it's making me so angry and frustrated that I have SAD. Anyway, not much point to this post, just wanted a rant really! Hope everyone else is doing better than me!
paulst
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Posted by paulst, 22:53 2 November 2007

HI jen,your not having a rant, you are just saying how you feel and theres nothing wrong with that, sometime it does us good to let off steam.
nickyblue
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Posted by nickyblue, 23:42 2 November 2007

Rant away Jen! Sometimes it is the best medicine! I'm really determined not to go down the medication root this year but I also don't want to get so low I totaly lose it! I find this bit of the year the hardest because you can still really remember what it was like before it set in and your still adjusting to the change (again) Oct/Nov are always my hardest months.
good luck
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Me
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Posted by Me, 17:40 5 November 2007

Hi Jen, Sounds like a carbon copy of me last week too. And I bet you also think that people dont like you, which is your SAD head talking, not you. I also hit rock bottom last week, and got so angry then cried for two days.

I visited the doctor, started my serious light crusade at 6.30am each morning, take my prozac, take the kids to school, then go for a run or aerobics. Oh and yes it was difficult, but extremely worthwhile.

For the first time ever, I went trick or treating with the kids, and actually went to a firework display yesterday which I enjoyed. For the first time in ages my glass is 'half full'.

I am now a different person. just got to be careful not to overindulge in light, else 'hyper person' arrives on the scene.

I still get tired, but certainly not the totally overwhelming tiredness of before.

I am told that after time the bulbs need to be replaced in the light box as they dont work as well - just an idea!

You know, that if you have SAD, its harder to give in to it, than to accept its arrival again, but some years you need an extra helping hand -its only for the season.

take care spring lover.
lovethesun
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Posted by lovethesun, 19:39 5 December 2007

in winter it gets so dark early that you feel like sleeping by five and dont wake till at leat 10 or 11 am
m0j0pin
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Posted by m0j0pin, 21:31 10 December 2007

hi, new here...
Still not sure entireley what's going on in my head. It seems to be during the darker months that I'm lethargic and unmotivated (amongst other things!) but I've not found a pattern yet. I do rememebr a couple of years ago when it was a really sunny summer, and I was driving home from work almost delirious for no apparent reason other than it was warm and bright. I feel guilty, or 'indulgent' if you will, as though I'm 'pretending' to be depressed when I'm really just lazy and moody.
Posting this here because what jen said sounds exactly how I feel at the moment (the wanting to do something but not having energy). feel like I have no time to do anything, but at the same time, have no energy to do anything anyway.
Going to bed now, early as always. It's all I want to do from when I get home from work.
paulst
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Posted by paulst, 16:15 11 December 2007

HI welcome to the forum, its good you have joined us, Ive found this place very supportive and hope you will too.


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