How do you treat your SAD?

I have found the dawn simulator alarm very helpful. I still feel tired for a lot of the winter, but I can usually get out of bed!

Last year the doc suggested that I started to take med in the autumn instead of waiting until I was desperate for it and very down. It largely worked, though I'm not the person that I am in summer. I use bright light therapy as well.

Other than that I take some minerals and vitamins and just try and look after myself as well as I can and try not to do too much.

PurpleIvy

With utter contempt and resentment!

But that aside, I use my lightbox in the evening because i've got an advanced circadian rhythm, occasionally in the morning if i'm feeling particularly bad.
I've got a set of spot lights on a timer near my bed which combined with my alarm get me up!
Supplement wise I used high strength SJW three times a day sometimes four. Super high strength omega 3, vit B complex, multi vitamin and on an evening valarium to aid my sleep... quite the junkie me thinks ha ha!
I weight train four times a week with some cardio on these days and two specific cardio days aswell as two large walks with my friends dogs and of course a balanced healthy diet.
Yes it's hard work but the alternative is to give up and sit on the sofa and become depressed so it's easier to stick with the routine?

Regards OBE

I agree about the point regarding excersise. For the last 6 winters or so I've felt awful. Last winter I started doing a little jogging, not much really but managed to continue through the summer. Now I go jogging whenever I can and feel a whole lot better for it. So I suppose what I'm saying is that if you can bring yourself to do something you'll feel a lot better than you would just sitting around

One of the antidepressants that I am on is called Remeron and you take it at night and I think that it has helped me with my sleep to a certain extent. The bad thing about Remeron though is all you want to do is eat. Remeron is what they prescribe for patients who have eating disorders.