up late again

i can start to feel my sad symptoms
returning, for the last week, ive
struggled to get up before 10am, im
having cbt therapy, and been on citalapram since january, its a good job im a homemaker, the weather of drizzle lack of sunshine and the bit of summer didnt help, i feel so lethargic, are other sad suffers beginning to feel the winter onset, christmas is a no go for me, that is when im at my most depressive. love debbie.

Happy Girl, I would recommend starting using the light now, why wait until the clocks go back. Apparently its so much better to use the lamp before you start feeling low.

Many people seem to start experiencing symptoms long before the equinox....anytime from about 6 weeks after mid-summer onwards. There's a sinusoidal distribution of daylight....very little change in day length and light intensity from one day to the next at midsummer, but by the autumnal equinox daylight is reducing most rapidly. Onset of symptoms probably varies a bit depending on both daylight and other factors. The good news is that by the end of October, daylight isn't going to reduce all that much more!

I don't always settle at night, at the moment I'm going to bed any time after 9.30. I'm also not getting up till about 8.30/9am.

Being up late in the summer is much easier. But I can only do it when my dh isn't around, as he generally needs more sleep than me - well in the summer he does, in winter I sleep for ever. Even when I wake up I feel incapable of moving.

THANKYOU FOR YOUR REPLIES EVERYONE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, TODAY IVE JUST
ORDERED A LIGHT BOX 10,000 LUX, I DECIDED TO TAKE THE PLUNGE AFTER THE
GUESTS ON THIS FORUM HAD SUGGESTED ONE,
I DONT WANT ANOTHER WINTER LIKE LAST
PANIC ATTACKS DEPRESSION AND LETHARGY,
SO I DO HOPE IT WORKS, I WILL LET YOU
ALL KNOW, DEBBIE.