Antidepressant medications, Lifestyle, Light therapy, Natural Treatments, Product reviews, Psychotherapy/Cognitive Therapy, Seasonal Affective Disorder |
When it comes to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), few people can compare to Dr Norman E. Rosenthal. After all, he was the man to formally describe the condition three decades ago. In the preface to the book Winter Blues, Fourth Edition: Everything You Need to Know...
Antidepressant medications, Exercise, Lifestyle, Light therapy, Nutrition, Psychotherapy/Cognitive Therapy |
Short days and long, cold nights affect the mood of every person in the form of mild depression, sadness, and decreased motivation. During the winter, for individuals fighting with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), things can get much worse. Still, there are many...
Antidepressant medications, Light therapy |
Light therapy and antidepressants are most commonly used treatment options for managing seasonal affective disorder (winter blues or winter depression). Light therapy is preferred at the beginning of the treatment, but it is not always fully effective, so...
Antidepressant medications, Exercise, Lifestyle, Light therapy, Natural Treatments, Nutrition, Psychotherapy/Cognitive Therapy, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Sleep |
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression which occurs periodically, with the onset of symptoms in winter months and full recovery during the spring and summer. That is why it is also called winter blues or winter depression. The usual symptoms...
Antidepressant medications |
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In the last few decades, many treatment options for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) appeared. Antidepressants in combination with cognitive behavioral therapy are most commonly recommended, and light therapy...
Antidepressant medications |
Besides all unpleasant features that this disorder brings, beating the winter blues is also a challenging task because of the side effects of the drugs used in the treatment. Medications used to combat SAD belong predominantly to antidepressants, which encompass a...