Lifestyle, Light therapy, Sleep |
It’s the lack of sunlight that tends to throw most people in the colder, winter months, and it is exactly this lack of sunlight that causes those miserable winter blues that many of us are faced with year after year. When you consider that a lack of sunlight is the...
Seasonal Affective Disorder |
The specific cause of seasonal affective disorder remains unknown, but the lack of sunlight is considered as one of the main contributing factors. Imbalances that Result from an Inadequate Amount of Light Because of the reduced sunlight in the fall and winter months,...
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...