Winter Wellness: Prevent SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder

The main reason we are affected by SAD is a decrease in the amt of Vitamin D our body makes due to lack of direct sunlight on our skin, lack of this vitamin causes depression, hence SAD. Having your Vitamin D level checked every fall to make sure it's at the therapeutic levels for your body. If it's not then taking a Vitamin D supplement during the winter months will bring your level up and banish the SAD. As spring and summer months come around again stop taking the Vitamin D supplement til the next winter. But always get your blood level checked before starting the supplement as we can store too much of this helpful vitamin.

I have bought a portable light box for my desk at work and for the first hour of every working day it is shining on to my face. It is my God send and without it I would hibernate. truly, I once slept for 19 hrs because of SAD. This was a very interesting article and one that I recognised. Always sit on the sunny side f the bus or train when travelling as even sunlight through glass will work. We need 20 min of sunshine a day and our bodies cannot store it so a light box or light simulator is perfect

I would really recommend the Soleil Sun Alarm. One trigger for SAD is waking in darkness (or near darkness); then failing to get sufficient sunlight during the day compounds it. The Soleil alarm is great becuase it wakes you with light, which is so much more natural, and gets you off on the right foot for the day. I've recommended it to all my friends with SAD.