Seasonal Affective Disorder

If you live permanently "Winter Blues"? It might be Seasonal Affective Disorder


Many women are sometimes slight depression, but if these moments of depression, and more clearly while occasionally occur in the fall and winter, there may be something called the sentence seasonal affective disorder. There are seasonal affective disorder at the disposal of treatment, and it is possible to overcome this problem.
The symptoms of seasonal affective disorder is difficult to interpret, but do you think a notebook and write, why and when they feel weak, and can help you discover your doctor what's wrong. It affects more women than men.


Is SAD Prevalent among women of all age groups?

Tens of millions of women, at least a serious crisis of depression in his life by seasonal affective disorder. At least 75 to 80 percent of all people who suffer with those who seasonal affective disorder are women, and the majority of this group of women over 30.
Symptoms of SAD women in literature
Each person suffering from this disease can cause a variety of symptoms. The most common


symptoms of seasonal affective disorder among women are:

* Depression
* Loss of Power
* Increase of sleep and sleepiness
* Loss of interest in sex
* Eat with excesses, especially of food with a high carbohydrate
* Gaining importance.
* Level of difficulty concentrating and processing information, especially in the afternoon
* Fear
* Insomnia
* Irritability
* Weight loss


Causes of SAD

The exact causes of SAD is not known, but heredity, age and chemical composition of a body of the end of all suffering SAD appear to play an important role. The availability of sunlight is important and a change in mood with the seasons, diagnoses of seasonal affective disorder. Research has shown that the reduction of sunlight might disrupt circadian rhythms known set your internal clock of the body. This rule hours of sleep your designs and lets you know when it's time to sleep and when it's time to wake up. Disruption of these hours can lead to depression. For example, the onset of winter depression is more common among people living in countries where there is less sunlight in winter and Alaska.

Some of them on the theory that melatonin, a sleep hormone, which is also associated with depression, the cause. Increases production of melatonin during the long winter nights.

Other research shows that a lack of serotonin, a chemical in the brain (neurotransmitter too), seems to be sunlight, and perhaps the cause of the winter blues. The depression are known to have a low level of serotonin in the brain.


Is it possible, diagnosis SAD?

It is very important that everyone who suffers from depression, consult a qualified health professional, and this is also true for patients with SAD potential. These people are not the exception, and it is imperative that the aid they seek. A self-diagnosis can be relatively easy to do, but there are many other conditions similar SAD. These problems must be addressed and explored before seasonal affective disorder treatment can begin.