Anyone else's anxiety increasing with the shorter days?
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Anonymous
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I seem to do fine while the sun is shining, but once it's dark out I'm more vulnerable to anxiety.
It's been hard with the shorter days. Is this common? |
Anonymous
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Probably, but if it affects your quality of life significantly, see your doctor for seasonal disorder. Perhaps a special light source thingie would help? I'm more anxious, but it's because a deer ran into my headlights as I was accelerating up the beltway ramp! And because of the mad rush of music practices before the holiday recitals (one or several per kid!). |
Anonymous
Yes this happens to me 
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Anonymous
| Happens to me too |
Anonymous
| I think it is not being able to exercise outside. By the time we get home it is dark and I don't feel comfortable exercising in the dark. How I miss my trail runs! |
Anonymous
| Definitely! I dreaded the clock change for this reason. Winter in general is a very depressing time. |
Anonymous
| Yes, I experience this ever since I started dealing with depression. I was doing really well until daylight savings, and bam, having a rough time again. You'd think by now I'd see it coming, but it takes me off guard every time and for several weeks I wonder what in the world is wrong with me until I remember that this time of year just sucks for my anxiety and depression. |
Anonymous
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omg I never noticed a link but YES.
FYI this wake-up light changed my life (and I bought one for each of my kids and it changed our whole morning--our school mornings are a piece of cake now) btw hate to bring it up but cutting caffeine not down, but OFF (after the withdrawal was over, about 1-2 weeks) really helped my anxiety. I read about it; people are very different genetically in how they process caffeine so it might help. http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Hf3470-Wake-up-Light-White/dp/B003XN4RIC/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1384971299&sr=1-1&keywords=philips+wake+up |
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| I also use a seasonal depression light (I got it from Costco) and it's done wonders for me. I recommend it to all my friends. |
Anonymous
| Yep. Hate this time of year. |
Anonymous
| I definitely have this problem and have for as long as I can remember. Must be a touch of SAD. To combat it, I finally ordered one of those lights. I just tried it out and it felt like it was going to burn out my eyes. It is so bright and I am supposed to bathe my face with its light within 12 inches. They recommend 30-45 minutes a day but I could only tolerate about 10 now and my eyes still hurt. Yikes. |
Anonymous
| It's Vata season. |
Anonymous
Say what?! |