Same here! On sunny days now, it stays reasonably light until around 5.30pm.
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one of the few pluses of snow down for a while is it brightens up our very dark days re reflected light
Got home from work at 07:15 this morning, went to bed and woke up at 16:30 to get back to work for a 12 hour shift. I haven't seen daylight for three days and won't until Wednesday.
Try getting away on a holiday to Tenerife or something similar. We did it at this time last year and that boost was enough to to make winter seem a lot shorter.
I went on Vit D supplements and that seemed to work. Could be placebo but it doesn't actually matter does it? Just like hi-fi really.
SAD sufferer here too. A light box only gave me headaches. The Doc has prescribed Prozac for the last few years but I only take them from October through to early Spring. They have really helped, but may not be for everyone.
I have no side effects and don't experience any problems when I stop taking them.
I understand what you are saying. have suffered with depression for years and from November on life gets harder. I exercise a lot and try to cycle 4 times a week. However, once the dark and cold hits it gets much harder (not getting any younger either) to motivate myself and it is 100% psychological. If I try to force myself to go out I start to get stomach gripes and feel slightly unwell. Bonkers.
I have been a sad basta*d for yrs , according to my wife :)
Joking apart , I hate winter but for me it co incides with the cows being housed and my work rate and ability to get away from it all ,being severly curtailed !
D3 is great , lots of Vit C ,and occasionally I take Kalms or Passiflora to calm me down .
Other than that , plenty of :cool:
Good luck with it !!