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Seasonal Affected Disorder
Hello there. I'm wondering if anyone suffers from SAD? If so what do you do to help yourself? I've got a light box but I don't think it's really helping.I just want to sleep and eat during the winter. I lack motivation and just want to curl up somewhere warm and vegetate!
julia65 on 2006-12-15
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this is not a disorder if you are not suffering from any bodily pains or ailments.
its just your body type. you are an excessively cold person.
in winter you should go for such food which make your body warm.
its just your body type. you are an excessively cold person.
in winter you should go for such food which make your body warm.
♡ rishimba last decade
May be a little red wine once in a while.
Alcohol definitely warms up, and makes you feel cheerful.
Murthy
Alcohol definitely warms up, and makes you feel cheerful.
Murthy
♡ gavinimurthy last decade
Rishimba: Seasonal Affected Disorder is the name given to this condition in Britain sometimes called Winter Blues and is to do with not having enough sunlight during the winter. Do you not consider excesive tiredness to be an ailment? It's not really about being cold it's more to do with being tired and lacking energy/motivation.
Gavinimurthy: The red wine tip is all very well for cosy evenings in front of the TV but I wanted something to help me get up in the morning, when it's dark outside!
Any other thoughts. I'm taking Sepia at the moment but it doesn't seem to be helping.
Julia
Gavinimurthy: The red wine tip is all very well for cosy evenings in front of the TV but I wanted something to help me get up in the morning, when it's dark outside!
Any other thoughts. I'm taking Sepia at the moment but it doesn't seem to be helping.
Julia
julia65 last decade
Hi Julia
Now you are opening up. good.
Who suggested sepia to you? Which potency? Since how long you are taking? What is the repetetion schedule?
Murthy
Now you are opening up. good.
Who suggested sepia to you? Which potency? Since how long you are taking? What is the repetetion schedule?
Murthy
♡ gavinimurthy last decade
Hi, I suggested it to me after reading literature off the internet. Been taking 30c for two days about 4 times a day. But am now wondering if a constitutional remedy would be better because although Sepia seems to fit the symptoms I think I'm more of a Phospherous type.
Julia
Julia
julia65 last decade
now tell us what murthy has asked... i fear you are proving sepia.
also, describe all your present physical and mental symptoms.
also, describe all your present physical and mental symptoms.
♡ rishimba last decade
phosphorus and sepia, both get aggravated by cold but thats not a good reason to take any of it.
phosphorus has a cold body and hot head.
it is advisable to get confirmation from practising homoeopaths about your constitution before you take them.
phosphorus has a cold body and hot head.
it is advisable to get confirmation from practising homoeopaths about your constitution before you take them.
♡ rishimba last decade
Phew where do I start!
I lack energy and motivation, cant seem to get started on anything usefull; cleaning the house, getting ready for Christmas, doing the laundry etc! If I go in to my bedroom I seem to end up lying in it and sleeping for two hours!
Emotionally I'm looking forward to Christmas, and am generally quite happy with life, a bit lonely sometimes (single parent - no significant other) but eveything seems like so much trouble and I don't know where to start despite making lists! I'm a little resentfull toward my kids (12 & 14) for not helping very much (no lectures please!)
I'm 41, about 1 and a half stone overweight and work part-time.
Julia
I lack energy and motivation, cant seem to get started on anything usefull; cleaning the house, getting ready for Christmas, doing the laundry etc! If I go in to my bedroom I seem to end up lying in it and sleeping for two hours!
Emotionally I'm looking forward to Christmas, and am generally quite happy with life, a bit lonely sometimes (single parent - no significant other) but eveything seems like so much trouble and I don't know where to start despite making lists! I'm a little resentfull toward my kids (12 & 14) for not helping very much (no lectures please!)
I'm 41, about 1 and a half stone overweight and work part-time.
Julia
julia65 last decade
julia,
now that you have drawn us into this, please fill up the questionnair giving your original mental and physical symptoms ( before taking sepia )
Patient ID: Sex: Age:
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
now that you have drawn us into this, please fill up the questionnair giving your original mental and physical symptoms ( before taking sepia )
Patient ID: Sex: Age:
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
♡ rishimba last decade
Main/mental suffering: tiredness, lethargy, poor concentration, cant settle to do anything, genearlly fed up.
Physical suffering: ache in back first thing in the morning but goes after activity.
Worse during the day up to about 6pm particularly bad between 1 and 3 pm.
At my worst I just feel knackered amd want to sleep.
First became aware of it about 3/4 years ago. It starts towards then end of October. I begin to pick up again around March time
Dull weather aggravates and a hangover. Sunny/bright day makes me feel better.
Feel worse in the 7/10 day before menstruation and for about a week afterwards.
I'm generally a positive person, empathetic, sympathetic, considerate. A little cynical. A thinker. I hate snakes and don't like the dentist. I do talk to myself. I don't mind being consoled if it's genuine. I tend to keep my problems to myself unless I'm seeing a qualified counsellor (not presently.) I sometimes resent my kids and sometimes experience a fleeting feeling of envy towards reiends who are in relationships. I sometimes dream of being burgled (once/twice a year)
I crave foods rich in carbohydrate, stodgy sweet stuff. Savoury, fatty foods. Cant think of any aversions.
Thirst is normal. Hunger changeable (cant be bothered to cook, despite a keen interest in nutrition and skill in the kitchen)
I sweat in the morning after my shower under my arms, breats and crotch.
Bowel movements regular. Sometimes loose.
No major diseases.
I have brown eyes, fair hair, few freckles. 5ft 1', normal skin tone. Weigh 11 st 12lb's
Physical suffering: ache in back first thing in the morning but goes after activity.
Worse during the day up to about 6pm particularly bad between 1 and 3 pm.
At my worst I just feel knackered amd want to sleep.
First became aware of it about 3/4 years ago. It starts towards then end of October. I begin to pick up again around March time
Dull weather aggravates and a hangover. Sunny/bright day makes me feel better.
Feel worse in the 7/10 day before menstruation and for about a week afterwards.
I'm generally a positive person, empathetic, sympathetic, considerate. A little cynical. A thinker. I hate snakes and don't like the dentist. I do talk to myself. I don't mind being consoled if it's genuine. I tend to keep my problems to myself unless I'm seeing a qualified counsellor (not presently.) I sometimes resent my kids and sometimes experience a fleeting feeling of envy towards reiends who are in relationships. I sometimes dream of being burgled (once/twice a year)
I crave foods rich in carbohydrate, stodgy sweet stuff. Savoury, fatty foods. Cant think of any aversions.
Thirst is normal. Hunger changeable (cant be bothered to cook, despite a keen interest in nutrition and skill in the kitchen)
I sweat in the morning after my shower under my arms, breats and crotch.
Bowel movements regular. Sometimes loose.
No major diseases.
I have brown eyes, fair hair, few freckles. 5ft 1', normal skin tone. Weigh 11 st 12lb's
julia65 last decade
take 2 doses of NUX VOM 200C at 15 minutes interval on any one night just before sleeing. take early dinner.
repeat this dose next night.
take this remedy only on two nights.
this would bring you good improvement and possibly another set of symptoms. please come back after 7 days
with the fresh picture.
also tell me,
- when did u separate from your husband.
- do you think the physical problems started soon after separation.
- were you quite active in your 'love life' and now you are missing out on the physical side as well.
repeat this dose next night.
take this remedy only on two nights.
this would bring you good improvement and possibly another set of symptoms. please come back after 7 days
with the fresh picture.
also tell me,
- when did u separate from your husband.
- do you think the physical problems started soon after separation.
- were you quite active in your 'love life' and now you are missing out on the physical side as well.
♡ rishimba last decade
I separated from my husband 7 years ago.
If by physical you mean the aching back then no, that started within the last two years I think.
I only made the link of feeling low during winter time about three years ago. I cant really remember how I was when I separated.
I realised that my marriage wasn't going anywhere in the month of August but didn't separate until the month of October so you may have hit upon something there, that connection had never occured to me before.
I miss being in a physical relationship now and again, probably around the time of ovulation.
It'll take me a few days to get hold of that strength of Nux Vom. I only have 6c at home and will have to get it through mail order which will get stuck in the Christmas post. Shall I use the 6c to get me started or will that be counter-productive?
If by physical you mean the aching back then no, that started within the last two years I think.
I only made the link of feeling low during winter time about three years ago. I cant really remember how I was when I separated.
I realised that my marriage wasn't going anywhere in the month of August but didn't separate until the month of October so you may have hit upon something there, that connection had never occured to me before.
I miss being in a physical relationship now and again, probably around the time of ovulation.
It'll take me a few days to get hold of that strength of Nux Vom. I only have 6c at home and will have to get it through mail order which will get stuck in the Christmas post. Shall I use the 6c to get me started or will that be counter-productive?
julia65 last decade
There might be homeopathic remedies that would help with SAD, but many believe it is a Vitamin D deficiency and supplements improve the condition.
http://www.shopnatural.com/newsletter_0105.htm
You can Google SAD and Vitamin D and find many sites which discuss this.
http://www.shopnatural.com/newsletter_0105.htm
You can Google SAD and Vitamin D and find many sites which discuss this.
Will88 last decade
please order for NUX VOM 200C.
meanwhile you can take just three doses of nux vom 6c at 15 minutes interval.
wait for 2 to 3 days and see if you get any relief.
meanwhile you can take just three doses of nux vom 6c at 15 minutes interval.
wait for 2 to 3 days and see if you get any relief.
♡ rishimba last decade
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