Moving to one of America s sunniest spots may help those suffering from SAD
Seasonal affective disorder emotionally impacts millions of Americans every year (between 4-20% of the population, depending on who you ask), with women outnumbering men four to one. Also called winter depression , it usually begins in the autumn and last through the winter (although it can also occur during the summer). It frequently hits people in their early 20s and 30s, and will more often affect people living in latitudes north of 30 N, or south of 30 S (i.e. colder places with harsh winters and less sunshine). According to Wikipedia.org, SAD is rare, if existent at all, in the tropics.
Read Understanding Bipolar Disorder - The Chaotic Mind ...they would not commit suicide. Fighting these thoughts is tiresome and frustrating. They might also experience physical pain, such as sore shoulders, aching neck, or back. The physical pain some people experience is described to be similar to that of ...
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Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness) is a mood disorder, which means that the symptoms are disturbances or abnormalities of mood. Major depression is a more common illness, the symptoms of which are mainly those of ‘low’ mood. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of both serious mania and depression. The person’s mood swings from excessively ‘high’ and irritable, to sad and hopeless, and then back again, with periods of normal mood in between. Different from normal mood states of happiness and sadness, symptoms of manic-depressive illness can be severe and life threatening. However, because many artists, musicians and writers have suffered from bipolar illness, the effect of the illness has sometimes been trivialized, and regarded in some way as beneficial for artistic
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creativity. In fact, for those afflicted with the illness, it is extremely distressing and disruptive.
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Also known as manic-depression, bipolar disorder is a mental illness, characterized by powerful changes in mood, energy level, and behavior. At one extreme lies mania, usually manifested as extreme restlessness, inability to sleep, irritability, poor judgment, and impulsiveness. Depression is at the extreme end of the other pole, and is distinguished by helplessness, hopelessness, fatigue and suicidal thoughts.
Bipolar disorder begins in early adulthood or late adolescence, therefore teen bipolar disorder is seen often; the challenge lays in recognizing the symptoms early enough to seek help. As anyone who has gone through adolescence can attest, in teenagers, irrational behavior is fairly normal, as are mood swings from very high to extreme lows; consequently, recognizing teen bipolar disorder can be
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difficult. Also, teenagers can be uncommunicative with their parents about their activities and friends; this makes it problematical for family members to monitor their mood.
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