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Life Kit: Health

How to cope with seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Dec 21, 2023
Learn about the symptoms and effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Explore coping mechanisms like light therapy, maintaining a healthy diet, and engaging in physical activity. Discover the importance of making pleasurable plans and finding happiness in small things to cope with SAD and the pandemic. Explore the effectiveness of medication in treating SAD.
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Quick takeaways

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can be diagnosed if you feel more difficulty during darker seasons and feel better in bright days of spring and summer.
  • Using a sad lamp that generates intense light for 20 to 30 minutes a day can improve symptoms of SAD within two weeks.

Deep dives

Recognize your symptoms

If every fall when it gets darker earlier, you feel like things are getting more difficult and if it gets better in the bright days of spring and summer, it's almost a diagnosis that you have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

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