Winter depression?!
Question: my boyfriend suffers from (SAD) and for the last two weeks we had dark and rainy days...
I know if it's dark for along period of time that would it make him depressed but can he jump out of depressed with a whole week of darkness and an weekend of bright sunny days.
will his depression carry on to the weekend due to a whole week of darkness?
Answers: my boyfriend suffers from (SAD) and for the last two weeks we had dark and rainy days...
I know if it's dark for along period of time that would it make him depressed but can he jump out of depressed with a whole week of darkness and an weekend of bright sunny days.
will his depression carry on to the weekend due to a whole week of darkness?
SAD in part is controlled by melatonin... so it's really not possible to say exactly how much sunlight his body needs to create enough melatonin for his body to function correctly.. If you want some more info check this out...
http://health.yahoo.com/depression-overv...
Get him outside even if it is cloudy and get some excercise. That will help right away, not completely, but it will help. If he has problems with this all the time in the winter get some UV lights for him to sit under.