By Cherie C. Binns RN BS MSCN
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Winter is nearly upon us with its shorter days and longer nights, increased activity with holiday and seasonal events, and the added demands on our time with shopping, baking, parties, etc. Many of us, however, do not find this as joyous a time as our friends and neighbors do. We can be beset by fatigue, changes in appetite, a desire to curl up and “hibernate” so to speak. We might be more irritable, sleep less well, or have less control of our emotions. The good news is that this is not something we have to live with every year if we identify why we are feeling this way and take action. It is possible all this is caused by SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a real and treatable entity that at first may look to some of us as if our MS is acting up. It saps energy. It wreaks havoc with sleep. It changes appetite. Perceptions of people and places can be altered. Everything may start to ache. We may think we are having a relapse due to the pain, changes in mood, possibly even distortion in vision. In the low light of these late autumn days and early nights and the continuance of this through the next several months, we tend to retreat from life , hole up in our homes or our rooms and not venture out and engage in the more social offerings of this time of the year.
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