What is SAD – How to deal with seasonal affective disorder – SAD – BBC 1 The One Show

Beverley Bunting http://www.sad-lighthire.co.uk owns shares his experiences of seasonal affective disorder and how to deal with SAD Gyles Brandreth on BBC 1 The One Show.After immigrate to the UK from d Australia Beverley Bunting made the connection between the dark winters in the UK and sad, and has since spent much of her time with her husband Philip Sparrow Pharmacist researching SAD light therapy, and the expansion of the company the success that ‘it is now. As a victim herself, she talks about her experience with SAD and strategy to treat the symptoms while offering tips and advice for emotional others.Seasonal (SAD) and winter bluesAnimals respond to changes in seasons with changes in mood, metabolism and behavior and human beings are the same. Many people find they eat and sleep slightly more in winter and do not like dark mornings and short days and this is commonly referred to as “winter blues”. For some, however, symptoms are severe enough to disrupt their lives and causing considerable distress. These people suffer from SAD SAD.How not affect them? Symptoms tend to be from around September each year lasting until April, but are at their worst in the darkest months. Symptoms include sleep problems – oversleeping but not refreshed, can not get out of bed, needing a nap in the afternoonOvereating – carbohydrate craving leading to weight gainDepression, despair, misery, guilt, anxiety – normal tasks become problems frustrating difficultFamily / social – avoiding company, irritability, loss of libido, loss of feelingLethargy – too tired to cope, everything an effortPhysical symptoms – often joint pain problems or stomach, reduced resistance to infectionBehavioural problems – especially in young