Seasonal Effective Disease

The cause of the disease remains unknown to doctors. The doctors do have some theories like depression might be triggered by the lack of sunlight from the months of September to April, peaking in the really cold months of winter. (Mental Health America, n.d.) The more the vitamin D the body gets the better the body feels and the more energy you have. Everyone knows that we have two chemicals in our brains called melatonin and serotonin. The serotonin mostly inhibitory; involved in moods and emotions, sleep. If the serotonin lowers, then your moods would be affected which might have a role in seasonal affective disorder. The melatonin which helps set the biological clock mechanisms of the body by signaling light changes during the day, month, …show more content…
Seasonal affective disease can affect adults, teens and children. It’s estimated that about 6 out 100 people which is (6%) would experience seasonal affective disease. (Kids Health, 2013)When people with seasonal affective disorder travel to the south where they have longer daylight during the winter, they don’t really get their seasonal symptoms. I think that is why a lot of people take carnival cruise’s during the winter months so they can be in the warm countries. Even though doctors don’t quite understand why some people get seasonal affective disorder and some people to don’t. I was diagnosed when I was at advance individual training form the army. The doctors said it was a combination of me being in Fort Leonard wood in the winter time and being a new mother away from her baby. Which was mostly right it being very hard for me to be away from my boys. I joined the army in august of 2006 so the day after I signed on the dotted line I left for basic training in South Carolina then went to Missouri so I was away from my boys from August of 2006 until February of 2007 was able to see them at graduation and then I went to Germany for 2 years and they were not able to come with me because of my …show more content…
They have light therapy which means you can go to tanning bed, but it won’t reduce the symptoms. The best thing to do is talk to your doctor about a light box and where to get a good one. You also have talk therapy which is psychotherapy, they are just someone that you can talk to about whatever is bother you, how you are feeling. The doctor can help them not feel so lonely or upset, maybe introducing them into a group. Then you have medication, when a doctor prescribes you the medication make sure you let them know if you are taking any other medication so that way the medication he prescribes does not cause any problems with your other