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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:20:17 AM EDT
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Wife has it. You can try vitamin D supplements, light therapy (special light boxes for this).
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:20:32 AM EDT
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Yep, I hate winter.
Looking for ways to move closer to the equator and have it be summer year round. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:21:55 AM EDT
[#3]
Sunny and 63 here today, so no.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:22:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You should probably stay out of Alaska in the winter. Up here, we stay busy playing and I look forward to winter sports. What he said. N MN here, not as bad as above. I eat Vit D like Skittles starting in Oct. Which may be why the Shanghai shivers never bothered me when I got it both times..  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:24:04 AM EDT
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I scarf vitamin D like candy. Like, literally a dish at my desk. Every new drink of whatever (coffee, water, soda) gets a does of D3 with it.
For me it takes 2000 - 3000 mg per day to make a noticeable difference. No additional help with higher dosages. I work at my desk in my own basement and don't leave the house for days at a time during the winter. The other thing I do is just get up so far before sunrise that the "late" sunrise doesn't get involved in your daily routine. That helps some too. It seems like if I am in bed through the slow-assed sunrise it makes it hard to stay awake all day. So I just get up at 4-5 AM and start doing stuff (usually house cleaning) and then sit down to my job at 8 AM after it is light-ish outside. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:24:48 AM EDT
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Pretty common in the midwest. Picking up a prescribed SAD lightbox today for someone. I will find any excuse I can to soak up any sunshine every day until April.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:28:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably won't be popular, but I'm tired of hearing about most disorders and syndromes. I'm not saying they don't exist. Imagine pharmaceutical companies came up calling them syndromes and disorders to prescribe drugs. Find a new hobby, take a multi-vitamin, read, volunteer somewhere etc. I'm an asshole I guess or don't have any idea what I'm talking about. Agreed |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:34:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You guys that hate winter need to change your lives. I LOVE winter. Snow skiing, snowmobiling, wet dirt for the dirt bikes, camping and sitting around a bonfire with friends. I'm not sure if I like winter or summer better. Spring and Fall are great, too. We don’t have wet dirt. We have sticky mud all winter. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:35:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably won't be popular, but I'm tired of hearing about most disorders and syndromes. I'm not saying they don't exist. Imagine pharmaceutical companies came up calling them syndromes and disorders to prescribe drugs. Find a new hobby, take a multi-vitamin, read, volunteer somewhere etc. I'm an asshole I guess or don't have any idea what I'm talking about. I’m not aware of a prescription for it. As far as I know, some people take vitamin D, which is just generic and over the counter, produced by tons of different companies. Personally I don’t see it as a disorder. I would say any normal person enjoys summer and the long days to do stuff outside. It’s a disorder to not find winter miserable. People who say they like winter are 1) lying or 2) fat tubs whose best life is inside playing video games and eating cheetos. Because the short days and cold weather are not conducive to doing anything cool unless you live at a ski slope and can afford to ski all day and not work. Some hunting seasons are in winter, but no one is hunting all day every day. In the summer time I can leave the house at 6am and come back at 10pm, enjoy every minute of the day outside. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:39:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I scarf vitamin D like candy. Like, literally a dish at my desk. Every new drink of whatever (coffee, water, soda) gets a does of D3 with it. For me it takes 2000 - 3000 mg per day to make a noticeable difference. No additional help with higher dosages. I work at my desk in my own basement and don't leave the house for days at a time during the winter. The other thing I do is just get up so far before sunrise that the "late" sunrise doesn't get involved in your daily routine. That helps some too. It seems like if I am in bed through the slow-assed sunrise it makes it hard to stay awake all day. So I just get up at 4-5 AM and start doing stuff (usually house cleaning) and then sit down to my job at 8 AM after it is light-ish outside. I also do this with wake ups,and I have changed all of our light bulbs to 5k daylight spectrum. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:44:39 AM EDT
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I don't know how some of you delicate specimens have survived into adulthood
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:50:29 AM EDT
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Maybe a little bit. Ever since I picked up skiing a few years ago now I look forward to it.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:56:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Take up astronomy. It will give you something to do in the dark clear evenings.  |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:56:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Light therapy really works. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:57:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You guys that hate winter need to change your lives. I LOVE winter. Snow skiing, snowmobiling, wet dirt for the dirt bikes, camping and sitting around a bonfire with friends. I'm not sure if I like winter or summer better. Spring and Fall are great, too. It's not really the winter part.....weekends when I can get outside in the sun are fine. It's the work weeks when I go to work in the dark/cold, and get home from work in the dark/cold....and not see any sun all day long. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 10:58:22 AM EDT
[#16]
I don't get it. Im outside more in fall and winter.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:08:41 AM EDT
[#17]
3000mg of vitamin D
 I bet a bunch of you guys think the only thing vitamin D does is makes ur bones strong it does a lot more than that. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:08:49 AM EDT
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I'm right there with you. Even worse this year as my best buddy of 15 years passed away 2.5 weeks ago.
  Attached FileBest I can do right now is emerse myself in projects when I get home. Built a table for my wife. Redesigned our closet and ordered materials. Will be doing that next week. Just trying my best to not be sad. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:10:27 AM EDT
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Was going to post something snarky for people who don't get it, but then I figured: good for you. FWIW, it really sucks.
 Things that help me are: exercise, vitamin D, getting outside, and projects - especially the ones you enjoy in better weather (motorcycles for me). And vacations. Which also help me realize I could never live in FL full time 
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:12:46 AM EDT
[#20]
Winter is lovely down here!
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:13:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You guys that hate winter need to change your lives. I LOVE winter. Snow skiing, snowmobiling, wet dirt for the dirt bikes, camping and sitting around a bonfire with friends. I'm not sure if I like winter or summer better. Spring and Fall are great, too. This makes it a bit tough to get out and do too much in the evenings, after work.  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:17:04 AM EDT
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I used to get it in May/June in So.Cal with the June Gloom Marine layer, but I was a teenager and it didn't affect me too much. I decided SAD was an excuse to be lazy and grumpy, and I wasn't one of those. Stay active from the moment I got up in the morning.
Fast forward 35 years and I'm living on the Olympic Peninsula, and I quickly became a believer in SAD. I got fat, grumpy and craved carbohydrate rich foods. pretty depressing, too, with all the rain. I had to move somewhere with sunshine. I can handle cold, snow and short days, as long as the sun is shine a majority of time. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:17:40 AM EDT
[#23]
Turning 54 in mid-December and the older I get, the more I really hate the cold and darkness, hate drearyness.
I really appreciate the summer and spring more. The winter and cold seem just to sap the life out of me anymore. Working at home more seems to help some. I am now to the point that I really hate winter. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:23:15 AM EDT
[#24]
Verilux is the answer you seek. I thought about getting one for year and finally got one this time last year. It has made a HUGE difference, for me anyway. I don’t use it for 20 minutes a day like they suggest, I’ll leave it on all day long and don’t shut it off until after 9 pm…
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:29:20 AM EDT
[#25]
Just knowing is half the battle. The worst time for me is between the end of daylight savings time and the winter solstice. Just do your best to deal with it and remember it gets better soon.
Whomever had the idea to have a big holiday right around the equinox was a genius. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:30:55 AM EDT
[#26]
I agree with everyone on driving home in the dark. It's dark at 5 when i leave for the day , and it sucks. But the upside is i get most of my reloading done in the winter months. I have no desire to be inside doing that in the summer.
And I always try to get out on nice days and snowshoe or 4 wheel or something. I don't even mind shoveling. You need to be out doing something when you can. A good day of exercise or work outside in the winter, will make you appreciate being inside and warm later. It's also a good time of year to get some well needed rest, and I have no problem on shitty days kicking back in the recliner and staring at the idiot box. Like anything else, it's what you make of it. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:33:18 AM EDT
[#27]
Vitamin D has helped me some.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:40:03 AM EDT
[#28]
I am going to go home this afternoon and turn the house upside down to find the gloves I had last year. I had a pair of Mechanix gloves with the trigger finger cut out. I will need those this weekend.
Ever since being on BP meds a few years ago my fingers get cold outside at the range. The rest of me would get cold too but I dress for that this time of the year. That would really be my only problem with this time of year. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 11:42:19 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I scarf vitamin D like candy. Like, literally a dish at my desk. Every new drink of whatever (coffee, water, soda) gets a does of D3 with it. For me it takes 2000 - 3000 mg per day to make a noticeable difference. No additional help with higher dosages. I work at my desk in my own basement and don't leave the house for days at a time during the winter. The other thing I do is just get up so far before sunrise that the "late" sunrise doesn't get involved in your daily routine. That helps some too. It seems like if I am in bed through the slow-assed sunrise it makes it hard to stay awake all day. So I just get up at 4-5 AM and start doing stuff (usually house cleaning) and then sit down to my job at 8 AM after it is light-ish outside. Interestingly, I've been getting up well before dawn this week and it's helping me a bunch. I hate doing it, but my wife just got back from Europe and she's not adjusting back to our time well. So, we've been going to bed about 8 and up about 4. Been feeling really good this week even though it's cloudy/snowy/cold. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 12:28:38 PM EDT
[#30]
I had it really bad when I moved from TX to MT a number of years ago. Light therapy helped a lot, as did finding ways to get outside.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 2:01:09 PM EDT
[#31]
I love Fall and Winter. The colder the better, keeps most folks inside and leaves the lakes and woods for guys like me.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 2:12:07 PM EDT
[#32]
Play harder, drink harder works for me. Having spent my whole life up here I dont recall anyone near me being anything other than mildly affected by that "disorder". It affects my sleeping and eating to some extent but nothing to get upset about.
Its all so gradual normal healthy people just acclimate. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 2:22:59 PM EDT
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Gotta love all the tough guys acting like it's a made up thing and we're all babies who get depressed in winter. Remind me to laugh at your diabetes.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 2:31:42 PM EDT
[#34]
Not since I discovered alcohol.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 4:00:50 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Not since I discovered alcohol. That makes it worse for me it seems...... |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 4:13:41 PM EDT
[#36]
 NopeTake vitamin d----I up my take to 8000iu.(do get a blood test first) Get your ass outside and do things. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 4:17:54 PM EDT
[#37]
My old lady does, but she uses a light box daily and it really helps.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 4:22:16 PM EDT
[#38]
It's not all sunshine and roses (literally) but, I kinda like winter.
Then again, i think each season has It's own net positives. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:03:28 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Verilux is the answer you seek. I thought about getting one for year and finally got one this time last year. It has made a HUGE difference, for me anyway. I don’t use it for 20 minutes a day like they suggest, I’ll leave it on all day long and don’t shut it off until after 9 pm… www.amazon.com/dp/B08BCLLYN5 I took your advice. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:27:45 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I took your advice. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Verilux is the answer you seek. I thought about getting one for year and finally got one this time last year. It has made a HUGE difference, for me anyway. I don't use it for 20 minutes a day like they suggest, I'll leave it on all day long and don't shut it off until after 9 pm www.amazon.com/dp/B08BCLLYN5 I took your advice. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:30:52 PM EDT
[#41]
Nope.
It's called "The Sunshine State" for a reason. Warm and Sunny most of the year. I might get the Harley out tomorrow for a ride. 
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:35:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:37:37 PM EDT
[#43]
I get Sudden Acquisition Syndrome. My gun parts collection seems to grow more in the winter.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:43:26 PM EDT
[#44]
Tune into the Scenery Channel.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:44:24 PM EDT
[#45]
Nope, I love winter. Its my happiest time of year..always dark and gloomy out, helps me relax better.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 5:57:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How would DST help that? You still get a very short day, and it just fucks the morning people even more. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Standard time Absolutely sucks Duh On eastern edge of CST in KY it was dark before 4:30 in December and that sucks. Moved to FL and now despite sucky standard time it doesn't get dark till at least 5:15 - EST. S.A.D. reduction by relocation.  DST indefinitely would lower S.A.D. too. How would DST help that? You still get a very short day, and it just fucks the morning people even more. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:03:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not aware of a prescription for it. As far as I know, some people take vitamin D, which is just generic and over the counter, produced by tons of different companies. Personally I don't see it as a disorder. I would say any normal person enjoys summer and the long days to do stuff outside. It's a disorder to not find winter miserable. People who say they like winter are 1) lying or 2) fat tubs whose best life is inside playing video games and eating cheetos. Because the short days and cold weather are not conducive to doing anything cool unless you live at a ski slope and can afford to ski all day and not work. Some hunting seasons are in winter, but no one is hunting all day every day. In the summer time I can leave the house at 6am and come back at 10pm, enjoy every minute of the day outside. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Probably won't be popular, but I'm tired of hearing about most disorders and syndromes. I'm not saying they don't exist. Imagine pharmaceutical companies came up calling them syndromes and disorders to prescribe drugs. Find a new hobby, take a multi-vitamin, read, volunteer somewhere etc. I'm an asshole I guess or don't have any idea what I'm talking about. I'm not aware of a prescription for it. As far as I know, some people take vitamin D, which is just generic and over the counter, produced by tons of different companies. Personally I don't see it as a disorder. I would say any normal person enjoys summer and the long days to do stuff outside. It's a disorder to not find winter miserable. People who say they like winter are 1) lying or 2) fat tubs whose best life is inside playing video games and eating cheetos. Because the short days and cold weather are not conducive to doing anything cool unless you live at a ski slope and can afford to ski all day and not work. Some hunting seasons are in winter, but no one is hunting all day every day. In the summer time I can leave the house at 6am and come back at 10pm, enjoy every minute of the day outside. Sorry, you just don't understand. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:05:57 PM EDT
[#48]
I’m clinically depressed anyways, but I struggle like hell in the winter months.
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:09:06 PM EDT
[#49]
I wouldn't say I suffer from that, but I am trying to improve my ability to do winter activities.
Get yourself some proper winter clothing and force yourself to get outside and be active as much as possible. Cross country skiing, snow shoeing, downhill skiing, get a snow mobile, ice skate, ice fishing, whatever man just get out doors. There is that new saying popular with the Gen Z kids "touch grass", well this winter make sure you "touch snow" daily. Find an indoor pool and swim. I find that really helps me for some reason. Of course, exercise, get a sweat going and try to sauna if you can. I think a daily sauna or steam room really helps. |
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:10:08 PM EDT
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I think of it this way...the shortest day of the year will be Dec 21...thats in 3 weeks....then the days start getting longer again by daylight....so...
Otherwise I completely get where the OP is coming from. |
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