Title: Winter Blues: Dealing With Cold Weather

" Well we have reached the dog days of winter cold -- dreary doesn't get it bombed out if so you are not alone according to McLean hospital between fifteen and 20% of new englanders. Suffer from the winter blues now is the decided depression or war. To decide of the season. Here to explain it all forces doctor Carol Claude she's an expert with these seasonal affective disorder. From McLean hospital in -- we appreciate coming in this morning. It's sad as it's called seasonal affective disorders absolutely this is something a lot of people actually do deal with -- threat."

" Absolutely and during the winter that the classic pattern starts in the fall worsens around now and then usually goes away and spring. Lot of people say well it's the lack of sun get that vitamin."

" All right let's go over some of the symptoms that you may be dealing with here and we'll talk about if there's something worse at play. For an individual some things -- talking about sleeping or eating too much."

" Absolutely so the tendency to want to go to bed early now want to get up in the morning sleep a lot eat a lot carbohydrate cravings. So eating doughnuts cakes cookies may be a lot of pasta and bread. Skimming tired a lot of time just not feeling motivated maybe feeling irritable and just not wanting to do -- have a talk about low energy mention the carb."

" Cravings hibernating."

" That's right now I'm -- not wanting to go out and not just the cold that the lack of light so it's just not wanting to do this -- the usual things that you feel like doing other times of the -- talk about your ability to security -- you're more so in this at times or it's just kind of a level of -- Nancy -- might snap at people little bit more be a little bit more -- and those kinds of things so -- you -- that if this is just something -- the seasonal situation you're dealing with -- be pointed to signs of something."

" You know more damning it work if you."

" there a couple of things one is how many of the symptoms do you have how bad -- and how much -- they get in the way of things on how much and they interfering with getting to work -- school -- unanswered at what."

" When you when you when you go to the situation. Obviously want to break out of the pattern what types of things can you do to sort of get away from it -- and get back to feeling normal doing things that you might do it any other time."

" What depends how severe it is if it's just kind of mild and you're having a couple of symptoms exercise can help. Getting outside getting some bright late on a sunny day. That's well hard though because they're sometimes not that many sunny days -- it's ten degrees out they don't feel like going out even at that sunny. If you have more of the symptoms if it's getting more in the way of things light therapy can be very helpful exercise can be helpful. And benefits to really severe sometimes to think about medications as well."

" Is there a time when people you know he chuckled and about the symptoms being more than just sat here if you will. Should people come you don't they have the concerns me than not having you know everything that would would lead to someone to pick mommy there's actual depression here. Mechanic come and get some some medical advice to deal that."

" Absolutely you know a good place to start is sometimes a primary care provider has -- could be a medical condition and explain this. But if fifth you know bothering a person to a significant enough fat tires significant degree they should commend -- valuation thing with mr. --"

" based -- your expertise in the hearing which dealt with in the past people we're dealing with what point you start to break."

" Well usually people start to feel better in the spring as the days get longer and there's more sun exposure but sometimes it's really cloudy rainy spring. Could be -- energy and -- the big you know think part of the hair -- apart the country people deal with that with the department percentages in New England at more -- women aren't -- in the south so people who live in. You know sunny places or people of Key West tropical making -- candidate."

" Are going to notice that they don't say that he's that he never has any Alan need to part -- the -- nothing that zone of these other people or upbeat that'll help -- But what thank you very much thank -- your answer -- and that we appreciate."