What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
3. Symptoms
If you have seasonal affective disorder, you may experience marked feelings of hopelessness, sadness, anxiety, or depressed mood. You may also feel restless and agitated, making it difficult to make decisions or concentrate on a given task. SAD often causes anhedonia, which is a lack of interest in activities you typically enjoy. 2https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/seasonal-affective-disorder People with SAD also frequently report changes in appetite, with carbohydrate cravings being common.3https://www.mhanational.org/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad}
Symptoms of spring-onset SAD can be different than those of fall onset.1https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/seasonal-affective-disorder/index.shtml While people with winter depression tend to experience fatigue and low energy, to the point of oversleeping, people with summer depression may experience insomnia. While fall-onset SAD can cause people to gain weight due to an increased appetite, spring-onset SAD can decrease appetite, and you may lose weight as a result.
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