What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
9. Prognosis
If you have SAD, your symptoms will be pronounced for a few months, then get better with the change of seasons. Without treatment, this pattern will repeat itself, likely for the rest of your life. Complications of SAD, such as addiction to drugs or alcohol or weight changes, may continue throughout the year. Thoughts of suicide arising because of SAD may cause you to make plans or take actions to kill yourself.
Fortunately, SAD is treatable. Many patients experience good results from treatment measures such as phototherapy, CBT, or medications. Sometimes one of these therapies alone is effective, while other times they are used in combination with one another.2https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/seasonal-affective-disorder
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