Most people get a lift from the arrival of Spring - but most people isn't everybody. Some people find Spring very depressing indeed.Sometimes that can be due to on-going non-seasonal depression - in which case anti-depressants are the obvious answer - but seasonal depression isn't an on-going state, and it needs to be treated differently.
If you do not suffer from 'non-seasonal depression' (and you would certainly know if you were suffering from it!) and find that you regularly get depressed in Spring, then it's worth checking to see whether you are a victim of one or more allergies - specifically an allergy to pollen or mold.
It's pretty much common knowledge that any allergy can make you feel physically pretty terrible all round - but not so many people recognise that an allergy can make you feel mentally awful as well, and bring up all the classic symptoms of depression. And mold, incidentally, grows particularly well when it warms up and rains...
Obviously, if you're feeling wretched, then you need to see a Doctor - but make sure, if your depression only attacks you at certain times of the year, that you explain that fact very carefully. Anti-depressants will not make not make any impact on an allergy - but lots of other, and more appropriate drugs, certainly will.
And no - whether you are non-seasonally or seasonally depressed, you can't handle it by yourself. Depression of any kind - and there are many, many, different kinds of depression - can be a very dangerous condition. If you are suffering from it - get help.
Bill - http://www.therapypartnership.com/
If you do not suffer from 'non-seasonal depression' (and you would certainly know if you were suffering from it!) and find that you regularly get depressed in Spring, then it's worth checking to see whether you are a victim of one or more allergies - specifically an allergy to pollen or mold.
It's pretty much common knowledge that any allergy can make you feel physically pretty terrible all round - but not so many people recognise that an allergy can make you feel mentally awful as well, and bring up all the classic symptoms of depression. And mold, incidentally, grows particularly well when it warms up and rains...
Obviously, if you're feeling wretched, then you need to see a Doctor - but make sure, if your depression only attacks you at certain times of the year, that you explain that fact very carefully. Anti-depressants will not make not make any impact on an allergy - but lots of other, and more appropriate drugs, certainly will.
And no - whether you are non-seasonally or seasonally depressed, you can't handle it by yourself. Depression of any kind - and there are many, many, different kinds of depression - can be a very dangerous condition. If you are suffering from it - get help.
Bill - http://www.therapypartnership.com/
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