Gentlemen, your morale is lowered, and you have only one desire: to sleep and eat candy? You may be suffering from seasonal depression, the fall classic ... Because the disorder is not typically feminine! Men may also be affected. Update on the winter blues with male and therapy.
With the approach of winter, you lack enthusiasm in the office, you throw yourself on sweets, which is unusual among you, and you dream of staying under the covers as long as possible. Beware of seasonal depression! Symptoms appear at the end of autumn, and can significantly affect your work performance and your relationships.
Symptoms of seasonal depression in humans
Usually the mood disorders are mainly reserved for women, but in the case of SAD, you gentlemen are not spared. But man is not a woman like any other: the syndrome autumnal touch with varying intensity between 10 and 40% of the population, and only one quarter of men. Those aged 20 to 40 years are most likely to suffer.
However the symptoms themselves are identical. Namely, increased fatigue, sadness, decreased interest in recreation. Men who experience depression seasonal need sleep more than usual and they may feel tired even after a night of sleep 12 hours. In parallel, their appetite increases and it is a time when they gain weight.
The brains of men and SAD
Depression appears to be a link with the days getting shorter. Less time exposed to sunlight, our brains would work more on the way "night" and then produce a perturbation of a chemical. The production of melatonin, the hormone involved in sleep needs would increase, while exerting an effect on us tiring and depressing. While serotonin, it would diminish, "which would explain the increased appetite for sugar". This depression "seasonal" is not equated with psychological disorders, but rather organic. Night workers or people living in a dimly lit area may also suffer, including summer.
Light therapy SAD cons male
Your doctor will discuss with you whether this is a seasonal depression, whose symptoms decrease in general the return of spring. But this is no excuse for doing nothing. This is for you to cope better this time to find your tone, your libido, appetite and a "normal". The love handles out of the winter is rarely good for morale! In addition to conventional treatments for depression based on psychotherapy, conducted by a specialist, and antidepressants, light therapy has also proven. This technique is to put 30 minutes a day about facing a light diffusing bright light (10 000 lux). In practice, this method affects our biological clock: the one that governs a number of our functions, such as reproduction, rhythm sleep / wake, our mood.
Some doctors practice light therapy in their offices. But as we know how you are reluctant, gentlemen, if only to see, and therefore to treat you, know that there are also lights that are used at home. However, take precautions and ask your doctor if you have no eye problems that could worsen the lights ...
