Solstice

[Timmah!]

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

Well no chance for a pic yesterday. We had severe weather come in after supper and it was cloudy most of the day. Right now it's sunny but we have a chance to weather again this evening and Wed too. Maybe the end of the week will be clear after supper.

Except for the sleep issues with the birds, I much prefer the longer days. I have mood issues (SAD) in the winter or when we have a prolonged spell of cloudy dreary weather.

Carol

First time I've heard 'weather' used as a verb. =)
Have you considered a light box to help with your SAD during the winter? I've read articles promulgating the efficacy of daily exposures to alleviate the symptoms.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea...atment/dn00013

[Wi-sunflower]

Actually that "to" should have been a "for". Sorry for not proofing my post.

Last nite would have been clear enough to get a pic but I was too tired and achy to go out after supper. Maybe later in the week.

I have tried some light therapy with mixed results. I'm pretty sure that it's a bit beyond just SAD and has some components of mild depression and/or bi-polar. Not bad enough to be awful most of the time but in hindsite could see i hadn't been very functional or had just vegged for days. Usually I can control it with some herbals like St Johns wort or 5htp.

I would never be able to take an Alaska winter for that reason alone.

Carol

[Timmah!]

When I was clinically depressed about 12 years ago, Paxil did a good job of lifting my mood. Took about 3 weeks to have a noticeable effect. Don't know what are the good antidepressants these days, as I've had no recurrence since, knock on wood. An experience I wouldn't wish on anybody; though I do think it made me a stronger person.

[Love my garden]

Originally Posted by Timmah!

When I was clinically depressed about 12 years ago, Paxil did a good job of lifting my mood. Took about 3 weeks to have a noticeable effect. Don't know what are the good antidepressants these days, as I've had no recurrence since, knock on wood. An experience I wouldn't wish on anybody; though I do think it made me a stronger person.

I don't know, if drugs are the answer, sometimes just plain hard work do well...March 2009, I was working late one night, robbed at Butcher Knife Point to my throat....I didn't sleep for weeks.....had to go to the DR.....they gave me presciptions, no help there....I went to the Garden....and busted my butt, till I couldn't stand up.....nice veggies last year, and beautiful flowers. I tried to make something beautiful out of something traumatic.....God knows, I still, awake to a sudden noise that is unfamiliar.......Yah, Timmah...am stronger now.

[Timmah!]

Originally Posted by Love my garden

I don't know, if drugs are the answer, sometimes just plain hard work do well...March 2009, I was working late one night, robbed at Butcher Knife Point to my throat....I didn't sleep for weeks.....had to go to the DR.....they gave me presciptions, no help there....I went to the Garden....and busted my butt, till I couldn't stand up.....nice veggies last year, and beautiful flowers. I tried to make something beautiful out of something traumatic.....God knows, I still, awake to a sudden noise that is unfamiliar.......Yah, Timmah...am stronger now.

That's a terrible, traumatizing experience that would take some time to process & recover. However, you are comparing apples to oranges. Major clinical depression is a result of chemical imbalances in the brain, the relentless depths of which I won't try to explain, because unless you've experienced it, you can't begin to comprehend it.