tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24410512.post4644091474882479417..comments2024-02-15T22:00:36.135-08:00Comments on Cabin Fever In Alaska: Is it Cabin Fever or just the classic SAD funk.Judy Varshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04178141647888640541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24410512.post-81732463811399511102008-11-21T10:53:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:53:00.000-08:00Yea someone who can relate to the cabin fever synd...Yea someone who can relate to the cabin fever syndrome. Still I love it in alaska. You've been to Wasilla and love it? Well I guess there are some redeeming qualities.Judy Varshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178141647888640541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24410512.post-13807390516977315882008-11-19T19:26:00.000-08:002008-11-19T19:26:00.000-08:00Hi Judy,I hope you don't mind a stranger commentin...Hi Judy,<BR/>I hope you don't mind a stranger commenting, but I found you through P.A. Gibbons. <BR/><BR/>I lived in Alaska for three years when I was in the Army. Man, that first full winter was horrible! I didn't think I could deal with the darkness, but luckily, going home to visit the family in Virginia brightened me up considerably. Later winters were dealt with by staying busy and hanging with my friends. Oh, yeah, there was that baby who was born in January, too! Hehehe....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I feel your pain. Even now, living in the south I suffer from SAD to a lesser extent. I wish we could all be a little less stubborn about using meds when we actually need them, but it's difficult to think we need meds when we "feel fine". The ensuing crash is pretty hard.<BR/><BR/>Hugs from Tennessee,<BR/>-A<BR/><BR/>PS Wasilla is mighty fine. It's one of the few places in AK I'd consider relocating to.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100850514508888262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24410512.post-35598901033095725492008-11-19T04:09:00.000-08:002008-11-19T04:09:00.000-08:00Judy; well, I have suffered from SAD for years and...Judy; well, I have suffered from SAD for years and never really understood what was going on till about 5 years ago. Last year in November I tried a new antidepressant (I had been off them for years) and had such a horrid reaction, on my birthday no less, that I resolved to do everything in my power to battle the depression naturally. <BR/><BR/>Yes, I have a hard time going out past sunset, , but once I do get out, I have a good time. I have to force myself. <BR/><BR/>I have a hard time doing anything actually past dark save want to go to bed and hibernate on top of my heated mattress. Or type on my laptop in bed. BUt I have mananged to thus far not get too bad. <BR/><BR/>PLUS the docs said my hormones are WHACKED so now I am on progesterone....we shall see what that does to this hormonally challenged body.<BR/><BR/>xxxxxxxpPatti Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917601813600917131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24410512.post-22420829270612523402008-11-19T03:39:00.000-08:002008-11-19T03:39:00.000-08:00oh poor judy!!! i am sending you sunny thoughts fr...oh poor judy!!! i am sending you sunny thoughts from marginally less dark connecticut... i don't much like it when the clock says 6 pm and the outside is pitch black!! but what a good blog topic... i think i will give you the rest of my answer on my blog :)))))Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040674254150310726noreply@blogger.com