The White's

I hope I'm not repeating something that's already been suggested but I'm on a borrowed computer since my modem crashed and only have a few minutes,so I've not read the entire thread yet. 
 
I remember reading about seasonal depression which can mimic bipolar symptoms.  I don't really know enough about it to talk intelligently, but wanted to toss out the idea.  The disorder does have a specific name but I unfortunately don't know it.  It seems folks who suffer from it need more natural light in the winter.  Do Aubrey's "cycles" seem to coincide with the seasons?  If so, drugs are evidently unnecessary.  Maybe someone on this list knows more?
 
Cindy (who's probably not helping despite her desire to so)

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On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:57:32 -0400
"The White's" <jwwjr@...> wrote:

> I remember reading about seasonal depression which can mimic bipolar sympto=
> ms. I don't really know enough about it to talk intelligently, but wanted =
> to toss out the idea. The disorder does have a specific name but I unfortu=
> nately don't know it. It seems folks who suffer from it need more natural =
> light in the winter. Do Aubrey's "cycles" seem to coincide with the season=

Seasonal Affective Disorder. Mimicking depression, I think, not bipolar so
much: patients will be depressed in the winter, but probably not manic in the
summer. Light boxes are 'standard' treatment, although the first URL I looked
at claimed (in 1994) that it hadn't been clearly distinguished from the
placebo effect.

-xx- Damien X-)