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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/why-is-the-winter-so-sad/">SAD: More than the Winter Blues</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted February 28, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Courtney Albon</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Most people tread a little lighter when the sun is out, and find it easier to sleep through their alarm when it’s cloudy and cold outside. The 4-6 percent of the population that suffers from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) experience the above changes in mood and energy to the max. Symptoms are cyclical - triggered by the changing seasons - and grow in severity as the season progresses.&nbsp; And, while most SAD sufferers struggle in the fall and winter, some experience symptoms in the summer and spring as well. Symptoms As alluded above, SAD is not a prototypical disease. Symptoms depend on a person’s geographical location, family history of the disease, age, gender—and many other traits. There are, however, some symptoms common to most sufferers - depending on the seasons associated with their…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/why-is-the-winter-so-sad/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/why-is-the-winter-so-sad/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/why-is-the-winter-so-sad/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/why-is-the-winter-so-sad/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>