Seasonal depression isn't depression, it's Seasonal Affective Disorder. Light therapy makes infinitely more sense than antidepressants for SAD, and I wholeheartedly endorse it for that purpose. But depression is a different animal altogether. Similarly, PMS depression isn't depression
http://www.pmscomfort.com/pms-pmdd-symptoms/pms-pmdd-depression.aspx
although the symptoms can be similar, and MDs do prescribe antidepressants for PMS and PMDD (and light therapy wouldn't help PMS depression.)
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Seasonal depression isn't depression, it's Seasonal Affective Disorder. Light therapy makes infinitely more sense than antidepressants for SAD, and I wholeheartedly endorse it for that purpose. But depression is a different animal altogether. Similarly, PMS depression isn't depression
February 22, 2012 - 10:51amhttp://www.pmscomfort.com/pms-pmdd-symptoms/pms-pmdd-depression.aspx
although the symptoms can be similar, and MDs do prescribe antidepressants for PMS and PMDD (and light therapy wouldn't help PMS depression.)
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