Hi there!

Hi Amalthea! Good luck with sleep study what is it about by the way?! I think there is still quite a few people lurking and having difficulties still...me included. I have found this cold snap quite hard to deal with, plus work has been stressful. I hope we all start feeling better soon, all the best x

Glad to see you both. I'm sorry to hear that you're having a rough time. I've not been dealing too much with mood troubles, but I have gotten impatient with the fatigue I've had. I hope to have answers about that, soon.

Taheya, I can't speak for others, but a lot of my mood troubles come about after I've felt fatigue for an extended period of time. I feel that my fatigue causes brain fog, irritability, aggravates my arthritis and fibromyalgia, doesn't allow me the energy to be around people, and ultimately, when I make mistakes or feel overwhelmed, I end up depressed and/or anxious.

Rosenthal briefly mentioned in his "Winter Blues" book that he noted sleep abnormality in SAD patients, but he didn't elaborate on whether this could be treated and what effect treatment might have in reducing SAD symptoms. To me, it was like, "Gee, this is weird... Now let's move on..."

I also have Fibromyalgia, which causes sleep disturbance. I believe the sleep disturbance of Fibromyalgia is the same one in SAD: the lack of level 3 and level 4 sleep ("deep sleep"). I sleep 7-8 hours a night. Somtimes even up to 10-11 hours once or twice a week. The sleep isn't the kind of sleep that I wake up feeling "refreshed" or "restored." I wake up and drag myself from bed and find myself always telling co-workers, family and friends, "I'm tired!"

So, the sleep clinic might be able to help me. I hope so! The doctor said he doesn't quite expect to find sleep apnea, but he expects the results to be interesting. He asked me to sign an agreement that my results could be used in a study so that other doctors "can find out why a 28 year-old has troubles with sleep."