{"id":19119,"date":"2021-06-17T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepapergown.zocdoc.com\/?p=19119"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:07:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:07:27","slug":"summertime-sadness-is-a-real-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/guides\/summertime-sadness-is-a-real-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Summertime Sadness&#8217; Is a Real Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many people, long summer days are a natural mood-booster. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the prospect of a sun-soaked weekend at the beach doesn&#8217;t put a smile on everyone\u2019s face \u2014 and not only because of physical afflictions like sun allergies and poison ivy. Some people get seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in the summer. While more commonly thought of as a winter condition, SAD refers to any pattern of recurrent depressive symptoms that flare up in one season and retreat in others, explains Jenna Hennessey, a psychologist at Columbia University Medical Center. Going forward, some experts predict an uptick in summer SAD diagnoses due to rising temperatures and increasing allergens, two possible triggers that are both related to climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s still a lot for researchers to learn about this condition, but if the summer blues are a recurring thing for you, here\u2019s what we currently know about the issue and how to find help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>More than summer blahs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About five percent of US adults have seasonal affective disorder; one-fifth of them are thought to have the summer variety (so, one percent of the total population), Hennessey says. But summer SAD hasn\u2019t been studied extensively, nor is it well-known among the general public. So it might be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10618029\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more common<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than current estimates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/7625479\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indicate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Even when people do realize they feel off during the summer, they might attribute their symptoms to another issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we do know: The hallmark symptoms of winter SAD are an increased sleep drive and appetite (which can lead to weight gain) and decreased activity level, a behavior pattern reminiscent of hibernation in animals. Summer SAD essentially causes opposite symptoms: Difficulty sleeping (or even insomnia); reduced appetite (sometimes with weight loss); heightened feelings of agitation, restlessness and anxiety; and sometimes violent episodes, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4673349\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015 study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you notice there is a pattern to your mood and potentially agitation, anxiety and restlessness that is causing impairment in your life, seek professional help.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For these symptoms to amount to summer SAD, they need to occur almost daily for most of the day, emerge at least two years in a row, and cause significant distress and interference with daily life, Hennessey adds. And they can\u2019t be rooted in the anniversary of a death or other major loss that took place during warmer months, says Dr. Teodor T. Postolache, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What explains these particular seasonal changes? Researchers can\u2019t say for sure yet, but they\u2019ve found preliminary evidence to support a few hypotheses, Postolache says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One hypothesis is that, for people with summer SAD, heat and humidity impairs thermoregulation, the ability to control your body temperature. This could be tied to the neurotransmitter serotonin. \u201cIf someone has an abnormality in the production or absorption of serotonin, it impacts their mood and behavior, and we see that in individuals who have summer SAD,\u201d Hennessey says. He adds that SSRIs, a class of antidepressants that increase the available supply of serotonin in the brain, \u201cend up being really effective to treat SAD,\u201d indicating that serotonin plays a role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another hypothesis is that people who experience SAD in the summer have higher sensory processing sensitivity. This means they have stronger than average reactions to environmental stimuli, such as temperature. In one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0165178118317840\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study of 61 people,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> those with any type of SAD scored higher for this type of sensitivity than other participants. \u201cSomeone who is highly sensitive to high temperatures may be more prone to irritability and irritation,\u201d Hennessey says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there&#8217;s the theory that longer periods of daylight throw off our sleep-wake cycles by interfering with melatonin. Hennessey says. Melatonin is a hormone released by the pineal gland when it\u2019s dark outside; it tells our circadian clock it\u2019s time to sleep. Exposure to bright light at night can suppress its release, preventing the body from powering down on schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, allergies may play a role. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6800045\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 study co-authored by Postolache<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, researchers found that Amish individuals with summer SAD reported worse moods on days with high pollen counts \u2014 but those with winter SAD didn&#8217;t. The thinking is that inflammation caused by seasonal allergies may trigger the changes in mood, but more research is needed.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Beat the heat and block out light<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the root causes of summer SAD are still up in the air, psychologists do know that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and antidepressants such as SSRIs can help manage symptoms. \u201cIf you notice there is a pattern to your mood and potentially agitation, anxiety and restlessness that is causing impairment in your life, seek professional help,\u201d Hennessey says.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behavioral changes that help restore your sleep-wake cycle may also help alleviate summer SAD.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behavioral changes that help restore your sleep-wake cycle may also help alleviate summer SAD, she adds. That might mean using blackout curtains to keep your bedroom dark, or sleeping somewhere with air conditioning if you suspect the underlying issue is poor thermoregulation or high sensory processing sensitivity. (With winter SAD, by contrast, light therapy is often recommended to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bright light exposure.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If allergies are getting you down, seeing an allergist to determine your specific triggers and how to deal with them could make a difference. Keep in mind, however, that just as the root causes of SAD are still being worked out, these fixes are similarly unproven, Postolache says. But trying them is low risk since they don\u2019t cause side effects (aside from possible minor ones from allergy medications).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bottom line is that you can do more than grin and bear your way through summer SAD. \u201cThere are ways to target and treat this. You don&#8217;t have to be miserable every summer,\u201d Hennessey says.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Ready to book a doctor&#8217;s appointment? Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Zocdoc.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasonal affective disorder doesn&#8217;t always look like the winter blues. 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