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BEARS fattening up Doctors still have the best treatments for
seasonal depression, which keeps a person feeling down not just
for a day or two, but for days on end. The treatments include
medicine, counseling and therapy with special lights. Along with
that, outdoor walks and getting enough vitamin D and certain
fish may help people to pull through the dark winter, whether
their seasonal mood shift becomes a severe case of depression or
not. Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD for short, generally makes
people feel down or lethargic in fall and winter, and better
during spring and summer (though some people do have the
opposite pattern). Scientists aren't sure exactly what causes
SAD, but research shows that shorter days and less sunshine do
affect brain chemicals. A Swiss study of people with seasonal
depression confirmed that these people crave carbohydrate-rich
foods during fall and winter, and their blood sugar rises faster
then, too. We know that