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Beating the winter time blues in NYC

Do you suffer from SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder during NYC's brutal winters? If so how do you beat it? I for one am thankful that even though we have horrible winters we do manage to get some sunshine which helps to drastically improve my mood.

http://www.dnainfo.com/20110111/manhattan/feeling-sad-youre-not-only-one-with-winter-blues
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I don't suffer from any problems except surgery in my mouth. I hibernate most of the time. However, I will admit that I hate cold weather. I love the summer. That is my favorite time of the year.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted you will have no arguments from me about that for I too love the summer..heat, humidity et al.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: I'm glad we have that in common. It's nice to know you share a common interest with someone else, even if that person is a friend.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I know someone who goes on Prozac every winter because of SAD. It seems really extreme to me, but apparently he feels he needs it.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish: That is the key word "feels." He really doesn't need it, but he was brainwashed to believe he does. He probably yelled at his doctor long enough that the doctor gave in and gave him what he wanted.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps I am due back in NYC next month but seeing the freezing temperatures in NYC its making me reluctant to get back on that plane. My husband is amazed he thought I would be overjoyed at the prospect of going home .. which I would be but I dont look forward to the snow etc which usually plagues NYC in February.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl It's the lack of sunlight that kills me - the sun sets so early! And of course no one wants to go outside when it's a mere 18 degrees outside, making intervals where you do experience a little sunshine much more short lived as you hightail it from point a to point b.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: Are you coming back for good or just for a temporary time.

@Everybody: Based on what my doctor told me, winter can be harsh on the body because sunlight produces vitamin D. When people can't go out because of the cold, they don't get adequate amounts of vitamin D. This is what can cause depression and anxiety in some people.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted I am coming back for a home visit.. was so hoping to come in the summer.. if the weather is bad like it usually is in February I will be largely confined to my apartment ..not fun
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: I hear you. It would be good to come back when on vacation, to a place that is nice and warm so you can get out and enjoy yourself while here. Because once the time has ended and you have to go back, you feel like you didn't accomplish as much as you hoped for.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Yick - I think February may be the worst month of all! But at least you can enjoy a romantic V-day out with the husband at a fancy NYC restaurant?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK just changed my ticket ..my friends have been sending me pics of the snow and telling me how awful its been..and I keep remembering how passengers were stuck on a Cathay Pacific flight for 11 hours during the December snowstorm. In fact both JFK and Newark were closed again yesterday. I rather wait until March..maybe the weather will let up then
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@everyone according to the meteorologists NYC is going to get snowier before we see spring..
bah!
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/oh-snow-winter-has-more-plans-to-unleash-icy-wrath-1.2642993
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I agree, Uranium. Although, I do get acupuncture in the winter to spruce up my qi a bit.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@JenMac Yeah, I go to the sauna in winter. Helps with circulation and immune system, I rarely get sick any more.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I go to the sauna all year round, but it does get much busier in the winter. Obviously.

Does anyone try and eat foods that are fortified with vitamin D in the winter? Take supplements?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps have never really done anything special for winter..except drink copious amounts of hot liquids. The attitude in our home has been - so its winter just deal with the snow, cold , slush whatever but having moved to NYC from the tropics I have always complained bitterly about the cold. My home visit for NYC has now been booked for early March and I actually went on to accuweather.com and started checking on the extended forecast for March.. doesnt seem too bad.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I take Vitamin D supplements. I keep saying I need to go to the sauna. Does it really help that much?
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@JenMac Yes. I waltz out of the sauna, into the freezing tundra, without a care in the world. Do you feel a difference between the winters you spent without supplements and now?

@uptowngirl It's hard to imagine how March can't be an improvement on this.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I've found a solution to my SAD: going to the gym! Somehow getting up at 7 am and heading to the gym down the road tricks my body into thinking I'm active because I'm outside in summer! And I've been eating a lot of summery foods (carrot salads, sauteed spinach, Greek food, etc!) It's almost working, although my pale skin reminds me that tanning-time is a long way away
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Apparently eating fish - for the amino 3's - is really supposed to help cure the blues. Or make a vast improvement.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK that sounds good I love fish and if its going to make me feel good during winter then I don't mind consuming it..
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist if you love Greek food you must try( if you havent already) Agnanti in Astoria. It overlooks Astoria Park and serves delicious home style Greek food.. I absolutely love the place..
http://queens.about.com/od/allrestaurantreviews/gr/Agnanti.htm
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: March is so unpredictable. It can snow or rain. I've seen the month of March with one snowstorm after another. On the other hand, I've also seen the month of March as a warm month. So it really depends on weather conditions. Based on the fact there is La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, I have a funny feeling we will see bad weather till April.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted you're right its a transient month for sure and i am hoping that the accuweather.com for NYC in March are right.. for I really detest the snow and the slush.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
@neversleeps: I would love to not be sick for once since I've been back in order to test the Vitamin D supplement theory. I'm gonna try the sauna stat.
La Nina isn't really making much sense this year. It's supposed to be a cold storm. It has been abnormally warm and dry for a La Nina year (save December) in California so who knows what our March is gonna be.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: You've got a point there. With the weather, you can never predict it.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@JenMac I'm a big proponent of sauna. I took it up when I lived in Europe - my first winter there was brutal and depressing, and it seemed I was always sick. After I started doing like the locals and going to sauna starting in the fall, I haven't had a cold for years. Years!
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Ok, alright! Im going to the sauna tomorrow!
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@JenMac Yeah, you should make it a regular thing... I haven't been sick since I started giving the sauna 20 minutes of my time post-workout. Very good stuff!
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Ok, so I sauna'd today after the workout -- is 20 minutes something works up to? Because I made it 10 before I really thought I was gonna lose my cool. Don't get me wrong, I like it. I just take it for very long. Is that normal?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@JenMac Try taking a break after 10 mins and pop in the shower or plunge pool (depending on what kind of facilities you have at your disposal). When you feel recovered, go back for another ten.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@JenMac That's totally normal. You shouldn't force yourself to stay longer than you can stand. If you go to high-heat saunas like the Russian and Turkish Baths, it's actually dangerous to stay in longer than 15 minutes without a break or a cool shower in between. Lower heat saunas as the ones typical in most gyms are okay to stay longer, but you should definitely work up to it.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
And I agree with the recommendation that it's good to make sauna a regular thing. I personally LOVE the luxury of sauna after a hard workout anyway.
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