{"id":3438,"date":"2024-01-23T17:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/99\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:03:57","slug":"beating-the-january-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/99\/california\/yorbalinda\/blog\/beating-the-january-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating the January Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beating the January blues is not difficult to do.<\/p>\n

January is often prime time for Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, a mood disorder that occurs when the seasons change.<\/p>\n

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SAD usually starts in the fall and winter and continues until spring and summer hit again.<\/p>\n

Researchers have yet to show the crucial link of how diminished daylight leads to a drop in serotonin levels, especially for seniors.<\/p>\n

But they have done brain scan studies to show that\u00a0people with SAD had higher levels of a serotonin transporter protein (SERT) in the winter compared to healthy individuals.<\/p>\n

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In the United States, January and February are the most difficult for people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).\u00a0 <\/span>Some people suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during the summer months, though it is much less likely to occur.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Similarly like depression, January blues can manifest with symptoms such as:<\/span><\/div>\n

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