SAD is a disease that people can suffer from without
suffering from major depression or bipolar. However, people who do suffer from
those diseases definitely notice the changes in seasons.
“In
the winter when it starts to get dark earlier is when I start to see him become
depressed. The amount of sunlight really affects my dad. In the summer when the
days are longer, he starts to get hypomanic,” Said Jillian Beld, a sophomore at
Grand Rapids Community College whose father suffers from bipolar disorder
as well as SAD.
Ann Arbor therapist Lisa Puceu said that in her experience,
she has seen the seasons have a big affect on her patients who suffer from
major depression or bipolar.
“There’s a link between bipolar and major depression and how
they respond to the season, and typically we will see a pattern of people
becoming worse in the winter,” Puceu said.
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