Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder?

Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by DoreenMichele on Saturday October 19, 2019 @11:40PM (#21302195)

No first-hand experience with SAD, but a few thoughts:

1. Perhaps the change in season promotes some secondary issue, like more mold growth, and that's the real problem that needs to be addressed.

2. One of the better tools for self experiments is a journal. Try to track diet, symptoms and anything else that might come into play.

3. Fasting seems helpful with a variety of issues.

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by Jefro118 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @08:27AM (#21303693)

Thanks. You're correct, I should learn from Gwern and run these kind of self experiments properly. Will at least do a better job of journalling this year. I did this with microdosing and it was quite helpful.

Have you tried fasting specifically for SAD or otherwise depression?

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by DoreenMichele on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:05AM (#21303859)

I do not appear to be prone to either SAD or depression.

But my general understanding is that a. Fasting impacts the microbiome and b. The microbiome is increasingly being shown to impact the microbiome.

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