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D3 Ex Member I Love CH.com!	CH and SAD Nov 29^th, 2009 at 4:07pm Hi I have heard that many CH suffers also have SAD. Is it true? D3
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Marc Ex Member Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #1 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 4:22pm Can't speak for "many other" CH sufferers, but for me: Nope
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: CH and SAD Reply #2 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 5:01pm For those who weren't able to decipher, SAD means Seasonal Affective Disorder. Not me, per se, but it sure does suck when it's dark going to work and dark coming home.
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Joni CH.com Old Timer Offline Knowledge is Power Posts: 476 Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #3 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 5:32pm Nope, but I do love the sun!
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FramCire CH.com Alumnus Offline Life like a froward child must be humored a little Posts: 1710 Bolivar, MO USA Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #4 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 6:04pm It wouldn't be shocking since many of us have cycles based on or timed by seasonal changes, plus many suffer from forms of depression as well.
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Bob Johnson CH.com Alumnus Offline "Only the educated are free." -Epictetus Posts: 5965 Kennett Square, PA (USA) Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #5 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 7:13pm Whenever you hear about such a linking of two conditions the issue is always the same: One doesn't cause the other--unless there has been some research to show a functional relationship. Depression is commonly associated with many kinds of disorders, especially chronic ones, but it doesn't mean that one caused the other.
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Re: CH and SAD
Reply #6 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 7:40pm

Bob Johnson wrote on Nov 29^th, 2009 at 7:13pm:

Whenever you hear about such a linking of two conditions the issue is always the same: One doesn't cause the other--unless there has been some research to show a functional relationship.

Depression is commonly associated with many kinds of disorders, especially chronic ones, but it doesn't mean that one caused the other.

Absolutely. Especially when one is common and the other is rare.

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Re: CH and SAD
Reply #7 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 8:09pm

I lived in cloudy Seattle for 10 years after growing up in Southern California.

Still, I was the lucky type that didn't experience any SAD.

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CH according to Bejeeber:

Strictly relying on doctors for CH treatment is often a prescription that will keep you in a whole lot of PAIN. Doctors are WAY behind in many respects, and they are usually completely unaware of the benefits of high flow 100% O2.

There are lots of effective treatments documented at this site. Take matters into your own hands, learn as much as you can here and at clusterbusters.com, put it into practice, then tell this CH beast Jeebs said hello right before you bash him so hard with a swift uppercut knockout punch that his stupid horns go flinging right off.

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jon019 CH.com Alumnus Offline "Ya gotta believe!" Posts: 1656 USA Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #8 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 8:44pm Hi, Can't answer the question...but I do live in Seattle...before that an area in Alaska that could be described as a "rainy" Seattle. My brother couldn't stand "the skinny gray rain" and moved to CA. While I could be called sad...I aint SAD...rain don't bother me...ch does... Best, Jon
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cherylc CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 53 x1\|Simcoe\|Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: CH and SAD Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 10:14pm I think that clusters "triggers" and treatments vary so much from one sufferer to the next...it would be difficult to say that most of us also suffer from SAD. BUt, SAD does involve the body's internal clock and hormone production, and melatonin, all the same things affected with clusters. I'll try a light box if it helps!! CC
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