Beating the winter time blues in NYC

Yeah, I do find it a questionable practice to take drugs to get you through the winter. I mean, are you so ill-equipped to deal with life that you have to medicate yourself on a regular basis? What does that say about your ability to deal with something really sad or tragic that might happen to you?

You don't typically have to yell at a psychiatrist to get them to pass out meds. Also, Prozac can take weeks to kick in. Winter isn't exactly that long...probably the placebo effect. I do think that some people really need such drugs, but if you don't need them all the time, it doesn't seem likely you'll need them just for winter?

Also, for the record I took that test to see how depressed winter was making me, and it looks like I have a mild case of the winter blues. :( Oh, well.

I don't necessarily think that going on drugs is in order; but seasonal depression is very well. You tend to isolate yourself more when it's cold. And, most people are deficient in Vitamin D to begin with and you get almost none during winter months which is hugely impressive upon your serotonin.

Mild winter blues seem so normal, it's just a fact of life that you slow down a bit in winter and pick up again with the warm weather. That doesn't seem like cause for drugs, just cause for a little extra wariness in making sure you get your vitamin D. Just don't get the drug thing, really don't.