THE MEK Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Yep, hate the short days and to top it off we are going back to a 3 week rotation so won't see daylight for 21 days. Very depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Do you think the ailment "s.a.d" actually exists, or is it just a case of "I'm so brassed off with this weather" ? I know they reckon there's definitive symptoms, but surely just being absolutely fed up of cold, wet and dark weather gives you the same thing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I used to be like that, bed at 1 maybe and back up at 3 or 4. Used to drive the wife barmy as I'd be prowling about most the night. Strangely enough, within days of having to take blood pressure tablets I can now sleep in until 6 or 7 and that's after going to bed at 11. I was like that from early twenties until mid fifties. I have trouble with sleep and have to force myself to go to bed. I spoke to the Quack about it and he didn't have a clue. Everyone seems to think that it is a problem with not being able to get to sleep but it is a problem with not being able to go to bed and walk upstairs. It is a weird situation of not giving in like children won't go to sleep and get grizzly and then go to sleep. Nobody has been able to come up with an idea of what this is Being caused by. No one understands the problem with sleep that I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I'm, with you millrace, autumn and winter brings additional sport. miserable lot you,s all are.......lol autumn brings the evenings shorting, time to get the pond ready for the ducks,,sept /october brings the salmon season to an end shooting starts in earnest, november the woodcock come time for some fun with the dog,, christmas is the foxing time cover is down time to hunt,,,january the spring salmon start again then onto the grilse and oh its time for the ducks again with my health i appriciate all these things and the dark evenings brings the winters hobbys to the fore,,,,,,so come on what have we got to be miserable about......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I have trouble with sleep and have to force myself to go to bed. I spoke to the Quack about it and he didn't have a clue. Everyone seems to think that it is a problem with not being able to get to sleep but it is a problem with not being able to go to bed and walk upstairs. It is a weird situation of not giving in like children won't go to sleep and get grizzly and then go to sleep. Nobody has been able to come up with an idea of what this is Being caused by. No one understands the problem with sleep that I have. Sounds like some sort of deep seated psychological problem to me, rather than any sort of physical condition. Get yourself off to the shrink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 It's strange how people can be so different, I love winter even more so a proper cold, frosty one. I don't know if it's because I work outside and during the heat of summer it can be genuinely unpleasant, with little or no shade. At least in a cold winter you can just put a fleece and some gloves on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I look forward to winter purely for the game season. I can't wait for it to start all year round and the weather is a small price to pay for it. I'd much rather not go on holiday in the summer but get lots of shooting in during the winter which keeps me very cheerful indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortmagnum999 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 It's strange how people can be so different, I love winter even more so a proper cold, frosty one. I don't know if it's because I work outside and during the heat of summer it can be genuinely unpleasant, with little or no shade. At least in a cold winter you can just put a fleece and some gloves on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttlemonkey Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 No more SAD, I got 91/2 hours between sunrise and sunset yesterday here in Baza Spain, all of it blue sky and sunshine. -3 overnight through. Had one overcast day in the 6 weeks I've been here. Well worth moving 1500 miles south on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have trouble with sleep and have to force myself to go to bed. I spoke to the Quack about it and he didn't have a clue. Everyone seems to think that it is a problem with not being able to get to sleep but it is a problem with not being able to go to bed and walk upstairs. It is a weird situation of not giving in like children won't go to sleep and get grizzly and then go to sleep. Nobody has been able to come up with an idea of what this is Being caused by. No one understands the problem with sleep that I have. That's psychological buddy, and somewhere there's a cause. Why not just make yourself comfy in an armchair in front of the telly and try sleeping there for a while? I'm sure if you think it through and come to the conclusion yourself that it's psychological then it will go away ?? With me it was not needing sleep, I can drop off anywhere, in a matter of seconds. I just used to wake up after a couple of hours fully refreshed, didn't need any more sleep. For some reason blood pressure tablets changed it completely and now I'm almost "normal" (still rise early ish though, 12.45 now and I'll still wake about 6 in the morning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have trouble with sleep and have to force myself to go to bed. I spoke to the Quack about it and he didn't have a clue. Everyone seems to think that it is a problem with not being able to get to sleep but it is a problem with not being able to go to bed and walk upstairs. It is a weird situation of not giving in like children won't go to sleep and get grizzly and then go to sleep. Nobody has been able to come up with an idea of what this is Being caused by. No one understands the problem with sleep that I have. I was exactly the same, just didn't want to go to bed. Very rare to be in bed before 1am and at work by 8am. Then I stopped drinking, not for any reason other than I thought I had had enough drink. (I did drink quite a lot but never felt it was a problem) After that I might go to bed at 8pm and sleep all night long, very unusual for me and rarely not in bed by 11.30 at the very latest. This has gone on since mid October, then tonight i decided to crack the Christmas whisky and here I am at 1 am, wide awake and messing about on the tinternet. Haven't done this all the while I wasn't drinking. I haven't had much, probably just enough to put me over the limit but only just. As for the SAD stuff, as soon as the nights start drawing in I just want to eat all the time and lie on the sofa. I don't much like the dark nights and look forward to more daylight. I've been to Oz a few times and when thinking about living over there it would be the late summer evenings I would miss the most. It's light 6am to 6pm over there nearly all year. I don't like the short days we get now but wouldn't want to do without the long days of summer. In Oz you are glad when the sun does go down and there's a bit of rest from the heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 That's psychological buddy, and somewhere there's a cause. Why not just make yourself comfy in an armchair in front of the telly and try sleeping there for a while? I'm sure if you think it through and come to the conclusion yourself that it's psychological then it will go away ?? With me it was not needing sleep, I can drop off anywhere, in a matter of seconds. I just used to wake up after a couple of hours fully refreshed, didn't need any more sleep. For some reason blood pressure tablets changed it completely and now I'm almost "normal" (still rise early ish though, 12.45 now and I'll still wake about 6 in the morning). I've got no problem in sleeping and I can just fall off anywhere, on the sofa, in a car or anywhere. It seemed to start when we went out night shooting and coming home at 2>3 am. The Quak is thinking it could be a blood sugar level thing. or even genetic. Both my brother and sister are the same. I wake after 4>5 hrs sleep and feel fine and don't feel tired all day until the evening, but that tiredness soon passes and I'm ready to go until whenever. I've never pushed the envelop to see if I could go days or anything and going on holiday abroad and breaking the routine doesn't seem to make any difference. I don't have any worries or pressures in my life so I'm not to bothered about it. Probably my age. Life rolls on and it isn't really affected by this. In some ways it is quite good because I have more time in a day to do the things that I want to do when it is quiet. I was exactly the same, just didn't want to go to bed. Very rare to be in bed before 1am and at work by 8am. Then I stopped drinking, not for any reason other than I thought I had had enough drink. (I did drink quite a lot but never felt it was a problem) After that I might go to bed at 8pm and sleep all night long, very unusual for me and rarely not in bed by 11.30 at the very latest. This has gone on since mid October, then tonight i decided to crack the Christmas whisky and here I am at 1 am, wide awake and messing about on the tinternet. Haven't done this all the while I wasn't drinking. I haven't had much, probably just enough to put me over the limit but only just. Not a drink thing in my case because I virtually don't drink. People keep giving me bottles of spirits even though I tell them that I'm not a drinker. Just don't like alcohol much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I think I might have Seasonal Affected Disorder and my mum does not know who my father is ...... so what does that make me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 . Not a drink thing in my case because I virtually don't drink. People keep giving me bottles of spirits even though I tell them that I'm not a drinker. Just don't like alcohol much. Can only be due to lack of alcohol then. Merry Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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