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Mood swings brought on by Daylight Savings Time?

Posted on Mar 5th 2007 5:28PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Motivation

Ready for the "new" Daylight Savings Time? This year, DST will move up by three weeks and will end a week later in the fall. This will give folks longer daylight times -- most of which will surely enjoy it.

If you've been diagnosed with SAD (seasonal affective disorder) or the "winter blues" though, the lack of more sunlight in the morning may not be that nice of a thing when these changes are made next weekend (and in future years).

Light experts chalk our sensitivity to light in that it sets the body's clock to gear up for the day's activities, but our society based on the clock instead of nature can cause issues. So, do you welcome the DST change or dislike it?

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Tags: daylight savings time, DaylightSavingsTime, DST, mood swings, MoodSwings

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Charlie on the PA Turnpike 3-05-2007 @ 10:30PM

DST is, in my opinion, an idea whose time came and went with the oil lamp. We no longer have 1/10th the farming population we used to have, and what remains have headlights on the fuel-powered equipment, so it doesn't matter that much any more.

However, I confess I find this topic almost silly! Yes, there are real cases of depression, but far too often we have diagnosis using the same word 'depression' for something that pales in comparison to the real thing, which diminishes both!

I used to ride a commuter bus from rural Pennsylvania to NYC; I left at 5:15 AM, and returned home around 8PM. During the winter months, the only time I saw the outside of my home in daylight was on the weekends, but that never depressed me.

There are far greater things to worry about than daylight.