487- How Seasonal Affective Disorder Uniquely Affects People with ADHD
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that takes hold during the dark winter months — and these “winter blues” are more common among people with ADHD. Learn about SAD symptoms and treatments from J.J. Sandra Kooij, M.D., Ph.D.
Seasonal Affective Disorder: More Resources:
- Read: Seasonal Affective Disorder and the ADHD Brain
- Get: The Free Healthy Habits Handbook from ADDitude
- Read: 6 Ways to Overcome Winter Depression
- Self-Test: Could You Have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder on behalf of the Attitude team I'm pleased to |
| 0:19.9 | welcome you to today's ADHD expert's presentation titled |
| 0:24.6 | How Seasonal Effective Disorder uniquely affects people with ADHD. |
| 0:30.0 | Leaving today's presentation is Dr. J.J. Sandra Coy. |
| 0:35.0 | Dr. Coy is a psychiatrist and head of the expertise center, |
| 0:40.0 | adult ADHD at SideQ, located in the Netherlands. |
| 0:45.8 | She is a professor of adult ADHD studies |
| 0:49.2 | at the Frey or Free University Medical Center in Amsterdam, also called the Voo. |
| 0:55.0 | Dr. Coy also is a researcher and author of peer-reviewed international papers and books. |
| 1:02.0 | In today's webinar we'll discuss a type of depression called seasonal |
| 1:07.2 | effective disorder. You might also know it as the winter blues. Shorter daylight hours in the colder months of the year |
| 1:15.1 | may contribute to a decrease in the brain chemical serotonin which helps |
| 1:19.8 | regulate mood. Seasonal effective disorder can cause sadness, sleep problems, and low energy. |
| 1:27.0 | Seasonal effective disorder, or sad for short, disproportionately affects people with ADHD. |
| 1:34.0 | Our expert will help us to better understand this condition and its treatment options. |
| 1:40.0 | So without further ado, I'm so pleased to welcome Dr. J.J. Sandra Coy. |
| 1:44.7 | Thank you so much for joining us today and for leaving this discussion. |
| 1:49.7 | Thank you very much for the kind invitation. I'm happy to be able to talk to you about late sleep, winter |
| 1:56.8 | depression and health, as all four are connected. And I'll try to walk you through it, talk you through it, because everything we experience in our body and in our mind is timed and timing is everything for functioning and if we don't live on time that means in accordance with the 24 hour dark and light cycle. We are living out of face or we jet lag. |
| 2:28.2 | We all know what jet lag is. But people with ADHD tend to sleep late as a rule. |
| 2:34.4 | It happens in about 80% of both children and adults with ADHD. |
| 2:39.2 | It's a result of one of our studies. |
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