If you go to a medical doctor, chances are you will be prescribed something
like Paxil.

If you go to a therapist or psychologist, chances are you will be shown
techniques to reshape your thinking patterns.

Having tried both, I'd suggest the second approach. It is much slower,
but it has the potential of making lifelong changes without side effects.
The drug approach has negative side effects and is effective only while
you are taking the drug. Many, or even most, eventually abandon the
drugs due to the side effects, and then are back to where they started.


It is possible, of course, do do both approaches at the same time, and
it would be reasonable to expect a mixture of the results, too. My guess
is that would be a reasonable approach for somebody that is already fairly
involved with the psychological approaches and needs that "extra boost"
for a specific period of their long-term program.

L2W

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> Hi Claire, Im also from the UK!
> I think I may also have SAD but Im not sure whether to go to the
> doctor or not. Is this what you did? If so, what sorts of
> tests/questions did they ask you and did they suggest any treatment?
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