Why Your Energy and Mood Tank Every Fall and What the Science Actually Says to Do About It

Source Scout · Lexington Herald-Leader reports: If you’ve noticed your energy flagging, your sleep drifting out of sync and your motivation thinning as the light fades, your body is doing exactly what biology predicts. The seasonal mood shift is real, measurable and for millions of people it crosses into clinical territory as seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression with a recurring seasonal pattern that typically ramps up as the end of October approaches. As daylight hours decrease in fall and winter, changes in light exposure disrupt circadian rhythms, the internal biological processes that regulate sleep, alertness and mood.

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