Children and teenagers with SAD

                                                                                         

SAD children and teenagers

Seasonal Affective Disorder affects about 1% of children in junior school, but there has been an increase in high schools, this is due to puberty, because of the secretion of female hormones, it is more common in girls than in boys. Around 5% of teenagers in their final years of high school suffer from SAD.

If the child or teenager suffers from winter SAD, he would feel worse during January and February, has less energy, is more irritable or feels worse during January or February then it is very possible he suffers from SAD.

It takes several years for a seasonal pattern to surface. If your child suffers from SAD, he will develop problems in autumn or winter, in the first few months of a new school year, children with SAD often do well in school, and their seasonal problems tend to appear in between November and January. School work becomes a real problem for the child. For teenagers it is their sleeping and eating habits that change.

The most common symptoms are:

- Feeling tired
- Feeling irritable
- Temper tantrums
- Difficulty concentrating
- Reluctant to do chores, when usually there is no problem
- Complaints of headaches, stomach aches
- Cravings for junk food.

It is also recommended to visit a doctor as light therapy is sometimes not enough to treat SAD.

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