Hello Animaldoc,

I'm living in Dansville, just a hop-skip away. I've lived in Mich. my entire life, and my SAD is very bad. I use a light box and exercise, but still needed prozac to get me close to normal. This is a bad state to live (one of the worst in the nation) in if you have the problem. One side-effect is that I would get uncontrolable cravings for carbs. I'd eat no matter how full and miserable I was. I gained 18 pounds in one winter alone. Now that I've got my SAD under control, I'm going to get my weight under control again. I can't wait to pull out the boxes of all my "old clothes" .

Unfortunately, we are approaching another winter. Maybe several of us can offer encouragement and support to each other.

judi

p.s. I've been in Tennessee several times to work on genealogy and become reaquainted with my cousins.