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    SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER

    Questionnaire
    Source: Outside In Ltd.

    Please consult your doctor if you believe you may be suffering from a depressive illness.

    This questionnaire is designed to help you assess whether you have SAD; it can also be used to
    help you assess how much bright light therapy is helping. It is based on the standard assessment
    tool used by doctors. You might like to talk it over with your doctor or another person in your
    household.

    Not everyone will have every symptom, but the score should go down over the weeks.
    Typical figures are over 20 when you have SAD and under 10 when you are better.

    Compared to how you normally feel when you are well, how would you rate yourself on each of
    the following during the past week? Complete the following form and fill in the numbers in the
    boxes.

    0=no different, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a lot, 4=definitely, badly

    STANDARD depression symptoms score


    Before After After After
    I have been … starting 1 2 3
    lights week weeks weeks
    down and depressed
    less interested in doing things or delaying doing
    things
    less interested in sex
    less interested in eating
    losing weight
    finding it hard to get to sleep
    waking up in the night or sleep is restless
    waking up too early
    more tired than usual, heavy in my limbs, aching
    back or muscles or headaches
    Before After After After
    I have been … starting 1 2 3
    lights week weeks weeks
    guilty, I feel like a failure
    feeling that life is not worth living
    tense, irritable, worrying too much about little things
    sure I’m ill or have a disease, unreasonably worried
    about my physical health
    my thoughts or speech are slow
    fidgety, restless, cannot keep still
    morning is worse than evening
    evening is worse than morning
    feeling unreal, as if I am in a dream or cut off from
    what’s going on around me
    paranoid, suspicious
    preoccupied, I have to keep checking things
    having physical symptoms such as stomach
    problems, sweating, cramping, having to urinate
    frequently, dry mouth, sighing, heart palpitations,
    hyperventilating
    TOTAL standard depression score

    SUPPLEMENTAL depression symptoms score


    Before After After After
    I have been … starting 1 2 3
    lights week weeks weeks
    avoiding people, don’t want to socialize
    gaining weight
    I WANT to eat more than usual
    I ACTUALLY HAVE eaten more than usual
    craving sweets or starchy foods
    sleeping too much or I have been more tired than I
    should be
    my mood or energy slumps in the afternoon then
    picks up at least an hour before bedtime
    TOTAL supplemental depression score

    COMBINED TOTAL depression score

    If you suspect you have SAD or a depressive illness, and the problem is undiagnosed or
    untreated, please consult your physician or other health professional as soon as possible.

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