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January Blues

© Michelle Struik

The holidays are over for yet another year and January rears its ugly head once again. It can be hard to not get the blues at this time of year after all the hustle and bustle of December, the preparations for the holiday activities and, for some of us, the family conflicts that always seem to bring out the best in everybody!

Maybe it's time to explore our "mental health" and determine if it's just the January blues or something more serious. After all, a lot of people are diagnosed in northern countries at this time of year with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), but you don't have to live in Canada or Norway to develop SAD.

You may want to know if you actually have a medical condition that can be treated versus getting so angry at the paperboy for throwing your morning paper into the bushes everyday because he didn't get a holiday bonus from you! Who knows, maybe he just doesn't play in Little League!

I've stumbled onto a site that you might like to explore to help you understand the mysteries of "mental health." Internet Mental Health is an excellent site that explores the facts of mental health by explaining the 52 most common mental disorders. It includes description, diagnosis, treatment and research findings.

This site also has a database section on the drugs that are used to treat mental disorders including indications, contraindications, warnings,precautions, adverse effects, overdose, dosage and research findings.

As many patients with chronic conditions are also prescribed psychiatric drugs to help treat accompanying disorders, this database can be used as a great "resource" to help educate and inform you about drug usage.

Also featured is an area that you, as a visitor, can participate in. The Magazine section is where news, magazine articles, booklets, stories of recovery, letters and editorials can be found.

All in all, this is a very informative site that just might help you understand if your January blues are just a slight case of holiday letdown or something a little more serious that you should be discussing with your doctor before you take it out on that paper boy!

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