Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): a depressive mood disorder that occurs at approximately the same time year after year and spontaneously remits at the same time each year. The most common type is winter depression and it is characterized by morning hypersomnia, low energy, increased appetite, weight gain, and a craving for carbohydrates, all of which remit in the spring.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
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Bizarre medical conditions (medical condition): Unusual and strange medical conditions. An example is fetus in fetu where one twin fetus becomes enveloped by the other but continues to grow, using it as a host. The fetus sometimes survives birth and can continue to live off the host person for years. There are many other strange and rare medical conditions recorded around the world.
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