Moved from Brazil to Sweden. Yeah, the darkness sucks but you adapt after a couple of winters. What really sucks much more getting a crappy winter with no snow and no sun, that's a soul killer.

> Folks with winter depression sometimes struggle more here than they did in Indiana

Presumably this has more to do with the total hours of light in winter being lower, not what time of the clock they correspond to.

That is my assumption as well, but honestly, I don't know if the clock is a contributing factor or not.

> the doctors are prepared for this.

I don't think putting people on antidepressants is a good answer, either. Those are meant to be used for about a year to get people back to normal.

It's far more likely they're referring to vitamin D supplements and SAD lamps than antidepressants, though I'm sure antidepressants are used when other things don't work.

Well, then don't take them. I'm pretty sure you aren't responsible for other folks' medical care, though, and that's between them and their doctor. It doesn't matter how you think they should be used if you aren't a professional treating folks - especially considering that not all mental illnesses resolve within a year or at all.