I know that SAD seasonal affective disorder is a real thing that causes more of a depressive attitude with short winter days however has anyone noticed a direct effect of the sunshine on the frequency or magnitude of bipolar episodes? I was wondering if people that live in warmer climates the year round have less episodes of depression or in fact do they have an increased susceptibility to mania?
Has anyone else wondered about this? Would moving to a warmer part of the world help bipolar to be easier to manage?