that’s so coincidental. My nephew told me he thought he had SAD, as he’s a big summer person and I told him to buy one of these lamps only last week.
As for me, I love that it gets dark early, i love the cold, and i like cupcakes, not Cheetos. I’ll keep my grooming habits to myself :)
They will be outlawed under John Kerry’s climate change agenda of restricting electric power usage to that which can be generated from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm by solar panels, and the 1/6 of the time (never predictablez0 when windmills actually produce power.
Lots of snow, cold, and crisp fresh air up here....just the way I love it. No SAD Lamp needed!
I have a friend w/ fibromyalgia who says that light therapy has helped her mood, and sleep cycle.
That’s interesting. You know what makes me sad? You Do! Maybe we should chug on over to mamby pamby land and maybe we can find some self confidence for you – you jack wagon! Tissue? [throws the box out of reach from the client] You cry baby!
It makes a big difference in my shop. It is lit by those sodium vapor lights that give off that orange hazy light. But in the office i put the daylight bulbs and youd think you are in outside light.
Three years ago, my endocrinologist ran blood work on me during the winter. I had what was considered “serious” vitamin d3 deficiency, (I was a six). Prescribed an over the counter supplement and it made all the difference in the world. I had depression, joint and muscle pain, chronic fatigue and it went away. I only have to take meds from October thru March, but during the late winter months I am on my deck getting real sunshine daily. For anyone struggling in the winter please get blood work done for D3 deficiency.
It could help on long spans of cloudy dark days but “happiness is a choice”
I have a dog.
Can’t get depressed when you have a dog.
Light therapy modality US20120253427 A1 — Snip [Several daily doses, usually up to three daily doses, may be applied to treating an active migraine attack, fertility disorders, autoimmune diseases, Parkinson’s disease, Altzheimer’s disease, bipolar affective disease, OCD, or postpartum depression.] The Valkee is used in the ear canal to avoid damage to the eyes and is touted for the jet lag treatment. There is an ethnic content to ear wax color and body odor. I did convince my Laotian co-worker to put a state of the art white led light in his ear for migraines. Watch out for ear wax blockages. An optic nerve runs from the ear to the eye—aka the Raquel Welch fantastic voyage escape route.
I recommend both CBT and SAD lights. And incandescent bulbs. They can be found online as contractor bulbs. Have had experiences with chickens that tell me that the newer bulbs just don’t work the same spectrums necessary.
I have a sunroom on the south side of my house. It’s fairly large, so every year around Thanksgiving I move essentials in there and “hole up” until March. It’s a one-room apt. in my own home, full of sunlight and free heat too!
I installed some 26 watt 5000k (100 watt equivalent) CFL bulbs. I really like the white light compared to the incandescent bulbs. It perks me up.
Before I would get 150 watt to make things brighter before these new bulbs.
Really?