Posted by bissie66 on February 9, 2008, at 6:44:58
In reply to Re: ssri's and anxiety » bissie66, posted by johnj on February 8, 2008, at 13:38:37
> It is like I am wide awake in the middle of the night and I usually am very warm. When I cool down is when I seem to be able to fall back asleep.
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> Can you please tell me how you did it? What times and how long do you use the light box? Do you make sure you are in the dark earlier in hte evening? Does one have to use a light box or are there other bulbs I can use in a normal lamp?
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> Thanks
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> johnjThere was a really good thread about this recently - in Jan. I think - I posted a question about light boxes bc my pdoc kept telling me to get one. I got an Apollo golite from Amazon (got great customer reviews). Apollo has a website where you can take a test which will tell you about your circadian rhythms. Anyway the manual tells you when to use it and everything and you can adjust inensity. I use it 30 minutes every morning (or most mornings i should say) while at the computer before work. I'm finding I fall asleep easier, still wake up in the middle of the night, but fall back asleep, and wake up at 6 without an alarm and get up easily (unusual for me). I go to bed at 10 (unusual for me). My pdoc says this sleep cycle is ideal for depression. These light boxes are supposed to help with mood although I've been in a depression that I'm still not out of -- this is probably helping though -- since it is helping with sleep.
My pdoc said do not just buy the light bulb bc they are not intense enough. I recommend you check out that thread. If you search for light box and look for the thread just last month you should find it. Lots of people here seem to use them.
Oh yeah, and my manual says you are supposed to use them with the lights on, and def. in the morning.
Good luck.
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