Posted by JLx on November 6, 2003, at 13:08:15
In reply to SAD, posted by Jai on November 6, 2003, at 10:47:14
> Has anyone had sucess with light therapy during the dark months of the year? Or the overly rainly times when there is not much sunlight? If you have had sucess can you tell me where you got your light and what kind of light you got? My partner has SAD and depression...it's a tough combination. Thanks
I've not been diagnosed with SAD but have used light therapy (mine is a visor) hoping it would help with depression which seemed to worsen during the dark months. It wasn't a cure, but I thought it helped some...to get to sleep especially. I also ran across some info lately that I'd wish I'd had before as now I think I may not have been using it early enough in the day, this questionnaire: http://www.cet.org/AutoMEQ.htm
Some more links I had bookmarked:
http://www.cet.org/default.htm?AutoMEQ.htm~main
http://www.psycheducation.org/PCP/launch/light.htm
I looked all this up for somebody once before, so here's some shopping sites I had bookmarked:
http://www.naturallighting.com/light_therapy/sunpro_portable.cfm
http://www.nu-light.com/index.php
http://www.sadlamps.com/catalog/sad_lamps_218146_products.htm
http://www.lighttherapyproducts.com/products_lamps.html
http://www.alaskanorthernlights.com/products.html
http://www.lighttherapyproducts.com/products_lamps.html
http://www.brite-lite.com/Products/Litebook.htm
http://www.realgoods.com/shop/shop1.cfm?dp=103&ts=1031741
http://www.healthlight.net/getcat01.asp?Category=1&CatName=Products
Some "how to choose" advice: http://www.lighttherapyproducts.com/straighttalk.html
This is the brand and type of visor (the deluxe) I've had for several years now, without trouble or need to replace the bulb...yet. http://biobrite.com/Cart/visors.php3
You'll also see on those sites "dawn simulators", which are lights that wake you up gradually mimicking natural daybreak. Here's an article about that:
http://www.unionrecord.com/arts/display.php?ID=454
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