Posted by JohnL on October 30, 2000, at 6:02:31
In reply to light boxes, posted by ksvt on October 29, 2000, at 20:08:49
> I'd love to hear the experiences anyone has had with light boxes. I have chronic depression, not necessarily SAD, but there is no question in my mind that my depression gets worse in the winter time. This is much on my mind since with the daylight savings time change, it now gets dark alot earlier, and snowed a chunk of the day. Do they work? How do you use them? Where do you get one? How much do they cost? Thanks ksvt
I have a 1000watt metal halide in a corner of my living room! Talk about a serious light box! Halides are popular with marijuana growers, but are also commonly used in greenhouses and street lamps. The one I have has an Agrosun bulb, which is a spectrum suitable for plants and the human eye.
It has no direct effect on my depression. But it does have an indirect effect because during those short, dark, dreary days of winter in Maine, it's like Arizona in my house! And that corner of the living room is packed full of strawberries, peppers, herbs, and colors of all kinds. Pretty neat to pick a strawberry while you watch out the window and see the snow falling.
Bright light I find to be somewhat therapeutic, but through indirect means. Plants and gardening I think were meant by our creator to also be indirectly therapeutic. Can a light box replace medicine? I don't think so.
John
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