Day is day, and night is night

Posted by Cece on June 13, 2002, at 23:46:11

I'm putting this on P-B rather than P-S-B because I think that it relates to medications. Or rather to ways to help ourselves in addition to medications.
My pdoc is very interested in the effect of artificial light on BP disorders. He and others believe that
living out of synch with the natural cycles of night and day stimulates cycling. There is an interesting
article on this issue as a link off of:
http://www.psycheducation.org/.
This seems right to me intuitively, and as much as possible (not often enough) I take his suggestion of
no electrical lighting after sunset, just candles and kerosene lanterns. It is very relaxing, I sleep
better, wake up more easily, and generally feel calmer.
My niece who is BPI (I am BPII) decided to try the idea out and has done it for 3
months! It's one of those things where it's hard to evaluate direct cause and effect, but she is feeling
strong enough to take a very challenging graduate class that she had postponed for a long time. To quote her e-mail to me: "I really
like the way day is day and night is night."
Comments?
Cece

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Day is day, and night is night Cece 6/13/02
Re: Day is day, and night is night » Cece IsoM 6/14/02
Re: Day is day, and night is night » IsoM Cece 6/14/02
1-3 mg of Melatonin at Sundown? 3 Beer Effect 6/14/02
Very interesting! rainbowlight 6/15/02
Re: Day is day, and night is night anniebananie 7/5/02

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