Posted by IsoM on October 30, 2002, at 14:36:53
In reply to Re: Question about light boxes » IsoM, posted by mair on October 30, 2002, at 12:06:09
No problem at all. In fact, it sounds ideal - better than enforced inactivity in front of it for 20-30 minutes evry morning. Your way sounds more natural - kind of like being relatively active all day is better than 20-30 minutes intense activity once a day. I suspect you'll get more benefits from your plan.
I have another friend who has definite SAD & eb=very winter, she goes waaay down. Last years's summer, she spent a lot more time outside than she normally would. She wondered if there was a correlation between a MUCH milder spell of SAD the following winter & that it also started much later in the year for her.
It makes me wonder if you can't "store" up your sunlight quota for the darker period of the year. Years ago, doctors would say that there was just NO way to catch up on lost sleep. If you missed sleep during the week nights, you couldn't catch up by sleeping more on weekends. I remember thinking that it sure wasn't true for me & thought I might be unusual. But now, that view is changed & they admit one can catch up on missed sleep. Perhaps there's something to the extra sunlight hours garnered during summer helping through long, dark winters.
If the brightness of the lamp isn't too much for you, when you pause to think or when talking on the phone, you may want to lean forward a little & stare into the light source. The light isn't so bright that it does damage (I checked it out) & it's UV blocked. All a way of intensifying the treatment. Some of us need LOTS & LOTS of light to feel good.
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