Posted by blueberry1 on January 7, 2007, at 14:02:20
In reply to Light Therapy is Working! :), posted by Crazy Horse on January 4, 2007, at 21:10:36
I was doing some research on something else last night but stumbled onto some interesting studies on light boxes. Apparently people who responded to light boxes had their depression artificially induced again by either tryptophan depletion or norepinephrine/dopamine depletion. The researchers concluded that light boxes support all the neurotransmitters, not just one or the other. In any case, I am very glad it works for some people.
One weird thing I noticed. In countries where the seasons do not vary much, and where there is lots of sunshine, people with depression respond to light box therapy. Go figure.
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