Posted by SLS on June 6, 2006, at 19:49:30
In reply to Re: Mood altering sunglasses » SLS, posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 18:47:55
> > > I can't vouch for the following article on NeuView sunglasses and can't find much info pro or con, but it is an interesting concept - sunglasses that direct light into your eyes in such a way as to calm you down. Given the research into lightbox therapy, it's not unreasonable to think they might have some benefit. But I'd want to hear from people I trust who used them before spending my
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> > There is a doctor in Princeton, NJ named Peter Mueller who, for years, has been prescribing sunglasses for mood disorders and TLE. Some people swear by him.
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> > - Scott
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> Now, Scott, it could well be that the glasses work, and somebody just cooked up a cockamamy idea of why. Do you know of any literature on the subject?
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> Lar
Not really. I wouldn't be too quick to condemn the good doctor and his ideas, though. Afterall, he was the one who recognized and described seasonal affective disorder and helped to develop light therapy. I am not an advocate of the use of tinted glasses to treat affective disorders. However, there was a time when Mueller's ideas were taken seriously.
- Scott
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