Posted by noa on December 4, 2003, at 19:22:15
In reply to Re: Getting Depressed Again » noa, posted by sb417 on December 3, 2003, at 20:29:57
It's smaller, but not real compact. It is actually part of a desk lamp I got from Apollo lights. It can be used as a desk lamp, turned upward to face you for light therapy, or detached from the base and used as a light box.
It provides 10,000 lux but only at a distance of 15 inches, and that isn't real comfortable on the eyes, let alone conducive to doing much of anything! I am now using it at a distance of about 30 or more inches, but since it's now on my desk at work, I just leave it on for a while. I haven't yet calculated an estimate of how many lux I've been getting and for how long, because I just needed to get started and use it, so anything is better than what I was getting before--ie, nothing.
When I had a routine down last year, I used my larger box, which provides 10,000 at 27". I'd sit at it at around arms length away for about 45 minutes a day. That worked.
Check out the Apollo site. They have newer lamps than mine that have flexible necks, etc. I bet they also might have a small travel size version. For more websites that sell boxes, go to PB tips page at yahoogroups (the link is in the intro to the babble pages here). A poster made a folder there with links about SAD and therapy lights.
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