Posted by gardenergirl on October 27, 2004, at 22:25:54
In reply to Re: Light therapy, posted by trucker on October 27, 2004, at 21:23:50
It is helping. Unfortunately, I have been a bit lazy with being consistent with it. It has to do with wanting to sleep late every morning, which, ironically, is part of my depression. Sigh, all those things that I know are good for me and help are hard to implement at times. I feel lazy, but it's the depression talking.
So yes, it does help. I notice a difference if I don't get my time in. And actually, I use that 30 minutes for "me" time, too, reading stuff for pleasure or playing a game on my palm pilot versus doing work.
I also saw a study on Medscape just today where the conclusion was that light therapy was as helpful for SAD as medication (I forget which one...maybe Prozac). Their protocol was 10,000 lumens, 30 minutes per day in the a.m. usually between 7 and 8. I actually have to do it a bit earlier, around six, if I do it in the morning. Which is much much better than doing it in the evening, as I have at times.
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