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I have the opposite problem , I don’t like the long bright hot days of summer unless I’m on a beach vacation. I have trouble sleeping when the days are so long . I need it dark for a good while before I can fall asleep .
So seems my body needs a balance.
I bought a cheap on last year. It's small , figured I'd turn it on when I read, but it's bright and hurts my eyes. And I'm usually pretty bundled up in the winter, so I'm like how much is this really helping.
I am going to get a better one, there are so many, choices.
My daughter, who used to have bad clinical depression (better post menopause) lives in Pacific NW and has same thing. She LIVES to see sun and they have had lots more the last several years (only thing good to say about our globe warming up). She hasn't really tried lights. Let me know if you find something that works!
so anyways I new my neighbor had a lamp, so I asked him if they help. Well he had 2 that the VA gave him for free, so he brought it over. I'm sure it's a good lamp to. So I'll let ya all know.
And if anyone has any thoughts or things that helped them get through the dark days of winter. I'll try anything. Well almost anything.
Those days can lead to days of dark clouds and the possible arrival of thunderstorms.
My neighbour & I discussed this disorder years back. She had symptoms for many years before being taken seriously & dx I think. I am self-dx. She was told to take Vitamin D & eat Omega 3 rich foods. Ate many tins of sardines LOL.
I don't know if placebo effect or real, but Vitamin D capsules do seem to help me. I try to eat fish 1-2 times per week too.
I often feel depressive symptoms start (moody or low mood, sluggish, loss of interest in going out) when the days get shorter & the sky greys or has pale watery sunshine - my guess is my body needs to absorb more Vitamin D that I get in winter. I do get outside all year round but am so rugged up in scarf, gloves, hat etc the sun cannot see me!
Being in the southern hemisphere, we have just started 'summertime' & the clocks have been pushed forward an hour. So it is dark again in the mornings (hard to get up) but it was wonderful to sit out in the sunshine this afternoon.
Nacy, just pop down to Australia in October mate!
Last winter was an easier winter, I was able to get out more and walk. Unless global warming keeps up walking through winter is not easy.
And like you said, your so bundle up what good is it doing. If the air hurts to breath in I don't walk, and walking on the snowy or ice side walks is dangerous.
So this year I'll start with the sun lamp, omega 3 supplements, and my usual vitamin D and getting out as much as the weather permits. I'll let ya all know how it goes.