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S.A.D - Light Visor

deleted_user
deleted_user
My pdoc says that now is the time to get out my light visor and wear it for 20-30 minutes each morning to replace the missing sunlight and help with my seasonal affective disorder.

i look like a geek wearing it, but i suppose it works!

it beats sitting infront of a light box, at least I can move around.
dobiedots
dobiedots
Yes it does!! Light boxes are SO BORING, so much so that I don't even use mine.
Can you sit and read w/yours? Or watch tv?
Or ....or....well, never mind!
deleted_user
deleted_user
you can do just about anything except drive...it is a visor with the little lights right outside, or above your eyelids. it sure makes watching tv a little difficult, and walking down stairs must be done carefully, but it is much more freeing than the damn lightbox
tommymott
tommymott
This is the first I've heard of a light visor so thanks! Can you provide information about where you get them?
deleted_user
deleted_user
http://www.northernlighttechnologies.com/products_visor.php
deleted_user
deleted_user
sounds good to me but i dont think it would work for me , even in the real sunshine i wanted to disappear, im sorry im not tryin to be depressing !!
deleted_user
deleted_user
no therapy is fool-proof
but i like the time when i am wearing it, it is peaceful, and where i live, it gets really dark for way too much of the day. in two weeks the clocks fall backward, and it will begin to get dark around 4pm, and that can really F with your emotions!
dobiedots
dobiedots
My doc noticed a problem when he checked and found all my attempts were in Feb/March. The light box did wonders.
deleted_user
deleted_user
dobie - attempts?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I might have to look into this... thanx
deleted_user
deleted_user
I wonder if they have any dark, gloomy, sad, rainey days visors.

I am so sick of S. Cali.
dobiedots
dobiedots
unh -- suicide attempts.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm gonna order one now..if you think it helps.

I'll try find a UK shop..

it definitely affects me all this darkness and stuff.

Thanks.

I hope it don't cost too much, that'll be depressing.

" Let there be Light !! (visors) ! "
dobiedots
dobiedots
They're not cheap.
deleted_user
deleted_user
WOW.Two Hundred And Fifty Pounds.

I'll stand by my open fridge instead
dobiedots
dobiedots
Keep looking, there are smaller models. You just have to make sure it has the light spectrum for Seasonal Affective Disorder. There are a lot of fakes out there.
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