Seasonal Affective Disorder Support Group
Seasonal affective disorder, also known as S.A.D., winter depression or the winter blues is an affective, or mood, disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of the year, but experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer. The condition in the summer is often referred to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal mood...
u guys are great!i hav been reading lots of what u hav written,hahhahaha and suddenly im not alone and wondering anymor.though i hav no idea wat a lightbox is or how i might stay awake to use it.i am so high on finally getting off my arss and finding u amazingly normal people.this may sound odd but does anyone here get pulled out of sleep by the full moon?i find i hav to get up wen the moon is full and i walk outside in my bare feet in the cold dew,im half asleep but im looking for sumthing???the moon is always exactly full wen i do this,hahhahaha i call it my bear tide.anyway i just wonderd wether the moon has as much to do with the way we feel as the sun does?
I don't normally notice too much effect from the moon, but I guess it is a source of light, along with the sun and other things. The light box I have is this one: http://store.lighttherapyproducts.com/index.php/products-for-seasonal-affective-disorder/light-boxes/trav-e-lite.html
I considered getting a larger one, but this one is better for travel and that was important to me. I ordered from this company because they said they would start the 30 day money back guarentee from when I recieved the light box, rather than from when it was shipped.
As for staying awake to use it, how about putting it where you can turn it on and see it from bed, and just turning it on first thing in the morning? I have to get my husband to turn on the bedroom light for me so I can get up to use my light box.
How are you doing at the moment?
How are you doing? Did you get a lightbox? I have not noticed I feel differently with the changing moon. However, I have read a lot of people do. And, some people actually plan their lives around full moons.