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...
Hi! Now that summer is slowly ending, I was wondering when people starting doing light therapy again (if you stop during the summer). This will be my first complete season doing it. I had started it in February.
When I have used it every day of the week, I take that as my start date, normally mid march, and up it to 10 minutes. I have to up it gradually otherwise my eyes suffer, and I just up the time depending on when I feel it's not having as good an effect. I add in an evening session when I hit 45 minutes, and usually do an hour my the middle of winter.
I wean off as spring approaches in the same way
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