Yearning for the Sun
I have Seasonal Disorder (SAD) and bipolar disorder. Every year, like clock-work, my SAD gets really bad around Labor Day. I use a SAD 10,000 lux desk lamp. Then, starting around January, things get a little better but not much. Without the SAD lamp, I probably would not be alive.
I started using it about 10 years ago with increased success every year as I gained more experience using it. Over the years, I have written a daily log which had the date (including the year and day of the week), wheather (noting the rain, snow, and/or clouds). I try to note any patterns of doses (number of minutes, timed by the same timer). I write my overall minute patterns in distinctively different brightly colored journals (I tend during the Winter to lose darkly colored things).
I try to get outside as much as possible in addition to the sunlamp. This really helps but it is extremely hard since I want to stay up very late and get up really late.
Spring, please come again!! I look forward to April!!
I started using it about 10 years ago with increased success every year as I gained more experience using it. Over the years, I have written a daily log which had the date (including the year and day of the week), wheather (noting the rain, snow, and/or clouds). I try to note any patterns of doses (number of minutes, timed by the same timer). I write my overall minute patterns in distinctively different brightly colored journals (I tend during the Winter to lose darkly colored things).
I try to get outside as much as possible in addition to the sunlamp. This really helps but it is extremely hard since I want to stay up very late and get up really late.
Spring, please come again!! I look forward to April!!
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