S.A.D lights/clock from £15 delivered.. don't let the winter blues get you this year!

bcl999

fleur365 wrote: »

I got a portable lamp from boots earlier this year and started using it end Jan, I think it made a big difference to me as I didn't suffer from my usual fed up state throughout the winter x

This is what I find with mine. I can't say POSITIVELY that it works but I seem to get an awful lot more done instead of just moping around.

EmH

cootambear wrote: »

SAD is middle class Bipolar II

You would be far better off with a mood stabiliser (not the same as an anti depressant), than a lamp.

I'm very dubious of your claim as bipolar is a year round condition and S.A.D. is, well, seasonal! Where's the research on which you are basing the claim please?

Perhaps you can also explain why someone diagnosed with bipolar II and stable on mood stabilisers for most of the year gets S.A.D. symptoms in winter but finds that a S.A.D. lamp is of great benefit in treating them? If S.A.D. is just bipolar then the mood stabilisers should continue to work and no change in mood should occur in winter.

If more than one form of therapy works, use them all. Healthy diet, exercise, light therapy and medication where necessary/appropriate.

We're all exposed to enough chemicals these days as it is, why voluntarily take more, perhaps unnecessarily, when light therapy could help? Mood stabilisers can have far more nasty side effects than light therapy, and there's the cost of prescriptions, (both to the individual and to the NHS), and the cost of the regular GP's appointments someone on mood stabilisers will need. I say try light therapy, diet and exercise first!