We change clocks back one hour Sat night / Sun morning

Mari · 10-31-2013, 02:40 AM

Hi, Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend.

I will be coming home in the dark from work.
The light from the son feels strange during the winter months.

M

Brokenfriend · 11-02-2013, 01:43 AM

We will have long dark nights. This could cause some people to have Seasonal affective disorder. (SAD)

It has to do with not getting enough sunlight. I've seen these LED(Light Emitting Diodes) lights that people can shine toward their eye's to help with this.

Has anyone used the LED therapy for SAD? BF

Mari · 11-02-2013, 10:52 AM

Hi, Steve,

I had not thought of the LED lights before.

Google scholar has some studies of LED lights working for SAD.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/7/38/

Quote:

At trial end, the proportions of participants in remission (SIGH-SAD less than 9) were significantly greater (Fisher's exact test), and SIGH-SAD scores, as percent individual score at randomization, were significantly lower (t-test), with active treatment than with control, both in an intent-to-treat analysis and an observed cases analysis.

A longitudinal repeated measures ANOVA analysis of SIGH-SAD scores also indicated a significant interaction of time and treatment, showing superiority of the Litebook over the placebo condition.

M

Brokenfriend · 11-02-2013, 02:12 PM

I've seen some catalogs that have had these LED lights for SAD. Some of these lights had around 200 small LED lights displaying a brilliant white light for people to treat themselves with.

This does not mean in any way to look at these lights directly. That could probably cause blindness,but to have these lights shining in front of the person for a period of time could help with not seeing sunlight for very long during the winter.

Just a thought. BF

Mari · 11-02-2013, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

I've seen some catalogs that have had these LED lights for SAD.
Some of these lights had around 200 small LED lights displaying a brilliant white light for people to treat themselves with.

This does not mean in any way to look at these lights directly. That could probably cause blindness,
but to have these lights shining in front of the person for a period of time could help with not seeing sunlight for very long during the winter.

Just a thought. BF

Steve,

That would be so cool.
Mari

DiMarie · 11-02-2013, 10:35 PM

I have on my lamp already with shorter daylight, it flare about ten days ago. I don't think it's an LED but a lamp on a post with an arm coming out. I thought it had some kind of quartz bulb. I didn't know about LED..

I hate the season disorder! Love the extra hour to just lay in bed.

TBI/PTSD · 11-03-2013, 04:25 AM

Philips makes one. I have one. My problem is sitting still long enough for it to be effective! LOL. The light goes across your face so you don't look directly into it. I put mine off to my right. It seems to help. I can't recall how much it was, I think around $100 plus or minus. I think it helps. Of course the more regularly one uses it the more effective it is.

Dmom3005 · 11-03-2013, 11:44 AM

There is also supposedly a light bulb that is made that is good
for this too.

I don't know which one anymore. I used to because I would
buy them. My son Devin needed it in his bedroom.

Donna

DiMarie · 11-04-2013, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBI/PTSD

Philips makes one. I have one. My problem is sitting still long enough for it to be effective! LOL. The light goes across your face so you don't look directly into it. I put mine off to my right. It seems to help. I can't recall how much it was, I think around $100 plus or minus. I think it helps. Of course the more regularly one uses it the more effective it is.

I think this lamp is a Phillips. I would like another one to flood the room, dd hates it glares in her eyes. We have a ceiling fan and if the soft bulbs would do the job would be great!

I liked the extra hour, I had to work , paper work on the computer for work all that morning.

Mari · 11-05-2013, 04:39 AM

I have a huge sun box-type bulb that puts out 10,000 lux.

Be careful, ya'll.
When I used the light, I got anxious after a few days and was heading into a mixed state before I figured it out and stopped it.
Use it in the AFTERNOON and put it ABOVE your heads/eyes -- we worked this out in a thread years ago.

http://proudlybipolar.wordpress.com/...rapy-each-day/

Quote:

Three of the women who received morning light initially developed what we call a mixed state, with symptoms of depression and mania that occur all at once – racing thoughts, irritability, sleeplessness, anxiety and low mood,” said Dr. Sit.
“But when another group began with midday light therapy, we found a much more stable response.”

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People with bipolar disorder are exquisitely sensitive to morning light, so this profound effect of morning treatment leading to mixed states is very informative and forces us to ask more questions,” said Dr. Sit. “Did we introduce light too early and disrupt circadian rhythms and sleep patterns?”

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