I've been using a lightbox for years, & getting up to greet the day in a reasonable state seems to be helped by it. However, I live in a particularly cloudy part of the States. I've also had some luck using Vitamin D...which compensates for the reduced sunlight this time of year. These are just two suggestions, sugahorse. Take them with a grain of salt, as different things help different folks. (Whoops! I just checked & found you're from S.A....where summer will soon be upon you.)