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Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967
Same here. My SAD usually shows up late November - mid December and I use a light box as well...sometimes year round. Good idea on getting up to use your light box and then giving yourself the option to go back to bed if needed. I hope you get your sleep straightened out and feel better soon.  |
I was able to get up early this morning to use it. That gave me hope! I feel more relaxed today because I stopped to think that the "last train" was gone for this year. Hopefully it will take me a couple of weeks before I feel much better. I slept for 9 hours last night (6 before the light box and 3 afterward). I hope that is a good sign. I slept more than 11 hours the night before that.
I use my light bulb in other times of the year if there is a long rainy period with little sun. It is good somebody got the idea to develop such tools for us! The evening before the 11 hours sleep, I almost felt the dark. It was painful and scary.
Hope you will be able to use your "box" this year as well and that it will function against the S.A.D.