[Moodmuse]

Has anyone ever try this and does it work?

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[perseverance11]

Hello Moodmuse,

I never tried that, but I hope you will find the information that you want here.

[purpledaisy]

I'd be interested in hearing about this, too.

The gloomy, dreary weather is on its way and the dark days are TRULY dark for me.

Are a lot of us in the same boat?

[Eliza Jane]

I have friends who swear by them. I also think there is research supporting their use. I used it for a while, but I was a bit of a slacker and got out of the habit. It might have helped a little, but I was in pretty rough shape then, so it is hard to tell. I might try it again this year now that I am stable again.

Best,
EJ

[moremi]

My step mom has a light thats about a foot and ahalf tall by a foot wide that she sits in front of her on a table and it is like tanning bed lights. She uses it often and she says it really helps her a lot. I dont know that it would help me or not but I would say it would because when I used to go to the tanning bed I was less depressed than I am now that I quit tanning a couple years ago.

[Cocosurviving]

Hi,
I use light therapy and it really helps me. I use it in the morning for abt 30 minutes. I use to complete meditation afterwards.

[Victoria'smom]

We use full spectrum bulbs turning our whole house into a light box. This is the first year we've done it but I'm hoping. If not we'll be moving to fl. in a couple of years.

[BipolaRNurse]

I just bought a dawn simulator and started using it a couple of weeks ago, and I've had a definite improvement in my mood and sense of well-being. I don't mind getting up at oh-dark-thirty when it looks like mid-July in my bedroom. We'll see what happens come the dark days of January and February; I may add a light box at that time if the dawn simulator is no longer adequate.

I used to go to the tanning salon because I like being tan, and I loved my 20-minute "beach" vacations. Seriously, I'd put on my safety glasses on and turn the fan to where it was blowing directly on me, and picture myself lying on a white-sand beach soaking up the sun. When the tanning session was over, I'd be all relaxed and happy and feel like I really had taken a vacation. But, my skin got dried out and all leathery, and being almost 54, I'm not likely to get that dewy, youthful look back......all I can do is try not to make it worse!

So the light therapy really is the only option for me. A few years back, we actually considered moving to Arizona, but then we had our first grandchild and that was the end of that.

[WhoDatgirl]

I've never tried light therapy, but I imagine it would work the same as sitting outside in the sun or getting some type of Vitamin D.