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What's the best way to deal with seasonal affective disorder? You know...the winter blues...without medicine |
What's the best way to deal with seasonal affective disorder? You know...the winter blues...without medicine Get an S.A.D. light and sit in front of it for 20 or so minutes daily. Also, exersize! Go to a tanning bed. Works wonders. A tanning booth will simulate light therapy. Also taking a melatonin supplement helps sometimes. Yes, get under some lights. Sit under a sun lamp for 1 hour a day get some 'natural light' fixtures for your house Get out in the daytime more. Phototherapy/light therapy. You need to be exposed to sunlight or manufactured sunlight. I notice at Wal-Mart in the fruit department they have UV lights...go hang out there for several hours a day! Or, go tanning. light therapy, alaska lights i think is the name of agood company. check there. Install 'full-spectrum' lights wherever you can. Since they duplicate sunlight, which is what you are missing, they can help control the symptoms for you. Also, try to get out at least 1 time each day for some REAL sunlight. holiday abroad spain, greece?? They make special lamps for this disorder, or tanning beds work too. I was having trouble with winter blues one year and the Dr. told me to make sure the room you are working in is lit up, big time. The lights help tremendously and exercise plus eating healthy. Less sugar. It worked for me and I hope it will for you too. Use lighting in your house that is as close to sunlight as possilbe. Don't use the cold temperature flourescent tubes, use the warm ones. Use Incandescent lights. listening to happy music might work |
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The DSM-IV describes SAD, not as a separate mood disorder but as a "specifier," this means that you have to fit the criteria for another mood disorder (depression, bipolar etc) and then y... Getting light to your body helps alot. You need a sun lamp. You can also go to the tanning bed. I know, you can get skin cancer from the tanning bed.... but that's actually what my dr told me ... I found from my research into this issue that light did not have to be full-spectrum, just bright. If anything, blue light of I think it is 440 nanometers would be best, but I dunno if that study w... tell your doctor, they have medicine for people with S.A.D. ...If there is a local mental health clinic near you, you could arrange to have a psychiatric evaluation done. This could be done by a social worker. If the social worker thought medication was neces... I've suffered with S.A.D. for many years. It isn't a nice feeling at all and can be rather brutal to your self esteem and self worth. Despite popular belief this disorder can be rather ... Use your light lamp, go to the tanning beds, exercise, stay active, make sure to take multi vitamins and drink milk, and if needed take antidepressants. ...They are fluorescent bulbs, but all fluorescent bulbs do not have the same wattage, or emit the same wavelengths as full spectrum bulbs. Most are either "warm" or "cool" (wavel... |
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