Troublesome mornings

HI welcome to the forum, a proper sad lightbox would be a good idea, though they are quite expensive, prices start around £130. In your post you said you have a lamp box on a timer, is it a proper sad lamp, if it is you can use it during the day for about an hour. Other things you can do is, try to get as much sun as you can, (not easy at this time of the year). Exercise is always useful, im always told I dont get enough.Have you been diagnosed with sad? It might be a good idea to visit your doctor. Last but not least, keep posting on the forum. We are a very supportive group with lots of ideas that may help.

Take care


paul

Hi, there and thanks for your friendliness. ;) I have been diagnosed with sad for many years now. My lightbox is a very powerful one, bought on this web site. (I have bought a timer separately in an electrics shop) It just does not seem to wake me up..I start thinking `I need more sleep´and `I don´t want to wake up´, roll over and fall asleep again, even though I have slept plenty. I try to exercise regularly but have not had any time lately because of school work.. It is frustrating because I know it helps. Wonder what to do..?


The little mermaid.

Hi, I've typed a longer post but managed to lose it!

Your mornings sound like mine used to be. A lightbox is great but for me didn't solve the mornings. I would lay in bed counting down the hours to when I could get back to my bed again - sound familiar? I also felt like I had been dragged into conciousness each day and would be very drowsy and headachey.

I bought a dawn simulator from Lumie -the cheapest one which is around fifty quid and it's changed my mornings. I still don't like getting up but I don't feel anywhere near as dreadful as I used to.

Do a bit of research about how they work and give it ago - or perhaps ask Father Christmas for one!

Pretty much the same for me, except it's radio.

Same here, dawn simulator has been my life line.

I use my dawn simulator next to the bed, and just in case I dont wake up, Ive got a radio alarm tuned to radio5 to go off 10 mins later, and so far I have always woken up.