Anti-Depressants and Lightbox

I have a question for anyone who can answer???

I have been taking AD's for two weeks but not my lightbox.

Does anyone else on AD find that they don't need to also use their lightbox??

Cheers,

Donna x

Thanks maxak8!
Well I get up at 6am for work each day anyway but wouldn't have time for the lightbox too but can use it each dinner time. Yes I used to fall a sleep in front of it year ago when I was getting up at 4am!!! No wonder really lol!!

Do you find exercise works at all? I am back into running twice a week then going to go back to the gym soon too!

In two weeks am going back to GP to review my AD. Am going to ask to increase from 10-20mg as the darker days are making me a wee bit panicky again!!

Good luck to you too maxak8!

sorry I posted a comment It seems to have disappeared,I can try and understand how you feel Donna, I also feel panicky the last couple of days, and have also increased my dose of ad,s to 40 milligrams, and thank you, PurpleIvv for your contribution, I am seriously considering purchasing a sunrise lamp, and I would be grateful if you feel comfortable in sharing your own experiences and what has been good for you maxak8

Hi the other Donna lol!

Personally I have found the lightbox wasn't enough to help in the end hence why I am now on AD's this year. Also I do get a lot of headaches in the winter which makes it difficult to use my lightbox. Its great that you find the lightbox is enough. Thats really good news Donna.

BTW, are you from the UK or the USA?

Take care,
Donna x

I read in the great winter blues book that they found out low seratonin levels cause low blood sugar levels so maybe this is why I get headaches?

I am from the UK, has been a clear day today which is good!

Hey maxak8,

I totally agree with how you feel about our seasons. It would be easier if saddies could move to sunny climates for the winter but life is never as easy as that!

I do experience headaches every winter so quite normal for me! Would prevent me from using my lightbox too!

I agree the mornings are very difficult. Sometimes I want to cry because I just want to curl up and sleep for such a long time!

If only there was a cure!!!!

Well hope you get through this winter as well as you can, there are always going to be difficult and awful days but I don't know about you but I tend to forget them as soon as I have a good day again (prob want to forget it!!!)

Anyway, you take care and we will all keep supporting each other.

Donna x

Hi maxak8,
I found that for me 30 minutes in front of the lighbox is not enough...I have to use it for several hours. But, you know, everyone is different. It is a little easier for me to sit in front of it longer as I work at home for a local hospital and while I am working, I have my lightbox right nnext to me and I glance at it at least once a minute and being in front of it for a longer duration of time really helps me a lot!! So, if you are able to, you may want to try experimenting with it but you also have to do it consistently in order for it to be beneficial. And, yes, I think a dawn simulator may also help you. I have one but I do not have it hooked up yet. Also, I have done a little on-line research on SAD and I have read that they use Wellbutrin a lot in the treatment of SAD as a prophylaxis, which I am on along with others and I really do think the Wellbutrin helps...maybe not a lot, but at this point, any help is better than nothing which I am sure you will agree with. And, just as a note, I am from the USA but my problem is that our basement is finished and I spend the majority of my time down in the basement and now even more so that I now work from home. So, whereas, the majority of SAD sufferers usually only have to deal with SAD in the winter, I am afraid that I have to deal with it year round, plus I also read where it can go into reverse in the summer, so aren't we having fun.

Anyway, I hope that you are doing well soon and take care and as I said above, if you are able to, try and sit in front of your lightbox for a longer duration of time for just an experiment!! Anyway, I hope this helps you!

Donna

Thanks for sharing that Angela,I found it very informative,perhaps I will try a body clock as well, then it will be the full works for me! Thank you, maxak8,ps, sorry to hear about your Mum having glaucoma.