Cloudy days in Summertime

Hey Dean

I think using the lightbox on the cloudy days is a good idea. It's the only way really, if it is indeed the cloudy days that are making you feel like crap.

If using the lightbox isn't working on those days, then you might have to look into supplementing some of the vitamins that the sun gives, which work in a different way to that of the lightbox, e.g vitamin D.

Then I suppose if that doesn't work, then you need to look deeper into it or move to a sunny country.

When I say look deeper into it I mean contact your GP and get a counselor, as you may have underlying issues that are making you so sensitive to the cloudy days. You could like me, have depression and SAD.

I think people with depression, very often have SAD because the depression can make you very sensitive, although most people with depression don't know about SAD and some people with depression might not know they have depression!

You might also look at your diet; Too much sugar, caffeine, alcohol and all the bad things can make you more sensitive. Alcohol (as you probably know) is a depressant, caffeine is an accelerant and sugar increases your blood pressure, not just in the long term, but also if taken in large quantities will increase blood pressure quickly, then you have to deal with the after effects; Tiredness etc etc..

I'm in a similar situation myself, but SAD has taken a bit of a back seat till I get other parts of my life sorted.

Hope some of this helps you Dean.