Advice Please (15 dec 01) 3messages

Topic: Advice please
posted by Janet on 2001-12-15 16:13:54




Hello everybody,

I don't know if I am a SAD sufferer or not, but at this time of year I feel down in the dumps all of the time. I have no energy and my joints ache. I go to work in the dark and leave work in the dark, I have no windows in my office and the only time I see natural light at this time of year is at weekends. I am considering buying a light box, but I don't have a clue as to which would be suitable for me. I am also worried about the comments I've been reading regarding sore eye's. I would be using the light box at home and not at work and I don't have a huge budget. Any advice would be
welcome.


Donna

Topic: Re: Advice please
posted by Donna on 2001-12-16 06:02:26







Having a light box would be ideal for you ,cause you work in an office.

Have it on by you ,you don't have to look into it all the time.With it just being there will make you feel that you have sunshine coming through!

Use it for a couple of hours at a time(a couple of hours a day is fine).You will get to know what suites you best.

Light boxes are not cheap,but very benefical.

You can find lots of places on the net for light boxes including on this web page!
Hope this is of help to you.



Stef

Topic: Re: Advice please
posted by Stef on 2001-12-17 02:50:50









Janet - I'd agree with Donna that a lightbox is well worth having. I have an Apollo one made by Outside In - cost under £200 - i'd have paid double that for the difference it has made to me. I've had SAD from adolescence, it wasnt diagnosed until i was in my late 20s - I lost jobs, walked away from relationships and generally fell to bits every November without fail, only to suddenly recover every February. There was no way I could go to work cos I couldnt remember what i was doing from one moment to the next and I'd either be in tears or having huge outbursts of temper on a daily basis! My lovely lightbox means that I stay being me thruout winter - I wouldnt be without it now! Do give it some thought - I'm on my fifth winter of being ok now thanks to mine