Negative IOnisation

http://www.airionizer.biz/seasonal_affective_disorder.htm

Wondered if anyone had heard about this as a treatment for SAD? Answers on a postcard pls......

Found a plan for making your own on a website, my dad has made little electronic gizmos in the past, it depends how ££ the parts are whether it would be worth it. Sounds like the Ionisers make your air nice and fresh anyway. WIll try and read more about this.

I could really kick off about you calling me a 'depressive'! But I won't. The reason is that in spite of having most of the symptoms of depression throughout the winter months... OK , well sometimes for quite a lot of them, I know that come spring I will fully remit.

My GP did a questionnaire this winter to assess my condition and it came out quite bad. The only things that prevented the score being truly terrible were that I am never ever suicidal (in spite of the fact that I take medication in the winter ) and have never felt that way. Also that I don't have self-worth problems, as I know it's a temporary situation. Since the pattern to my 'depression' has been found I have got a good level of acceptance about it and that prevents me feeling that I'm depressed. I guess these days I just get on with it, I'm learning strategies for dealing with SAD and during the summer forget all about it almost.

Even now, I'm feeling really good and can hardly remember the time only 2 months ago when I couldn't cope with going into work. At the moment I find it hard to imagine how and why that was!

I probably spend too much time at the computer, especially in the winter, I find it much more entertaining than the telly (I never go near the telly!) and of course sit there with my SAD lamp. WIll have a look out for a suitable ioniser at some stage, not sure what the difference in prices will bring.

Would still be interested to hear anyone elses experience of these.

Thanks Darrell

I bought the air ionizer that Norman Rosenthal talks about in the recent edition of his book, from the US company that makes them. It helped a little with my mood but not significantly, and I had to leave it on all night to get any benefit. Every morning when I woke up the inside of my nose was swollen and my sinuses were congested. When it broke several months later I didn't bother to try to get it replaced.

An ionizer that produces the sort of concentration that Rosenthal says is therapeutic is industrial-standard. You'd have to pay a lot of money for one. The one from the US is actually a lot cheaper than what you'd pay for something similar in the UK.

As always with these kinds of things, this is my own experience. Someone else might find it helps them more. Give it a try if you like.

Linda.

Anyone seen Darrell round?

Oof, this is old stuff but I just found it. Wanted to add my two cents about ionizers.

They were selling these ionizers made by the company "Sharp." So, I decided to look into them. If the information I got was correct, they can actually be bad for asthmatics (like me). Ah... here's a link:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asthma/AN00443

So, maybe the problem was that the Sharp ionizer also released ozone, which is bad for asthmatics. In any event, it's something to be mindful about if you plan to purchase an ionizer -- check to be sure it's not an ozone generator as well as an ionizer.