Be SAD no more
Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a type of seasonal depression which affects millions of people every winter between September and April. It is a mood disorder. SAD is brought on by inadequate exposure to sunlight. But even if you or someone you know is affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder, there is no reason to [...]
Various options for SAD lights
Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is caused by inadequate exposure to sunlight during the winter days. This reduction in light can be countered by using SAD light boxes. SAD light boxes generally use a number of long fluorescent tubes as the light source. These provide high intensity light. Some hospitals have SAD light therapy rooms [...]
Kick the SAD Habit
Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, winter is a mood disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience typical psychological health all throughout the year, but experience depressive symptoms during the winter. A similar condition in the summer is known to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal Affective Disorder is often difficult to diagnose. Often it is [...]
Be glad, not SAD
Does the advent of the winter season make you feel uneasy? Does the darkness cast a pall of gloom over you? You are not alone. For many people, winter brings along with it the depressing condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. Here we shall find out why this happens and how to combat [...]
Beat the daily blues
Most of us have a low point during our day. This is a time when we feel down in the dumps in the middle of the day. Our spirits go down and the energy flags. Many of us have been searching for a solution to this mid-day blues phenomenon. Well, help is at hand. The [...]
SAD Light Review: Lumie Desk Lamp
I suffer from S.A.D. like a lot of others, and I don’t have the room for a larger light box. Working in an office makes it difficult for me to find the space to store a light box, and my apartment at home definitely doesn’t cut it. The Lumie Desk Lamp is the ideal compromise: [...]
SAD Light Review: Bodyclock Sunray Dawn Simulating Alarm Clock
I’m not a big fan of blaring alarm clocks. I find that they scare me asleep as opposed to awakening me gradually, and when I wake up I’m in a sort of “panic mode”. It’s a very uncomfortable feeling. Yet, up until a friend of mine showed me the Bodyclock Sunray Dawn alarm clock, I [...]
SAD Light Review: The Brite Box
At just £235, the Bite Box certainly seems like a bargain. It has 4 light tubes that produce ideal lighting conditions for treatment of S.A.D., and it can be packed up and transported quite easily (it assumes the shape of a brief case). It is advertised for office or home use and has a myriad [...]
