Day 6

A word about the use of light boxes to treat seasonal affective disorder:

From what I have been reading, people seem to benefit most from the use of a light box if the treatment is received first thing in the morning for about 30 minutes. This creates a little bit of a problem for me in that I already get up at 5:30am to be ready to leave for work by 6:30. During that hour I am feeding pets, making my lunch, and getting showered and dressed. It's not a time when I can just sit somewhere for half an hour with a light on me, and to get up at 5:00am so that I can fit in 30 minutes of light therapy does not sound enjoyable or sustainable to me.

What I plan to do next is to see if I can find some kind of light box that could be affixed to the sun visor in my car. Since I have about a 50 minute commute to work in the morning, that would give me plenty of exposure.

I have, in my light box search, come across light boxes that are attached to sun visors that you wear on your head. Apparently they have been seeing some positive results with these sun visor light boxes, but studies have yet to determine if the results are real or a placebo effect.

I'm confident that in the end I fill find something that will work for me, but I do need to get moving on it as the days are only getting shorter.

Peace