S.A.D. Its started

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Biker 1

7,690 posts

118 months

Monday 17th October 2016
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S10GTA said:
Are these lights supposed to wake you up before the alarm element of it, as mine isn't!
Not sure. Mine goes from no light to full brightness between 6.15 & 6.30am. I don't use the alarm feature, but have an old tablet connected to a micro-stereo with Aux input, both of which have clock/timer features. I wake to internet radio, usually from the US, like Radio Paradise, so nice mellow muzak, no DJs or advertising, & not too loud. Sometimes I'll try a different station for variety. I swear by it!

Pickled Piper

6,334 posts

234 months

Monday 17th October 2016
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MitchT said:
Some Gump said:
Loads of cures out there ...
In the absence of an outright cure I find the occasional use of this to be a great tonic hehe

Warning! A little on the NSFW side ...

https://youtu.be/FIfbghHdG1s
Thanks for sharing. That has really helped.

smile

JumboBeef

3,772 posts

176 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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RicksAlfas said:
I think moving to Miami maybe a good cure.
hehe
I've lived all over the UK and suffered different levels of SAD. I moved forever further north, ending up in Scotland for four years. This is where my SAD was at it's worst. The long winter nights didn't help but the thing that really affected me was the sunny winter days when the sun only just made it over the horizon as apposed to getting higher in the sky: it always felt like time for bed rather than midmorning or so.

I moved back to South Devon 18 months ago and I feel much better. I appreciate not everyone can move 500 miles south smile



Pickled Piper

6,334 posts

234 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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SAD lights and lighting in general are quite important. Make sure your home and work space are well lit. In the absence of natural sunlight, anything that simulates it will help.

Check your lighting at home. It's great to have subdued "mood" lighting in the evenings, but you want crisp bright light to invigorate you in the mornings and daytime. Much easier now with LED bulbs.

I use a wake up light. I also have a SAD light in the office. I have it on all year round but during the particularly dark days I move it directly onto my desk for a few minutes per day.

JiggyJaggy

1,449 posts

139 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Random question but can sunlight and Vit D be absorbed into the skin through car glass etc?

Pickled Piper

6,334 posts

234 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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JiggyJaggy said:
Random question but can sunlight and Vit D be absorbed into the skin through car glass etc?
From what I have read, No. However, I am no expert.

JiggyJaggy

1,449 posts

139 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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No is the answer according to NHS website:

"Your body can't make vitamin D if you are sitting indoors by a sunny window because ultraviolet B (UVB) rays (the ones your body needs to make vitamin D) can't get through the glass."

Time to get that sunroof/windows open as much as possible whilst driving. Also am changing my lifestyle to walk to walk one stop further away from the office to catch some vital rays.

BertB

1,101 posts

224 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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I have one of these in my home office,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000F5FNXE/

Cheap enough to give it a try if you spend long periods in one room.


firemunki

361 posts

130 months

Tuesday 18th October 2016
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So as to avoid having the 'talk' with the GP vitamin D supplements are on the horizon.

There are two types of D apparently, any recommendations?

Might as well get in a multivitamin if I can.

p1stonhead

25,489 posts

166 months

Wednesday 19th October 2016
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firemunki said:
So as to avoid having the 'talk' with the GP vitamin D supplements are on the horizon.

There are two types of D apparently, any recommendations?

Might as well get in a multivitamin if I can.
I take Vitamin D3.
Couple of these a day. http://www.vitabiotics.com/shop/ultra/vitamin-d?gc...

More than it says on the box but at one point this year the doctor had be on 5000iu a day. My levels were 11 'vitamin d's' or whatever it is hehe. Aparently they should have been between 40 and 60.

I can pretty much instantly feel when I havent taken them.


andy-xr

13,204 posts

203 months

Wednesday 19th October 2016
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Specifically D3 for me as well, the general multivitamin/standard vit D stuff doesnt hit the bits that I need it to. I buy 10,000iU tablets from Amazon, they really help with motivation as well.

Also, ETA - if you're say infront of a screen all day, recalibrate it and knock the blue down by a quarter. It'll look weird at first but you'll get more used to it. If it's too green, knock the green down. It's in System/Display/Calibrate screen

Edited by andy-xr on Wednesday 19th October 10:44

p1stonhead

25,489 posts

166 months

Wednesday 19th October 2016
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andy-xr said:
Specifically D3 for me as well, the general multivitamin/standard vit D stuff doesnt hit the bits that I need it to. I buy 10,000iU tablets from Amazon, they really help with motivation as well.
Bloody hell 10000 a day is a lot isnt it? My doctor told me not to take more than 4000 a day.

Can you overdose on vitamin d?

andy-xr

13,204 posts

203 months

Wednesday 19th October 2016
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Dunno, dont think so. The packaging says 1 a day, some days I need 3 of. The 400iU stuff they sell in Holland and Barrett is useless IMO, didnt feel a difference with it after taking for a fortnight. Soon as I went up the dose it made a massive difference within 24 hours

jonamv8

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3,145 posts

165 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Anyone else really struggling this time of year???

Winter really taken its toll by now and im struggling thru!

Holiday in less than 2 weeks to give me a boost

Patch1875

4,893 posts

131 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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It hit me when the clocks changed but starting to feel it ease now the mornings are a bit lighter.

jonamv8

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3,145 posts

165 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Patch1875 said:
It hit me when the clocks changed but starting to feel it ease now the mornings are a bit lighter.
I'm preying that I start getting a bit better with these lighter mornings as the last month has been a killer!

JiggyJaggy

1,449 posts

139 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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The last few morning have been lighter than usual of late smile Good signs...

Crafty_

13,248 posts

199 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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I'd forgotten what sun was (seriously!) until last Saturday, was outside cleaning the car, didn't need to wear a jumper! moved the car and the sun picked up all the pearl in the paint, the gloss looked great with so much light around...

Hopefully we get a decent, long summer!


Digger

14,588 posts

190 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Five weeks till the clocks change.

Hang in there. smile

RicksAlfas

13,355 posts

243 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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jonamv8 said:
I'm preying that I start getting a bit better with these lighter mornings as the last month has been a killer!
Did you get a big happy lamp?
I have mine on every morning for 30 mins.
Makes a big difference.