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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 213911" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>We were told to try it by psychiatrist1 who had done studies with them. Another of our psychiatrist's who was not so great agreed as well.</p><p></p><p>But a lot of it was due to where we lived and our situation. We lived in the NW which has a huge prevalence of SAD and seasonal issues. K was experiencing changes during the Seasonal changes. </p><p>We were told and we read up on it, we did this with our therapist monitoring, she had worked with SAD studies in Seattle.</p><p>We could not use it in the afternoon or evening. We used it right in the morning. Started for just a few minutes and progressed up from there. </p><p>We only used it in during the *dark* months. </p><p>We had to purchase a 10,000lux box. Which I believe measures the light... It was awhile ago... The box had to be large to have any benefit. </p><p>The blue light was not recommended. </p><p></p><p>It really helped husband and it helped K get started in her day. She used it on the dinning table when she was eating breakfast.</p><p></p><p>Alaskan schools use these for a lot of the kids and a lot of countries with similar seasonal issues do as well. </p><p></p><p>Doesn't work for everyone though and we were cautioned about using it when she was already amped and not to use it later than 8am for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 213911, member: 3155"] We were told to try it by psychiatrist1 who had done studies with them. Another of our psychiatrist's who was not so great agreed as well. But a lot of it was due to where we lived and our situation. We lived in the NW which has a huge prevalence of SAD and seasonal issues. K was experiencing changes during the Seasonal changes. We were told and we read up on it, we did this with our therapist monitoring, she had worked with SAD studies in Seattle. We could not use it in the afternoon or evening. We used it right in the morning. Started for just a few minutes and progressed up from there. We only used it in during the *dark* months. We had to purchase a 10,000lux box. Which I believe measures the light... It was awhile ago... The box had to be large to have any benefit. The blue light was not recommended. It really helped husband and it helped K get started in her day. She used it on the dinning table when she was eating breakfast. Alaskan schools use these for a lot of the kids and a lot of countries with similar seasonal issues do as well. Doesn't work for everyone though and we were cautioned about using it when she was already amped and not to use it later than 8am for us. [/QUOTE]
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