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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 136795" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>For my son - the onset of daylight savings - started the ball rolling. Then, usually, he would be such a mess by the end of summer - it was unbelievable. So no, he never seemed to adjust to the light - it just seemed to fuel things all summer long.</p><p></p><p>I still shut the blinds early every night, and darken the rooms by 8, as I find it helps him. He is more stable right now in his life, than he may have ever been in terms of mania, so last year light was not as big of a trigger. We will see this year.</p><p></p><p>It is the same concept as darkness triggering depression, and people with uni-polar depression using sun lamps to relieve some of their depression. The year we used the opposite, black out shades, was the most stable year of his life. </p><p></p><p>It is really annoying though, because I suffer from depression - so the dark makes mine worse. Oh well - we live in Texas - there is plenty of light, black out shades or not.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/sheepish.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sheepish:" title="sheepish :sheepish:" data-shortname=":sheepish:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 136795, member: 3301"] For my son - the onset of daylight savings - started the ball rolling. Then, usually, he would be such a mess by the end of summer - it was unbelievable. So no, he never seemed to adjust to the light - it just seemed to fuel things all summer long. I still shut the blinds early every night, and darken the rooms by 8, as I find it helps him. He is more stable right now in his life, than he may have ever been in terms of mania, so last year light was not as big of a trigger. We will see this year. It is the same concept as darkness triggering depression, and people with uni-polar depression using sun lamps to relieve some of their depression. The year we used the opposite, black out shades, was the most stable year of his life. It is really annoying though, because I suffer from depression - so the dark makes mine worse. Oh well - we live in Texas - there is plenty of light, black out shades or not.:sheepish: [/QUOTE]
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