Like an estimated 5 percent or so of Americans, I have seasonal affective disorder, better known by its all-too-appropriate acronym, SAD. Seasonal depression, which can entail lethargy and lower moods ...

Q: Each year when we switch away from daylight saving time, I get that SAD thing. I start feeling low and eventually get depressed. Why does that happen? I’ve read there are special lights that can ...

The light therapy you are asking about, known as bright light therapy, has proven beneficial for many people with winter-onset SAD. It involves daily exposure of 30 to 40 minutes to a light box. This ...

When the trees start to lose their leaves and the "lovely colours of autumn" disappear, Cherry Cantrell begins an almost six-month battle to fight off the so-called "winter blues". She has Seasonal ...

With a diagnosis of SAD, treatment may include medication therapy, bright light therapy, or both. If you are prescribed bright light therapy, the usual recommendation is 10,000 lux of white light for ...

No one expects winter to be tropical, but for many vitamin D-starved Canadians, a little sunshine would be appreciated. Residents in southern Ontario haven't seen the sun since the end of 2022, and ...

The ‘Wintering Well’ box includes a therapeutic lamp ...

Dear Jim: I am planning to get a high-intensity SAD light or sunrise device to help reduce my wintertime blues. Do these things really work? What features should I look for and are they expensive to ...

Cherry Cantrell, from the mental health charity Advice NI, has been using a colleague's old Sad lamp for the past decade to help ease her symptoms [BBC] When the trees start to lose their leaves and ...

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