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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/in-depth/seasonal-affective-disorder-treatment/ART-20048298?pg=2

They are all fairly expensive and in that $200-250 range unless you can find a used one. You may also want to get one with a dawn simulator. I have found that to be a great help as well. The light slowly brightens your room in the morning [b]so your brain doesn't have to go from dark to light suddenly. [/b][/quote]

Doesn't nature take care of this for you?  I have the "blues" in the winter too and it is due to the shorter number of daylight hours.  I always though that was what SAD was.  [/quote]

Nature does this in the summer but not winter. So in the winter a dawn simulating light does what nature would do in the summer where the light builds outside and your brain is processing increasing light even before you wake up. I love the dawn simulator and use it until I wake up to natural sunlight. I don't have SAD - my brain just hates waking up in the pitch black to turn a light on. I feel grumpy and irritable and it takes me a really long time to wake up and actually feel awake. So using the dawn simulator eliminates that, and fakes your brain into thinking it is summer! The whole serotonin-melatonin exchange cycle is natural and dependent on light and dark so I just help it stay more regular all year.[/quote]

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