If simple tips (yesterday’s post) don’t help, see your doctor and ask about light therapy. “Light therapy is an effective treatment for SAD.”
Two types of light therapy can be used for SAD: bright light treatment and dawn simulation. Bright light therapy involves sitting a specified distance from a ‘light box’ in the morning for a specific amount of time your doctor recommends (maybe 30 minutes up to 2 hours).
Dawn simulation involves a low-intensity light which comes on ‘dim’ and gradually increases intensity and becomes brighter as time to awaken arrives.
Two cautions about light therapy: 1. be aware that light therapy may interfere with melatonin production and cause sleep problems if it is used at night. For that reason, Light therapy usage is recommended for mornings. 2. Some people use tanning beds as a substitute for light therapy. Ultraviolet lights, tanning beds and tanning lamps aren’t recommended because of the danger of skin cancer. http://www.webmd.com/depression/tc/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad-treatment-overview
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