Wow, that is pricey~!

I use light therapy on rainy days and
especially in the winter when there is
little sun or the quality of light is
low that I do feel I am not waking up.

I can recommend just buying a shop light
and buying some full spectrum tube lights
or even a nice quality full spectrum bulb
which I found one at my health food store
for a floor lamp works.

Essential oils are also of benefit.
I like to use an essential oil
diffuser to amp up my mood too.
Here is the brand I use~~

http://www.amrita.net/diffusers.htm

Essential oils like geranium or
lavender are very uplifting. Your
friend may even just find an essential
oil which suits them and wear it. There
are many which are used for depression.
Again, a health food store should have
a really nice selection.

Exercise of course is also always
beneficial. I use a chi machine to
get my body flowing, but a session
of body brushing could be as useful
to move lymph.

best wishes,
Zoe

-_-

light therapy works. this is also a good excuse to ego to the tanning booths. oxygen thereapy will help as well. this is why aerobics are so good. the main thing its being outside in the daytime, rain or no. indoor living will kill you.

this is a tough malady because of the lag time between the cause and effect. the best thing is being outside when it is light out. i know. i lived 100 miles from the arctic circle for 26 years. i did not get completely cured from it until i left and came to missouri. and i still get twinges in the winter. we were meant to live near the equator and spend our waking hours outdoors in the day.

full spectrum lighting in the house is also good as is consistent 10pm-6am sleeping time.

There is a SAD forum here - it hasn't had many posts, but you may be able to glean some information there:

//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=569


You might want to check out mercola.com and see what information you can find there.

Also, I think I've heard something about the importance of taking cod liver oil during those winter months, might want to check on that.

It does seem like the proper lights is the main solution, from what I've heard.
Best wishes!

~Squeaky

In my opinion the whole body needs natural sunlight to be healthy. Skin needs sun just as much as eyes do. There is a low grade stress and nausea that lack of sunlight gives me, that I can feel in my bones, a weakness and dull fatigue that I feel in my core. I find myself starving for sunlight and solar heat.

I have nothing to suggest except... move to a sunnier climate.

Halvah for Seasonal Affective Disorder (available through your local health food store, or grocery store in the Jewish food section) Or through
http://www.Halvabiz.com
I used to have SAD. Don't anymore. I have helped so many people with this one product. Anything with sesame seeds is OK if you don't like to eat the sugar. I just can't say enough good things about this product.


http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/LinksByCategory/my_favorite_products.htm





She has more on Sesame:
http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/Newsletter/Oct06_files/Oct06.htm

Light therapy definitely works! I get SAD during the Winter months in my area. We are not only light deprived here, but also Color deprived at that time. The sky and ground is a perpetual grey from being constantly overcast. The snow is covered with car exhaust soot-- so there is not even any beauty in looking at the snow.

Then add flourescent lighting with no windows at my workplace, and it's a wonder we all havn't put a gun to our heads where I live!


What has helped me is those full spectrum lightbulbs -- like that Lightbook you mentioned. In my case, I have a $29.99 full spectrum floor lamp, and I use the Chromalux bulbs in my lamps. I also love those Himalayan salt lamps and found an affordable website that sells them without any shipping and handling costs. they take small watt candelabra bulbs but the glow they give is very healing to the light deprived eyes -- Great to use in your home towards evening.

I even use a little light at my desk at work to offset the flourescent lighting. I make sure to add color in my living area and at work. A houseplant on my desk gives me the green I am deprived of -- plus cleans the air as well.

All my desk accessories are in bright colors that I like--at home and at work.

Because I live in the part of the United States that is on the light deprived end, I will insist on color in my home and desk area at work- with houseplants and full spectrum light where I can.

I also will make sure to get outside during my lunch breaks -- just to expose my eyes and body to sunlight for at least 15 minutes a day. Working in an 8 hour day job with no windows and flourescent lighting pushes me to get outside when I can.

Be careful with the tanning booths though-- I had to have two strange moles removed that appeared weeks after I used to go for tanning . Instead, now, I make time to get sunlight outside-- and longer on the weekends to do gardening with my bathing suit on.

I haven't yet read the other posts in this thread, Maria, but this is what we have done with this video, and it seems to work!


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-153936213309506589&hl=en


Both my husband and I have watched this video on our own, several times...and he has done his own version of 'the treatment' on me, for a few minutes at a time, twice.

It feels very pleasant...some tingling and soothingly energetic feelings, and very calming.

I am left with a quietly soothed state of mind. Worry melts into an "I'm okay so far," kind of attitude, and I am able to go about my tasks, and rest, with no more concern.

I think his 'intentions' toward me are very appropriate, for want of a better word. I think he doesn't 'specify' what I 'should' be doing...just wishes me well and happy...an energetic aura without restrictions. Perhaps it works well because that is my own intention.

I have wondered if this should be repeated daily, for a few days, but he was very tired this evening. Still, my mind is at rest, though I can think and plan and do quite easily.

I find it difficult to do this 'treatment' for myself, but it happens easily with a thoughtful other person.

Hope this helps.

Here's energy, everyone.

Fledgling

I just found this...by Newport...and it opens possibilities...

//www.curezone.org/forums/fmp.asp?i=1291572


Not that I understand it, yet, but I have been making White Tiger's preferred Liver Flush tea and, once again, I had a marvelous reaction...with no pain this time, only beforehand.

It contains nettle leaves, and more.

Google CureZone for the recipe.


Also, I've found that Depression comes with a stiffness in the adrenal/kidney areas.


And, a bath, or footbath, or hand bath in a 1% solution of Himalayan crystal mineral salts (as 'salty'-tasting as tears) makes anxiety disappear...gone...nada...vanished.

Anxiety isn't depression, I know, but I didn't watch my Depression levels when I tried the baths...just the anxiety...and that realization came as a complete surprise. Just the footbaths also reduced the swelling on the tops of my feet, dramatically.

My crystal mineral salts happened to come from http://www.heartfeltliving.com

It's great stuff.


1 kg (2.2 pounds) makes a 1% solution in the average bathtubful of water...but start the melting in a bucket, earlier...it is rather slow to melt.

While you are in it, for, say, 20 to 30 minutes, it seems only like a pleasant bath...but, after you are out, you'll feel silky smooth all over...and calm, and smaller/more compact, and rejuvenated. This lasts for two or three weeks, at least.

Then you'll start thinking of another bath, or footbath.

I took a shower with very little soap BEFORE the bath...and I sunk my whole self, face and hair included...and I used a washcloth to keep all my sticking-up parts wet, for the whole 30 minutes I was in...just in case that would help.

Use no other bath products. You won't need them.

The skin is a marvelous cleansing organ...the biggest and the best we have.

And the mineral salts are sterile, we can't 'catch' anything from or through them. Nor do they hurt the plumbing.

Look in the Salt forum *R* rated posts for Daisy4's report on the book, 'Water & Salt' for more details.


Happiness, and contentment, my friends!

Fledgling

One of the simplist natural remedies for SAD is light therapy. Light therapy involves purchasing a special light. This light replicates the rays of the sun. The person suffering from SAD sits in front of this light with their eyes open. This light is not found in normal incandescent household lights, and must be purchased exclusively for this type of therapy.