Posted by Nickengland on October 19, 2005, at 13:54:27
In reply to Re:are lightboxes safe for bp? » Nickengland, posted by spriggy on October 16, 2005, at 0:52:35
Hi Spriggy,
I think if the anxiety comes hand in hand with the depression, to a certain extent one casuing the other ~ and the light box will help with the depression then theres hopefully a good chance it would help it :-)
I have the problem too, quite badly with seasonal changes but its usually far worse in the winter too, dark days and reduced sunlight, really do seem to have an affect on me.
I'm looking to get a light box within the next week or so, especially because of the clocks going back at the end of the month making the days even shorter here lol
With lightboxes being safe for bipolar, I really hope they are, as far as I know they wouldn't trigger hypomania, (there could be a study to show they do though?) but as they basically provide artificial light I would of thought they're okay ~ just basically getting fake sun in a sense I think..
Kind regards
Nick
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