boonhetFeb 2

Anyone with SAD: Have you tried a dawn simulator (or sunrise alarm as I think they're also called)?

https://sopuli.xyz/post/40526846

Anyone with SAD: Have you tried a dawn simulator (or sunrise alarm as I think they're also called)? - Sopuli

Hi! So recently I’ve realized that I might have SAD. Round the winter solstice, there’s about 6 hours of sunlight per day in Estonia and for much of December and early to mid January, it was also overcast so even the 6 hours of “sunlight” were kinda dark. So I went to read Wikipedia and: > Two methods of light therapy, bright light and dawn simulation, have similar success rates in the treatment of SAD So I’m just wondering if anyone has personal experiences with these, particularly the dawn simulation as I believe that’s something I could just set up and forget hopefully (I have ADHD, I do NOT do well with things I have to repeat every day). Does it help? Do you use it outside of wintertime too?

Show threadBillDaCatt

I have a wifi switch on a freestanding lamp in my bedroom that comes on every day at 7 am and stays on until I turn it off at night. I have found it really helps to wake me up in the morning without needing to use noisy alarms.

I also have a dog and if I don’t get up right away, he sees the light and starts pestering me to take him outside.

Feb 2 at 8:12amWeb