If you have SAD

[maldoror]

I followed advice someone posted here and got some fluorescent bulbs to replace my incandescent ones. I found a pack of 4 25 watt bulbs for 10 bucks. I tried them, and my room is so bright it's amazing. I feel better already just standing inside it. Here's a picture taken without flash that almost shows how bright it is:

[Kosmonaut]

I use candles. Nice guitars btw.

[maldoror]

Thanks. but wow, candles actually help?

[SovaNu]

i love the sun. i've taken up opening the curtains and bathing in the light. it works wonders.

i didn't know fluorescent helped.

[Kosmonaut]

Thanks. but wow, candles actually help?

Not really, the scented lavender ones are quite calming.
I couldnt cope with them bright lamps, i would have to use sunglasses. I live in near darkness.

[Parts]

I have it backwards I like the winter

[Soph]

I have it backwards I like the winter

me too
i hate summer, winter is good though. and autumn.

[Kosmonaut]

I hate it when it is hot all the time, not that it is around here.
There was a hot summer a few years back. My head was a mess; i dont if it was all the women walking around skantily clad or just the heat.
My god, the heat.

[Parts]

I even go to the beach in the winter for nice solitary walks

[Soph]

i wish we had nice beaches in england, i would go there in the winter if there was. i hate the heat. especially when it's really humid. it makes me feel ill and i can't do anything. just want to find somewhere cool and lie down.

[SovaNu]

I have it backwards I like the winter

me too. i love winter. as soon as it got wintery out i cheered up. the winter sun makes me happy.

[Parts]

i wish we had nice beaches in england, i would go there in the winter if there was. i hate the heat. especially when it's really humid. it makes me feel ill and i can't do anything. just want to find somewhere cool and lie down.

The woods are good too.  If there is any near by near me I think it's still deer season so the woods aren't a good place.  I have the advantage of being a guy and usually walking with a very large dog so nobody bothers me even at one or two in the morning

I have it backwards I like the winter

me too. i love winter. as soon as it got wintery out i cheered up. the winter sun makes me happy.

I  agree nice really cold day with snow on the ground is great!

[Randy]

Vitamin d was mentioned in my life extension foundation magazine as a treatement for seasonal affective disorder.  Take 1000iu/day minimum, because the RDI is pathetically low.  Milk has bad form in it, ergocalciferol, I think, vitamin d2.  That is the plant form, which must be avitated by the liver into vitamin d3.  Use vitamin d3 for treatment.  I like fluorescent colors.

[Randy]

Your room is less crowded than mine, perhaps if it were bigger, it would not look so messy.  I try to ignore it and make do.

[Parts]

Vitamin d was mentioned in my life extension foundation magazine as a treatement for seasonal affective disorder.  Take 1000iu/day minimum, because the RDI is pathetically low.  Milk has bad form in it, ergocalciferol, I think, vitamin d2.  That is the plant form, which must be avitated by the liver into vitamin d3.  Use vitamin d3 for treatment.  I like fluorescent colors.

Or you could go for long walks on sunny days to get it