Light Therapy for Depression: Natural Treatment for Depression
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
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Light therapy is an effective natural treatment for depression with less side effects than medication. Multiple peer-reviewed RCT have shown that light therapy is as effective or more effective than medication at treating non-seasonal depression.
In this episode, I’m going to teach you how light impacts your brain and influences your mood and how you can use light therapy as a natural, non-medicinal way to treat seasonal depression (aka winter blues or SAD). I'll also teach you how rigorous research has shown that light therapy can be as effective as antidepressant medication at treating non-seasonal depression.
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Light therapy has changed my life. I can't express how important it is for depression.
yeah!
There's a good mindfulness guide titled “30 Days to Reduce Depression” by Harper Daniels. It should be on Amazon. Mindfulness has helped a lot.
I just started with light therapy so Im very curious if it helps
@@suzyelisabeth8599 how has it been for you over the past couple weeks ? Wishing you well 🙏
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Emma emits light to our lives every time she posts.
It’s one thing to find a good therapist, another altogether when she’s a blessing too.
What a gorgeous comment by a beautiful heart
She is a blessing, indeed!
@@humanoidyyes❤
Sunlight doesn’t just help prove with SAD, but with normal depression or anxiety too. It does everything you explained in this video.
The sun literally resets my brain and all of its emotions, clears my congestion in my nose, cures my diet pattern. And makes me FEEL more, wherever I’m depressed. I live for the sun
I can only praise everything said in this video. I have suffered from SAD since I was in my teens (now in my early 40ies), because I live in Sweden where we have really dark winters. Last Christmas I got a large light box, and what a difference it makes! Even my cat sits in front of it and enjoys the light, so I think it works for real 😅😁 I got a similar large model, tested and labelled "best in test" that year.
I take vitamine d, go for walks during my lunch breaks and sit in front of my box all morning. Keeping SAD away that way ☺️
What size box how do you use it
Lighting has a massive effect on my ADHD brain. That’s why I have 15 colored smartbulbs throughout my house.
I can use my iPhone to make each lightbulb any color I want.
I also have a “sunlight” light but for some reason I don’t like it. Not sure why. But I sure love using my colored smartbulbs to enhance my mood.
@April Apeson Purple seems to work good. Red, also. Red & purple combo is nice.
Omg smart!!!!! Thank u
Could you please expound it more?
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what are colored smart bulbs?
I'm so thankful for your videos. Because of your videos I've become more aware of my mental health. I've been denying my background depression for many years and this year was the last straw. I'd been doing natural alternatives and they worked for a little while but this month I took the plunge and tried wellbutrin and omg... I went from being unable get up off my couch for days to having positive thoughts of the future, difficult tasks don't seem so daunting anymore. It's amazing. I'm also incorporating the natural alternatives as well, I got a red lightbulb for my bedroom to keep my circadian rhythm. My sleep has gotten so much better. I actually dream at night again. Anyway. Thank you for your channel.
glad to hear you're improving!
Light therapy is great, I feel better after 15 minutes of it. My severe psychotic depression didn't get much better with pills, but natural treatments (diet, light therapy, exercise and supplements) changed everything!
What supplements have helped you?
@@kristymarie6065 Omega-3 fatty acids and NAC
@@SvetlanaMinina definitely need to try. Just got the light to hopefully help
What kind of light did you use? Will one from Amazon work?
@@ashleyl551 It has to be 10000 lux of white light.
I go to bed real early now to wake up early to get more light. Its working
I am a recent graduate. I had a lot of problems and issues previously. I want to thank you, because as I watched your videos I became aware of what actually happening in my mind that caused so many issues like attention seeking behaviour, poor time management and something as severe as OCD.
Thank you so much Emma ma’am . :)
I am and have been low and in achieving goals (naturally, yes.) Trying to better with help from your videos. You are really so nice.
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100% sleep and light impacts depression. When I was working overnights and early mornings inside a concrete building where I got no sun and had a consequencely poor sleep schedule...I spiraled into depression. When I finally threw my hand up and quit my job entirely (I didn't work for 8 months straight) I was able to reset my sleep schedule to waking with the sun. I found sleep easier and my depression resolved. I no longer take antidepressants now that I sleep more and have a better job with regular hours that allows me to rise with the sun. I also am starting to use a light therapy lamp. It's really a far cry from the last few years where just getting out of bed was an insurmountable chore.
Thanks for sharing.
This video is exactly what I've been needing to hear. I grew up in South Texas and I just moved to Philadelphia. I was raised by hard-working parents so I've been giving myself a hard time about not wanting to do anything and just knowing this is normal for you northerners help me get off my own back. Thumbs up
I could lay in the sun for ever. I absolutely hate fall and winter, and here in Norway the winter season is so long and dark
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I look forward to you videos, Emma. I wish I had you as my therapist,
but I am still grateful for your videos as they come out.
Thanks for sharing!! The Aura is the one I have on my desk
Walk in the light, as He is in the light, literally.
Thank you. I will make sure I get my daily dose of perfect light therapy by getting some sunlight everyday. God is good.
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So sad that summer is ending. The number one thing I did when feeling sad was go to a park and lay in the sun. Now it's too cold to do that 😭
I hear that! I built a greenhouse so I could get some outside time...winter is rough!
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You channel is a God-send. Dealing with depression seems unbearable at moments but listening to your videos is very helpful.
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Great reminder to start using my lightbox again.
Yeah I’ve had mine on
Same :)
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Thank you for the video! So happy I moved away from Sweden! This is a big reason! Love beautiful, warm days! 😊
Good idea to get a bit ahead of any curve we might already be a little behind on. Conscientious and just good thinking. Winter is coming, but there’s no need to be nervous, get a lamp and if you can, get into the sun while you’re able, but don’t worry, it will still be out in the winter too.
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This is so important. So depressing in the Pacific Northwest.
Went on vacation to beach house for a week spent most of the week in sunlight came back, mood transformed feel awesome for no reasons what’s so ever. Everything she says is absolutely true just got to give it a week outside for 8 hours.
Going outside for 8 hrs a day for a week is not achievable for most people. Light therapy is a much better option.
Thank you so much for the discount code. I used it to buy one of their lamps and have just received it. I can't wait to try it out tomorrow. ❤
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As I am getting older ( 66 now) I am getting more depressed (relatively) by the dark and cold winters here in the pacific northwest. Light is good but I opted for a place near Phoenix where it is more sunny (light) in winter. Too bad Covid keeps me in the dark so far this time of the year.
Love the curls !
Btw walmart sells a small 10000lux light therapy lamp for $39. It's very bright with a timer and it's what I use.
Light therapy sounds interesting...especially for someone w bad sleep hygiene like me 😬
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I've been getting very nervous about winter coming up this year in particular. We had a few days of cooler weather with no sun and I felt "trapped" because going for a walk in the sunlight wasn't an option. Maybe this will help. Thanks so much for your videos
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I've been dreading this winter as I am no longer on antidepressants after being on them for 25 years. I'm gonna get me a light box.
Hi! I wish that I saw this video earlier in the pandemic. Either way I’m glad I found it. This was such a helpful video! I’d been thinking about light therapy for years because I have regular chronic depression and SAD, but wouldn’t have known where to start in terms of amount of time and distance and required for the lights used. Thank so you much!
I noticed what you said on a camping trip , by the camp fire I would get sleepy very early. So i would go to bed a few hours sooner than normal. I would also wake up as the sun came up, with out a alarm clock. It felt great. Animals in the wild follow different sleep schedules based on season . Like you said less in the summer more in the Winter. Our problem is our modern society goes against this, and we have alot of issues because of that. Cant have a cookie cutter indoor life. WE were made to stand in the light outside
** Keep in mind we do need some UVB light to produce Vitamin D EACH day. So spending time outside in the sun is best.
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Thank you very much. I see I have an incorrect light. I’ll look into this type.
Your channel has helped meso much. From a little village in England x
Glad to hear from you! Are you a sea glass collector? I follow some on Instagram
@@TherapyinaNutshell I am but I'm not on social media. Collect it from Cornwall in the summer. I love it 🤗 xx
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Thank you so much for your very helpful and informative videos. You are a true blessing. Just ordered my light can't wait to get it:)
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Great info!
Can you do an episode on grounding/earthing (bare skin in contact with the earth)
Ive been using a grounding mat for a few months and have seen a huge difference physically and emotionally!
There is also great science behind it like light therapy.
Hmm that’s a good idea
She has a playlist on grounding on her channel, but maybe it’s in a different sense. Might be worth checking out.
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Swimming helps me even tho it’s indoors I feel like it must release feel good hormones bc I always feel so much better afterwards.
i have photosensitivity but i have vitamin d medication now due to lupus medications
Very useful information! Thank you for bringing out a topic that people may not even know they have (depression, SAD), and that there is a solution that does not include drugs. Of course, there are some that will benefit from today's medicines, however, it may be worth a try to get one of these lights and see if you notice a difference. Have a great day!
thanks for all of the great content, my ginger.
Any idea why a 10,000 lux fluorescent bright light therapy light box has a different effect than sunlight? It’s like a get a withdrawal effect hours after doing the lightbox but not with sunlight. This happens even if I combine light therapy with getting sunlight throughout the day.
I work graveyard and the sun is blocked daily here 80% of the time so this might help I'm just not sure working 3rd shift when to use.
My dr just prescribed this ! We’ll see if it works
This is very interesting--thank you. I think I accidentally set up light therapy for myself, and it's been working. I live in an area of the US where about 50% of the days are spent under heavy cloud cover. I purchased a large light box a few years ago to try out light therapy, but the instructions I saw at the time recommended that you look directly into the light. Doing so seemed to give me headaches, so I stopped using it that way. Instead I put it on my kitchen table facing up; the overhead room lights were dead so this supplemented available light. (My cat likes lying on it as well--it's warm and big enough for him to enjoy!)
Okay, now fast forward to WFM because of the pandemic. My computer is set up on the kitchen table, and the light box is to the left of it and just a bit farther away than the computer screen. So just by dumb luck I've been spending a lot of time with the light at the proper distance and in a good location while I'm working. It seems to me that I'm not experiencing winter depression to the extent I usually do. It hadn't occurred to me until I saw your video that this is probably the reason. I mean, I still experience some stress from the normal sources and a sense of isolation, but it definitely seems better than I would expect, especially in February!
Thank you I just got a light I hope it helps!!
An excellent video I am recommending. I just reviewed the latest research on light therapy and depression and Emma really knows her stuff.
Question: Is there a relation between modern media (TV series/Movies for examlple) getting more violent and depressing, having any influence on actual number of depressions in a given population?
I somehow had that question in mind when i remembered that they use this therapy (or something similar) in norway or sweden, because of the days get really short there.
Absolutely. One doesn't need to be a scientist to understand this. We are the products of what we consume.
Good question. There are papers written on this very topic. As a result, I’ve stopped all horror/violence movies and now in the process of removing ‘the news’ from my mental diet aswell. If I don’t protect my sanity, who will?
@David Individual
@Human
Sorry for the late reply. I got out of the habit of watching most modern TV series and movies. Some Movies and Series made in the 50s, 60s and 70s are mostly much less violent and way less depressing than what they make these days. Maybe it's just my personal taste, but i don't want to feel the need to take a shower whenever i watch TV.
Several months ago i started to watch the news only once a day, just to know what's goin on, but i don't involve in "social Media", aside from occasional UA-cam comments and i mind staying much more positive myself.
It's funny, but i have noticed that i feel much less distressed and anxious since i started with this.
@@nealsterling8151 Good for you brother! Wishing you peace in every single way and every single day 🙏🕊️
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Beautiful as always Emma. Thank you for insightful information. There are many light products on the market and this is very informing. I will purchase one of these lights. I'm doing well with better regulation of day; get out in the sun, exercise, night time is for unwinding from a busy day. Thank you Emma.
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Does it also help with GAD, anxiety?
God bless you for helping us with your videos,so much appreciated💙🌹
Hope it’s helpful!
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What do you think about red light therapy?
This makes so much sense, but I totally do the opposite. I have all my blinds drawn and most of the time lights off. Shut in my apartment. In The summer I spend more time outside, except when it's too hot. The opposite in the winter because it's cold. But the angle of the light affects me in the fall and winter and my depression kicks in.
You said that the light should come slightly from above. I don't live in the US and I can only get my hands on light therapy lamps that are tilted upwards. How useful would those be? Other than the angle, they're the same, no UV, 10.000 lux...
The most depressed country is Afghanistan, where more than one in five people suffer from the disorder. The least depressed is Japan, with a diagnosed rate of less than 2.5 percent👍
Well sorry but I don't think it's true, Japan has high suicide rates + loneliness is rampant in there. So Japanese society is surely much more depressed that what you are estimating.
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Canon on my hip call that bitch megaman bandana round my face like Afghanistan
If you have a lil bit income. Afghanistan is most better country in the world. It has sunny days with best weather. Swenden, Norway, Finland, and some parts of Russia are most depressed
I use high pressure sodium light.
Thanks for the in depth description on the subject.
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Very helpful video. Thank you! I just bought one.
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Are there withdrawal symptoms upon discontinuation of light therapy?
Emma thankyou for sharing, your videos are so informative and helpful. I'm wondering if wearing sunglasses is problematic or prevents us from getting full benefit from being outdoors in the sun?
That’s a good question. I don’t know the answer but I assume that it might.
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Thank you this is very informative!!🙂❤️
Would grow lights from the greenhouse work? Emitting a broad spectrum of light?
Thank you so much ❤️😊
Madam,
I have been suffering from anxiety since 6 yrs with no solution,
Being unresolved for many years,
Now I am fighting with ibs , excessive sleep and night mares.
Can you please make video on
IBS, Can it be curable?
Probiotics treated mine
oh Great👏
Thank you for the information
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@@levinericky8584 thanks
I have a question. I have been feel depressed since I got diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency. I now sleep during the day and wake up all night. I have no energy and I have just no motivation. I wanna be happy again. Would this help me?
It probably would because the sun is a good source of vitamin D and the box mimics the sun
I think light therapy is extremely important. However we need more research.
Can u tell the name brand of your light
Sorry, I am late to comment. I have a light box that I use after the clocks go back but I had no idea that it could be used all year round. Thanks for the info.x
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Thank you for this info. I have always felt somewhat doubtful about light-therapy as a solution for S.A.D, however, you did a great job at establishing some guidance on it's benefits in this video. (Liked/Subbed)
Why would you be doubtful about it? It's so blindingly obvious how it would work.
I wonder what it does to people who lives where the night last for months. Lots of recommandations comes from day/night so I find it weird when I think about places where the rythm is so different. I read a book called "nutrition and physical degeneration" that basicaly talk about tribes eating localy and that's mainly how they stayed healthy and it makes sens that eskimos ate mostly fish that are high in vitamin D !
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Nice leacture....
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This information was literally Gold. Thank you so much. Hope you're having an amazing day so far. I post different kinds of music and relaxing sounds from nature to help you relax and stay calm, study, focus and sleep. Hope to see you soon at Total Life Relax.💚
Literally
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Can i still get sunlight even its gloomy? I live in alaska always no sun during winter.
Using sunglass in the sun ,will that affect serotonin production
I have just found your Chanel - your videos are so incredibly helpful. Can I ask, is your 'Change Your Brain' course video instruction?
Yes it is
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Great reminder for this time of year, thanks Emma, especially here in dark Scotland! Have pulled out my light box, and have shared this helpful video with others. I think people can often forget we are natural beings evolved to be in nature living in this modern world! For the UK I recommend Lumie for light boxes and also wake up lights. If people buy directly from their website (which has good information too!) they can get a 45 day free trial on any of their lights.
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I face this living in Washington state and grew up in the desert of So Cal most of my life. I also suffer when very bad depression during my cycles. It’s like it gets the lowest then. Do you have any recommendations about what to do about PMS depression etc?
Are you still gifting therapy lights? I would love to have one for healthier mood. Do you have an email I can message my information to? Thank you for considering me as a candidate.
Almost daily sun depresses me. I long for dark cloudy skies and rain.
That's interesting...I wonder if there's some people who their physiology is more comfortable/healthy without sunlight than others. There are also some differences in light needs for people with different color skin
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@@levinericky8584 Where I live sunny days average 270 days a year.
I'm in the Caribbean and hot days drain me. We don't get winters but I have more energy when it's cooler. Guess a balance is good. Still love the sun.
@TherapyinaNutshell my mom who was Sami (indigenous people of Scandinavian) was allergic to the sun. She was a very pale redhead with green eyes.
I'm blonde and blue eyed and I love being in the sun! 😎🌻
thanks a lot
Aside from the 10,000 LUX and having the light come from a downward angle, what other considerations are there for choosing a good lamp? Have you seen the Sunrise Sensation lamps? What is you opinion on whether they would be effective? I do like that the Carex daylight is based on the lights they used in the clinical trials but its base is really big and clinical feeling. If I had multiple rooms or storage options it would be no question to go with it but I only have a bedroom and very little storage space. The Sunrise Sensations lamps say that they produce 10,000 LUX but it looks like they may be more diffuse and they are all angled on a base that points up instead of down. You could place them on a higher shelf but they would still be pointing up instead of down. (looking mostly at the smaller BrightBox)
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I drive rideshare to treat my Anhedonia. It's remarkably effective. I'd love to discuss this.
how interesting, how does it help you?
@@TherapyinaNutshell At the start of my drive, I can't even listen to music. After about 3 riders I start to come around. I force myself to be extra kind to my riders. I get positive vibes in return. By the middle of my shift I'm in my groove and listening to music, jamming out with my customers and having great conversations for the rest of my evening. It's the kindness I get back from my customers that somehow erases my hopelessness. Prior to rideshare driving I would walk around Wal Mart and force myself to say hello and God Bless You to strangers and I would get positive reactions that would improve my mood. I feel like I'm really brightening my riders day if even for a just a few minutes. Somehow this erases my anhedonia. I can't recommend this technique enough. Mornings still suck big time though, but it's getting better. Your videos got my through my darkest times. I've watched them over and over. God Bless You and Ette!
@@dherman0001 that’s very interesting. Thank you for sharing that.
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Thats great. Maybe you could try saying hello and bless you to God in the mornings just like you do to those people, see what happens. All the best!!
Is this similar to red light therapy?
No red light is different .
Easy cheap to pick up a Daylight LED at hardware store to test brightest possible .
Great video big thank you
are these lights different from the Led lights in our house?
Hi I just bought a full body
MitoRedlight, will this help with my anxiety ? Does it have the same wave length? I would love to get off the medication.
Can it be used for a few hours ? Rather than just 30 mins
I'm wondering if I could also use studio video lights also for this purpose? Such as Godox SL100D which at 1 meter puts out 32 100 lux of 96+ CRI quality 5600K or 6500K (depending on the model) daylight. Thus it is much brighter than many light therapy lamps which only put out 10 000 lux at 30 cm. Not sure about its specific wavelengths though, but if it's 96+ CRI then I guess the spectrum should be pretty even and thus usuable for therapeutic purposes, right?
There is new research v about suna
Can you get the same results if you are wearing migraine glasses FL-41
Never been this early! I'd like to ask i where i could find your grounding videos?
I have a grounding skills playlist
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Dear Emma, thank you again. Do we have to face the light? Or we can place directly behind our office chair to get the same effect? Thank you
You need to face the light. It has something to do with your eyes. Behind wont give you enough light
@@bradleywoodie9219 Thank you for the help! :D I’ll place it in front then.
Can natural sunlight also make manic people worse or irritable like the light therapy lamp does? ..I'm not manic, but sunlight has always calmed me down. Especially at twilight time.
Also when out in the natural sun..is absorbing through skin enough or should we not wear sunglasses? I know with the lamp you had said our retinas need to absorb the light. Wondering if its the same with the natural sunlight.
The skin and the eyes process light differently so I think a combination would be best. And I don’t know if exposure to natural sunlight can cause mania but I have heard of some anecdotal examples of that.
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I can’t see where to sign up for change your brain.
@therapyinanutshell
I only try and use my bedroom for sleeping so when I’m in there my brain knows to sleep cause I have problems waking up in the middle of the night or waking up really early.
Where do you do your light therapy? I’ve been doing it right when I wake up while praying but I’m thinking that might be counter intuitive if I’m also using my bedroom to emit a light that will wake me up???
Let me also note I live with roommates so there’s not too many other places I can go/not feel weird praying. Also praying is really the only down/slow time I have in the morning :p
thank you sooo much. i ve a question, can a solar tun machine help with that?
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What is a solar tun machine?
@@charitygoldart tunning machine. those to get tunned. but i discovered that red light therapy is really very valuable. I m trying to save to buy one
@@nirvananona4105 I still have no idea what you're talking about. Google doesn't seem to know what a 'tunning machine' is either. What does it do? What is it designed for?
Me watching under the dark clouds of Istanbul while it snows
Thankyou Emma! Do you know if there's an Australian equivalent?
Sorry I don’t!
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Look at Bioptron, sold by Zepter International
Does wearing sunglasses when exposed to sunlight inhibit the healing effects of light?
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Do these lights give off vitamin D?
Stoppibg the chemtrails would be helpful. That's why we have dark misting in Ohio for 10 days and counting. We should all get together and take av stand against it. The military does this
Hi Does wearing sunglasses Inhibit this effect when outdoors?
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Im bipolar, bought 7 lamps - it didnt end well
What did you mean?
Can LEDs work?
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if i went to talk to a doctor about llight therapy... they would have a clue about it.They will just prescribe a pharmaceutical.
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