LadyPact
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ORIGINAL: SoulAlloy I think daylight helps your body produce a chemical that can help fight depression, daylight lamps are sometimes used for seasonal affected depression (or is it disorder?). I admit it's seasonal affective disorder and let Me assure you that a very high percentage of folks in Alaska are ridiculously aware of it. Particularly those of us who are not native and get a crash course in it during the first winter here. It hits women more than men because women metabolize vitamin D as something similar to a hormone. You're right about the "happy lights." Yes, that is literally what they are called. They also have bulbs that are the same thing and can be screwed into any lamp in your house, just like the regular ones. The other thing you can do is add a vitamin D supplement to your diet. It's not an overnight fix because vitamin D levels take a little while to build up in your system. Being here, I start taking them in September so I'm ready for the limited sunlight in November. There are really good threads here on the site about this. Search for the term vitamin D and/or seasonal affective disorder for poster kalikshama or Myself. OK. Now for My crap........ I admit we are both becoming run down because it's literally too hot in Alaska. (Sounds dumb as hell, doesn't it?) Part of this is because of the poor design of the house that doesn't do much for air flow. I admit there is still haze and the smell of smoke and ash outside due to summer fires and, get this, volcano eruption in another part of the state. The sky looks similar to the pollution that Michael might see in California to give you an idea of the difference.
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