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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or Winter Depression, is an affective (mood) disorder occurring in individuals who are very sensitive to seasonal changes. For these people there is a new therapy.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or Winter Depression, is an affective (mood) disorder occurring in individuals who are very sensitive to seasonal changes. For these people, the winter blues interferes with their ability to function properly.
This seasonal mood disorder is linked to the activity of the internal body clock, which regulates eating, sleeping, socializing and sexual activity. In the winter season, the body clock ensures that mammals sleep longer and eat more gaining weight to survive harsh winter conditions. Humans experience these changes as a reduction in energy and a tendency to gain weight in the winter months.
Light therapy can extend a person’s internal day, restoring the body clock to a summer mode. The American Psychiatric Association endorses light therapy as an effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), describing it as the treatment of choice for a "seasonal pattern depression." Light therapy can extend a person’s internal day, restoring the body clock to a summer mode. The American Psychiatric Association endorses light therapy as an effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), describing it as the treatment of choice for a "seasonal pattern depression."
While it was originally thought that bright light was needed to reset the body clock or to influence brain physiology, independent clinical studies indicate that the Sunnex Biotechnologies low-intensity light therapy technology shifts the body clock in a safer and more comfortable manner.
Many companies have designed lamps for light therapy. One company, the Sunnex Biotechnologies, has created a Lo- LIGHT therapy lamp, which provides low intensity light therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD or Winter Depression) as well as other sleep and mood disorders. The patented technology used in this advanced light therapy lamp provides the benefits of light therapy safely, without eye damage. Since 1995, hundreds of satisfied customers have benefitted from the unique technology in Sunnex Lo- LIGHT therapy lamps.
In addition to 10 years of successful use by people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and sleep disorders, recent studies with Lo-LIGHT lamps have shown dramatic benefits as an adjunct treatment with an SSRI for non-seasonal major depression as well as promising results when used in combination with sleep deprivation to treat bipolar depression. (J Clin Psychiatry, June 2003;648-53, and J Clin Psychiatry, Dec 2005;:1535-40) - More at "Scientific Basis of Lo-LIGHT"
It's Worth It To Protect Your Vision
It is estimated that 13 million Americans will lose some or all of their vision in their lifetime as a result of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). Compelling evidence links the development of ARMD with lifetime exposure to visible light, particularly wavelengths in the blue portion of the spectrum of visible light. Recent research indicates that repeatedly viewing high intensity light sources which emit high levels of blue light wavelengths, like those used for light therapy, may advance the onset of this debilitating disease by several years. Sunnex Biotechnologies patented Lo-LIGHT technology provides a safe alternative that is as effective as bright light therapy.
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