Metal Halides for Seasonal Affected Depression

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Now in technicolor

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• Nov 8, 2009

• #1

For some odd reason, I imagine having a bright light right above me is comforting.

 

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luvspurts

New member

• Nov 8, 2009

• #2

Just let my GF pull a chair into the room, with a magazine under the bright MH. Works for her.

 

dreadvik

Active member

• Nov 8, 2009

• #3

I did wonder if this worked it seemed to to me Shame all my lights are off atm except my fluros Come on seeds pop!

 

NorCalFor20

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• Nov 8, 2009

• #4

be careful, metal halides give off uv

 

Stoner4Life

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• Nov 8, 2009

• #5

luvspurts said:

Just let my GF pull a chair into the room, with a magazine under the bright MH. Works for her.

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let me get this straight, you waited two and a half years just to post that???????

 

Prof Sublime

Hard working pothead

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• Nov 8, 2009

• #6

Stoner4Life said:

let me get this straight, you waited two and a half years just to post that???????

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Lmfao...
LURKER!

 

Lil 'o Me

Farm hand

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• Nov 8, 2009

• #7

LMAO!

I lived in the Seattle area for 5 years. I met people up there who were being treated for sun deprivation. They'd lay under UV lights 2-3 times a week for like 10 mins or so. I had to leave that area, I couldn't take the rain and lack of sunshine any more.

If your body is telling you that you need sunshine, you should listen to it.

 

dreadvik

Active member

• Nov 9, 2009

• #8

@Lil'o Me: Working on that one just takes a while to emigrate

 

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Frozenguy

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Veteran

• Nov 9, 2009

• #9

I wouldn't do that!! the UV exposure isn't good for your eyes..

But there are light systems sold that are for depression lol. They call them happy lights. They are probably similar in spectrum to MH. Probably for people who dont get out into the sunlight very often; you get vitamin D from sunlight.

 

AKDrifter

Member

• Nov 9, 2009

• #10

Funny thread, but true.

Alaska has lots of cases of depression, suicide, and alcoholism is extremely bad during the long periods of dark and dreary weather that winter brings. Unless you keep yourself busy and active it is hard on some folks. I know for a fact exercise a few days a week and a dose or two in the tanning bed works wonders.

I am not sure what the tanning bulbs are, but they fight seasonal affective disorder.

Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff

Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you're like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Less often, seasonal affective disorder causes depression in the spring or early summer.

Don't brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of the "winter blues" or a seasonal funk that you have to tough out on your own — you may have seasonal affective disorder. Treatment for seasonal affective disorder includes light therapy (phototherapy), psychotherapy and medications. Addressing the problem can help you keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year.

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Personally, tending to a dozen or so babies under a 600w HPS completely cures any seasonal depression, and at the end of 70days of this prescribed therapy the trimming ritual brings an elevated level of happiness.

 

Dr.NO

Active member

• Nov 9, 2009

• #11

I knew a kid who would sleep in the darkest places he could find like under the bed or in a closet so for some reason his parents put a big light (not sure what kind) over his bed to make him not do that and it worked. Pretty weird.

 

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Haps

stone fool

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• Nov 9, 2009

• #12

I think it does help me in deep winter.