Happy Lite

Winter blah's got you down?  Not me. Two years ago I bought a happy lite and this year I have also added whole food vitamin D to my regime.  Since I am in a windowless office and rarely go outside during the day during the winter I get almost zero sunlight.  The happy lite is a broad spectrum light that you use for 1/2 hour in the morning and 1/2 hour in the afternoon. It is equivelent to the RDA of sunshine.  There is a lot of research on treatments for seasonal affectiveness disorder (SAD) and this is one of them. When I first got it last year my co-workers would walk by and ask me about it and some of them would tease me about how bright it is. It is very bright. This year a few of them have asked me where I got it and they are starting to appear around elsewhere around my office suite.  It has vastly improved my mood during the winter; I use it November through April and I find that I don't leave work feeling exhausted. I bought one for my mom and SD and they both tell me it is also working for them.