You will continue to get Explanations of Benefits in the mail, which gives details on your reimbursements. SAD Winter is here. Some of us will not see daylight on our way to and from work. Symptoms include melancholy moods, changes in sleeping habits, cravings for sweets and starch foods, and chronic fatigue. This may consist of sitting in front of bright, full-spectrum fluorescent lights for one to five hours a day or other approaches.
Depression often improves by the end of the first week of treatment.
Because it is a new approach to winter depression, the NIH recommends that light therapy be supervised by a health professional. Of course, sunlight can also be hazardous. UV is now more deadly than ever because the protective ozone layer that shields us from it is gradually melting away. The glasses should wrap around and fit closely, otherwise the rays get in from the side. Everyone needs a sunscreen lotion while out in the sun.