I should try one sometime, I decided: There is no comparison between the energy I feel on sunny days and the lethargy that takes over in cloudy, rainy weather.
So last year I bought a sun lamp with blue light - but it had technical problems I couldn't resolve - so I returned the lamp. This year I decided to try again - and purchased a different kind of lamp.
I have 30 days to see if it works for me or not. If not, I'll be able to return it - but I'm running into one problem after another just trying to set it up!
It requires a very specific location - the blue light (from the lamp I got last year) could shine on my face from the side. But this lamp requires a specific location - straight in front of the face - 30 centimeters (12 inches) away - at eye level.
It has been hard for me to find a precise location like that. The lamp is too large to fit on my desk without my totally clearing the desk - and that's next to impossible! To further complicate matters, my desk is in an older part of our 50 year-old house - where the power outlets are two-prong... and this lamp requires a three-prong outlet!
So today found me moving furniture to try to set up the lamp in our new family room (which has three-prong outlets) - so that I can try it out for a few days to see if it works - and cheers me up - or simply gives me a headache (which the instructions warn could happen!)
To further complicate the situation, the weather this past week has - for the most part - been warm and sunny. Will we get any grey days before my 30-day trial period is over?! I don't know!
I just know that when I picked up the box a few days ago, getting a sun lamp seemed like a great idea... But today, after all the obstacles I'm encountering, I'm starting to wonder if it's worth all the effort!
Some things in life aren't as easy as they look!
So how did it work out in the end?
ReplyDeleteI only used it that one winter. I thought of using it this winter - but was waiting to feel really "blue" and it didn't happen. I think a person needs to have a really good location for the lamp so as not to sit too close. At times, when I did, I felt it was giving me a headache.
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