SAD Lamps

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD lamps are designed to provide users with a light that has similar properties to that of natural daylight as studies have shown that such devices have a positive effect on the user. SAD Lamps are available for all budgets, tastes and situations.   some of the best are profiled here:

Lumie Desklamp

Buy the Lumie Desklamp from Ethical Superstore for £153.14

The Lumie Desklamp is a great idea if you tend to suffer the blues during the winter when there is less sunlight. The Lumie lamp is a desktop reading lamp that is designed to help those people who suffer from SAD or seasonal affective disorder. The Lumie is designed to lift the user’s mood and increase their levels of energy and concentration. The Lumie desklamp has an adjustable neck to give the preferred user position and dimmer control gives you a choice over what level of light you have.

The Lumie uses a daylight spectrum lamp that provides a natural form of light. This Lumie Desklamp is class 2a medically certified lamp and independent measuring shows that the lamp produces 10,000 lux or light intensity over a spread of 22 centimetres. The Lumie comes with a three year guarantee and can be used on your desk to provide you with discreet lighting therapy while you are working.

Lightship 4 in 1 Therapy SAD Lamp

Buy the Lightship 4 in 1 Therapy Lamp from Lloyds Pharmacy for £154.80

The Lightship 4 in 1 is a therapy lamp and light box for anyone who suffers from seasonal affective disorder, SAD. This light box is designed to produce sound therapy as well as natural light to the user. The Lightship 4 in 1 has six categories of 24 different sounds, aiding concentration, and therapy for depression, comfort for beauty, relaxation, meditation and sleep. The Lightship has a stereo 2x2 watt sound system and the maximum light of the therapy lamp is 5000 Lux. Besides light and sound therapy, the Lightship 4 in 1 also offers aromatherapy. There are three kinds of aromatherapy, depending on the user’s needs and preferences:

• Lavender
• Rosemary
• Jasmine

The Anion output or output for the aromatherapy has a maximum of 2,000,000 ion/cm3. The Lightship 4 in 1 therapy lamp is an ideal choice for those people who need a combination of therapies to help alleviate the depression that is a result of seasonal affective disorder. The properties of the Lightship 4 in 1 can be used for relaxation and meditation purposes, as well as to lift the user’s mood and increase concentration.

Natural Sunrise Alarm Clock- Dawn Simulator - SAD Light Box

Buy the Natural Sunrise Alarm Clock from Amazon for £39.99

The Natural Sunrise Alarm Clock is a dawn simulator, that is to say it is designed to provide people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder or SAD, with the same effect as sunrise. The sunrise effect begins fifteen minutes before the time the alarm is set to go off. The clock has adjustable luminosity for use in light therapy and a digital, LED clock display with adjustable brightness that is designed to simulate sunlight.

The clock has 3 pre-programmed wake up alarm settings to suit individual needs, the alarm on the Sunrise alarm clock is also programmed to auto repeat. The Sunrise alarm clock is two appliances in one as it provides the user with an LED light, in addition to the clock. The Sunrise is small enough to fit on most nightstands, while at the same time being large enough to provide a source of light that enables the user to awake feeling more refreshed and energised.

Lumie Brightspark SAD Light Box

Buy the Lumie Brightspark Light Box from Amazon for £115.00

The Lumie Brightspark Light Box is designed to provide therapy to people who suffer from SAD, or seasonal affective disorder.  The light box has a clock with an LED digital display with adjustable brightness, all of which helps to improve sleep disorders and give a boost to the user’s energy and concentration. It is perfect for people who need an energy boost in the afternoon or who struggle to make it out of bed on dark winter mornings.

The Lumie Brightspark provides the user with summary light that is designed to treat the effects of LAD and depression. You can use the light box anywhere at home or at work whenever your concentration and energy need a boost, it has a compact and versatile design that will fit into any setting. The Brightspark is manufactured by leading provider of SAD devices, Lumie and has a class 2a medical certification.

Bio Sunlight Bulb

Buy BioBulb from Gizoo for £12.95

Finally there is also an option to turn your existing lamp or light fitting into a source of artificial sunlight.  BioBulb is one of the closest replicas of natural sunlight and uses 75% less energy than a standard bulb.  Available in 60 and 100 watt versions, the manufactures claim that one hour spent in the presence of two 100 watt bulbs gives the same benefits as an expensive 3000 Lux light box.  They last a while too, with each bulb providing 10,000 hours saving energy illumination.  The saving in energy being possible because the light provided by a standard 100 watt bulb is acheived using only 25 watts of consumption.  If you want to improve your mood, night-time sleep and daytime energy then the BioBulb can give you this a fraction of the cost of SAD Lamp.

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