Verilux Light Therapy

Verilux Natural Spectrum light will make you feel like you are on a beach in the Caribbean during the cloudy rainy days of spring. You may not spend as much time outdoors as you would like, or maybe long winter months leave you sluggish. Light is healing and natural light not only helps us feel rejuvenated but is also an effective treatment for winter blues and other non seasonal mood swings. Light therapy promotes the body's natural energy enhancers to lift spirits, improve concentration and energy levels. Verilux is the leader in developing products that emulate natural sunlight using full spectrum lighting technology. The therapeutic light system bathes you in natural spectrum "sunlight" to help address the effects of reduced exposure to natural light.

mood enhancement Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, winter blues, or seasonal depression, is a medical condition caused by the seasonal change in the amount of available sunlight.

SAD affects as much as 10% of the population. SAD is most pronounced in the north, with a greater daylight variance from summer to winter. SAD affects women more than men by almost a 3 to 1 ratio. SAD's symptoms in its milder form- "winter blues' includes a lack of energy, depression, listlessness, and food cravings for sweets and carbohydrates. SAD's more debilitating form includes problems sleeping, change in appetite or weight, loss of memory, lack of concentration, sometimes even severe depression and confusion.

People who suffer from winter blues or seasonal affective disorder experience normal mental health throughout most of the year and depressive symptoms appear in the winter months. Loss of natural light may be from long winters, rainy wather, night shift work, airplane travel and subsequent jet lag or even a lifestyle that requires you to be indoors most of the day.

Sitting or working by your Verilux HAPPYLIGHT will reduce the symptoms of SAD or the winter blues. Please consult your medical doctor or mental health provider if your symptoms of depression are preventing you from completing your daily activities, or causing you to feel like harming yourself or others, or if your symptoms are not going away. Please do not go off medication or change clinical recommendations without consulting your healthcare provider.