A Ray of Sunlight.

People who don`t know Kim (Mrs Noah) well are always surprised to learn that she suffers from occasional depression, sometimes very severely. At these times her normal positive and practical outlook becomes timid and sad and in the past has almost led to suicide. These tendencies are controlled to an extent by a medicine which is normally effective, but has the disadvantage that it is bad for her heart, and thus must be kept to the bare minimum. This has led to occasional crises, which often occur in mid-winter, a time she finds particularly trying.
  We have long suspected that she suffers from S.A.D. seasonal affective disorder, which can sometimes be helped by sitting in front of a light-box which mimics the sunlight which her body craves. This is quite different from a fake-tan machine of course, and is thought to work by deceiving the brain into feeling that it is sitting in the sun..
  Anyway we decided to order a box (from the Net, of course) and it arrived a couple of weeks ago. I must admit that my hopes of a miracle cure were not high but I was glad to be proved wrong!! Since she has been using the box her mood has improved tremendously, and she has recovered her usual confidence and cheerfulness, without,of course, needing any extra medication. We are both very happy with the effect of this simple device. Kim is going to use it until the hour changes and will recommence on a preventative basis in the Autumn.
    A really miraculous outcome to a life-threatening illness. Does anyone else recognise these symptoms in themselves? Perhaps a light-box could help them, too.
 

    Bye for now, got to walk the dogs.