Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder?

Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by gpsx on Saturday October 19, 2019 @11:41PM (#21302196)

I’m not sure what kind of light therapy you did. I would recommend trying a tanning salon. Try to find beds with high UVB (the “bad” kind). This is better fir getting vitamin D. And they are the cheap beds too. You do t need to stay in long enough to get much of a tan. I feel better after a single session. I do 1 or two short sessions a week.

However, I also crave regular light. So me assumption is that visible light serves a purpose also.

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by Jefro118 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @08:11AM (#21303632)

Hmm, I'd actually never thought of using a tanning salon as an extreme form of light therapy, I might have to try that out. I'm just using a lightbox myself.

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by rswail on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:07AM (#21302529)

Just as a matter of safety, UV tanning is a great way to get melanomas. That's why they've been banned (commercially) in Australia.

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder? by gpsx on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:52PM (#21305319)

I'm not sure it is worse than getting the same amount of UV from the Sun. But, when I go to a tanning salon, I do see some people who overdue it. I would agree that is bad.

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