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In regards to the Seasonal Affective Disorder since the last post, I've tried to take melatonin at night (when I remember and its not too late) to reset my sleep melatonin cycle. Sometimes, the melatonin cycle gets skewed to not "shut off" until mid-day, hence the half asleep feeling SAD sufferers mention.

The daylight balanced bulbs at 5500k were VERY REASONABLE ON EBAY, so do a search on 5500k cfl and see what you come up with. They also set mood, motivation and concentration.

A bit about light and mood: 5500k bulbs simulate noon daylight necessary for mood change if winter blahs are effecting you. CRI- color rendering index- of a bulb should be at least 90... but many daylight bulbs don't have the cri rating listed. For the price and the money saved getting bright screw-in florescents, they're worth getting anyway. Amazon is another good place to find these. Do a search and see what you come up with. Don't hesitate to email me with questions :)

I'm not making any money from this testimony, I honestly feel 100% better. Motivation/energy has returned, and my thinking is no where near as sluggish. It feels so good not to be wandering through thick, mental mud~ I just wanted to be able to function, but I'm happy, too, which is more than I had expected and I'm grateful.

Warning to those in their 20’s and below: Some of these conditions we may be predisposed to starts to rear their heads the older we get- and YES, it will happen to you. No one told me this, this is why I’m relaying some wisdom so you can be prepared. There will come a time, if you’re lucky to live through life’s phases, when issues are no longer shielded by the wonderful buffer of youth. Some issues are inherent from early on: I always thought I had end of semester fatigue in college, but I think it was the cycle starting to poke its way through. Year by year, it'd been growing.

Its a pain to have to get used to the body you live in all over again over and over. But it happens to all of us. Just when you learned and got used to your abilities, its morphed or snatched away all together! That old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be ;)

On that subject, I did a poem on a painting about it: sunflowers without color, just a hard, reflective metallic "shadow" of their usual luminous, sunny transparent glory. The leaves have much yellow and brown, not new growth signifying vitality~ and the sky is a dark weight of cooler colors. It made my mind wander to the way some viewers have hard times with darker pieces- it amazes me how difficult it is to understand forces beyond our control and judge others accordingly. Some will even go so far as to cut off their own painful experiences so much so that they ostracize a painting/artist for expressing theirs. A reaction is much more about the reactor than the catalyst.

In this case, it felt good to get it out and accept it. Wisdom comes from acceptance~ circumstances truly undergo change. Because of the realization, I'm going to take a break from most things from Nov. 1 to when people go back to school/jobs in January- and then, at a slower pace. But not this year, its starting out with a bang.
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