It's... jarring to get up from my desk, which faces away from a window and has a very bright full spectrum light in my eyes all day, to see that it's pitch black outside. Kinda like someone dropped a big piece of black velvet cloth over the building.
But then, it's winter solstice in a bit over a month. Longest night of the year, and such.
Speaking of which, I feel like I'm a bit more... stable at this point than I think I normally am at this time of the year. I wonder if the fact that I've managed to successfully be taking SAM-e regularly for almost two weeks now, plus constant bright light source, plus mostly regular light box use, might actually be helping enough to keep me stable? We'll see when it's closer to the really _bad_ part of the winter, since this is more the randomly changing between up and down part of the season.
And being loopy from being sick and sleepy may also be affecting my not being down-ness.
Interesting. I shall continue to watch my mood.
But then, it's winter solstice in a bit over a month. Longest night of the year, and such.
Speaking of which, I feel like I'm a bit more... stable at this point than I think I normally am at this time of the year. I wonder if the fact that I've managed to successfully be taking SAM-e regularly for almost two weeks now, plus constant bright light source, plus mostly regular light box use, might actually be helping enough to keep me stable? We'll see when it's closer to the really _bad_ part of the winter, since this is more the randomly changing between up and down part of the season.
And being loopy from being sick and sleepy may also be affecting my not being down-ness.
Interesting. I shall continue to watch my mood.