Later Mornings; Earlier Evenings

As the days shorten down in the rush to the Winter Solstice, we the Winter Challenged can, without treatment, feel our energy fading, being squeezed, perhaps, by the collapsing day.

We know that treatments by a powerful (10,000 lux) light source can help improve our mood and energy level. But perhaps some do not know that a SunRise Clock can "set the table" for a light therapy treatment.

A SunRise Clock is one that fades up in the morning to brightness, and fades down in the evening to dark. It wakes a person by flooding his or her room with light, not sound. (Although they do have back up alarms, if made by BioBrite.) This mini light therapy has been found in small tests to enhance the effectiveness of standard light therapy.

For the Winter Challenged, who need every advantage we can get when fighting off SAD, the SunRise Clock starts a day with light when we need it most.