feel better instantly

I bought a light visor recently so am new to it all.

When I'm down, sometimes when using my light visor. I notice that I feel instantly better when I'm using it. Is this normal to notice so quickly
or is this just a placebo effect I'm experiencing.

Thanks Helena

To add to this, I've used it for a month but when I'm actually using it I feel better almost instantly.

I dont have a light visor. I use my light box. But I find the idea of being bathed in a warm comforting light so fantastic, I dont really want to turn it off.

My light box works by instantly recharging my batteries, so after just one session, I feel motivated and ready to go.

Me x

Nicki if you close your eyes and and place your hand over them just before you turn off, then remove hand and open eyes some 5 seconds later, you won't notice the contrast so much if at all. I started doing this because like you, I disliked the difference. And walking into doors, tables and the like.

nobody is really in a position to tell you that it is a placebo- you will have to work that out for yourself since the effects are different on each person-certainly it is acceptable to reject the hypothesis that it is a placebo.

I was just taking a walk in Home Depot, looking for batteries or some such item. I walked by the lighting department and felt so compelled to go over and look at this one light. It's a bright full-spectrum desk lamp.

A few months later, I finally bought it for my desk at work. Other people are commenting that it makes the office feel cheerier. One co-worker said he actually felt drawn to it and didn't realize how light-deprived he has been. Pittsburgh is a dark, overcast city.

So, in watching other's reaction to my light, I have to say it's not all in my head at all.

I look at it this way. We're part of nature in the sense that we're still biological creatures. Living indoors is more comfortable, but our body still uses the sun to produce certain vitamins we need and to regulate our sleep/wake cycles. If you look at it that way, it's hardly far-fetched.

Dad didn't believe in it. Well, we had a pet cockatiel who got really sick... was laying at the bottom of the cage. The vet told us to buy a full-spectrum light for the bird... Apparently, it wasn't getting the vitamins it needed without the light. We used the light and he lived for years after that! He had been so sick we thought he'd surely die.
Strangely, it took the birds' illness for my father to quit cracking jokes about my special lights!