Disruption of sleeping patterns and fatigue
Disruption of sleeping patterns
Symptoms
- Falling asleep early in the evening
- Difficulty in getting to sleep
- Disruption of sleep
- Early morning awakening
Cause
Generally it can be attributed to a disruption of the circadian rhythms (body clock). This could be due to many factors, such as a holiday with a large time change that you were unable to re adapt to the UK time, having worked shifts for many years, or perhaps had a spell of illness that caused it.Whatever the cause, what we generally find with people who use the lightboxes for purely sleep patterns is that the longer you have had the problem the longer it will take to get back to 'normal'.
It is not a 'quick fix' for sleep disorders but it can in many cases work well given time.
Fatigue
This is one of the most common symptoms of S.A.D. and even if you do not have any of the other symptoms you can still benefit from using a lightbox.Light therapy has been shown to be very effective in increasing energy levels and for this reason alone it is well worth using a lightbox.
Light Therapy can:
- Alleviate tiredness and increase alertness
- Increase energy levels
- Help sleep problems
- Ease anxiety problems
- Reduce the craving for carbohydrates
- Increase libido
