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Lumie dawn simulator

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HellsBells Oct 2013 11:59am, 30 Oct 2013 16,331 posts	Quote Pin HellsBells this is the one i have lumie.com you tick the box to say you have SAD when you order it and are then exempt from the vAT
Oysterboy Oct 2013 12:09pm, 30 Oct 2013 8,345 posts	Quote Pin Oysterboy I have a dawn simiulator alarm clock thingie and I really like it. I don't really have SAD but I find being wrenched from deep sleep in the pitch black dead of winter really hard to cope with. Mine gradually lightens then beeps at the pre-set time just in case the light doesn't wake you up, but I find I'm always awake by the time it beeps. It makes waking and getting up in winter much easier for me.
GregP Oct 2013 12:14pm, 30 Oct 2013 70,547 posts	Quote Pin GregP Details, OyBo, please? Didn't know about the VAT thing
Meglet Oct 2013 12:16pm, 30 Oct 2013 13,326 posts	Quote Pin Meglet I have one like Oysterboy's. A Phillips one. I don't use the alarm sound on it but I like the gradual wakeup, though I'm still rubbish at getting out of bed! It's a few years old so came with traditional lightbulbs, so I have to use a specific bulb for it now (which is energy saving but still quite a lot of watts), and it still buzzes a bit though the sound is supposedly off. It's not the most attractive sort of light but that doesn't really bother me.
Meglet Oct 2013 12:17pm, 30 Oct 2013 13,327 posts	Quote Pin Meglet this is mine amazon.co.uk but it's unavailable now
DeeTee Oct 2013 12:18pm, 30 Oct 2013 846 posts	Quote Pin DeeTee I also have one of those Dawn Simulator alarms. Absolute godsend in the winter months. Had it for about 5 years - great investment.
Gizzard Puke Oct 2013 12:25pm, 30 Oct 2013 171 posts	Quote Pin Gizzard Puke I have a SAD variant. I don't get the carbohydrate cravings, but get everything else, the depression, hyper somnolence etc. if you're going for a treatment dose of light it needs to be 10,000 lux at a distance of 45 - 60 centimetres for 30 - 60 minutes, dependent on your own needs.
Argie Oct 2013 12:26pm, 30 Oct 2013 10,292 posts	Quote Pin Argie amazon.co.uk look at the guys looking really happy in bed! like they have both just noshed each other off but her hair is not in a state so I guess it was the light. Shame.
Oysterboy Oct 2013 12:28pm, 30 Oct 2013 8,346 posts	Quote Pin Oysterboy I've had mine for a good 8 years and I can't remember the brand or see it online. I'll check tonight and let you know.
GregP Oct 2013 2:47pm, 30 Oct 2013 70,550 posts	Quote Pin GregP Please do - and thanks Meglet.