Lumie dawn simulator

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HellsBells Oct 2013 11:59am, 30 Oct 2013 16,331 posts	0 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	0 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	0 GregP Details, OyBo, please? Didn't know about the VAT thing
Meglet Oct 2013 12:16pm, 30 Oct 2013 13,326 posts	0 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	0 Meglet this is mine amazon.co.uk but it's unavailable now
DeeTee Oct 2013 12:18pm, 30 Oct 2013 846 posts	0 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	0 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	0 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	0 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	0 GregP Please do - and thanks Meglet.