Choosing a Light Therapy Lamp: The Most Important Thing

Choosing a light therapy device for SAD can be overwhelming.  There are a lot of products out there that claim to be therapeutic for seasonal depression.  There are sun lamps, blue lights, dawn simulators, and more.  How do you know which ones will help you?

Fortunately there's a single feature that's shared by the most effective light therapy devices: they all emit 10,000 lux.

What the heck is a "lux"?  It's a unit of light measurement.  And 10,000 lux is the amount of sunlight you receive when you're outside on a sunny summer afternoon.

Since the point of light therapy is to trick your body into thinking it isn't winter, you can see how important it is to simulate summer.  If your light therapy lamp emits 10,000 lux, it will treat your seasonal affective disorder.  You have chosen wisely.

Here are some SAD therapy lamps that emit 10,000 lux.

As you can see, you've got a lot of options in terms of price, size, and type.  Whether you want a small task lamp, a large desk lamp, or a floor lamp, you can get your 10,000 lux.