Light Box Bipolar

There are some cases in which light therapy may not be advisable such as if you have bipolar disorder.

Light box bipolar. Each day at. Both john hopkins medical center and the mayo clinic caution that light boxes may arouse manic symptoms if used without supervision but both prestigious centers nod to dr. Phototherapy also known as light therapy and light box therapy is the use of light to treat disorders it has been classically used to treat both seasonal and non seasonal depression and may also be effective for people with bipolar disorder. If you have eye conditions such as eye damage glaucoma or cataracts you should consult with your ophthalmologist before using a light box.

Increasing exposure too fast or using the light box for too long each time may induce manic symptoms if you have bipolar disorder. Light therapy can help treat depression that s part of seasonal affective disorder but it hasn t worked so well for treating bipolar disorder. Light therapy may help some with bipolar disorder. The study participants were told to place the light box about one foot from their face for 15 minutes between noon and 2 30 p m.

It may come down to when people are exposed to light. Light therapy for bipolar is different if you already have figured out you have some degree of bipolarity then you ll need to be more careful with light therapy than someone using it for winter blues seasonal affective disorder sad.