Just got a red bulb for the lamp in my bedroom. According to the

[applegrove]

http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=148477&messages=2

"Nature of Things" on CBC television, white light includes blue which is wake up light. A red light encourages melatonin which fights off depression, cancer, obesity, and sleep problems. I read or watch a video he post until 3AM. So, if I do it with a red light perhaps I will be healthier. Afterall sunsets are red while at dawn the sky is very blue. Makes sense that I have been messing with my body by keeping such late hours with artificial white light.

[graywarrior]

1. I've been wanting to buy a colored light but could never decide on what color

Now I know! Thanks!

[applegrove]

2. The red light is not bright. I got one that was equivalent to a 60 Watt

bulb and it seems dim. But I yawned immediately. The other red bulbs they had in the store were 25 Watt. So they are much weaker in terms of brightness. FYI.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Happily, these are also available as CFLs!

Different colors of CFLs are sold at Walgreen here in California.

[applegrove]

5. When I asked the store clerk at the hardware store for the red lights that help you sleep

she knew exactly what I was talking about. They are good for people who do shift work.

[graywarrior]

4. Thankie!

[freshwest]

11. I've heard that lights in the bedroom should be red to keep from waking one up.

Alarm clocks, etc. Thanks for the idea of actually doing something while awake with the red light. I'll try one of those. I do have a tibetan rock salt lamp with a sort of pinkish glow.

Our dearly beloved -by me, anyway- commie light company came in and replaced almost all the lights with CFLs that don't hum. For free and they did all the work. They take a while, but it's like midday sun in the tropics once they get going. Extremely white light. Which is good as we don't get much daylight here.

They are just as good as the full spectrum lamps I bought to reset my internal clock and ward off clinical depression symptoms and all of that you talked about there. I still have them, but with these others I don't know if I will use them now. They did the job. Directions were to use them for not less than half an hour to an hour in the morning to reset one's sleep cycle, maintain concentration, etc.

It was humbling to realize sunlight was effective to combat symptoms as I don't use medication. I grew up in an area nearer the equator and didn't realize what I was missing for a long time. I love the higher latitudes but it was affecting me.

[Xyzse]

6. Thanks, I may have to try that

I have a really hard time sleeping.

[LiberalAndProud]

7. I'm going to have to try that.

Thanks for sharing.

[av8rdave]

8. Draw the curtains!

It may send the wrong message to passers by.

[ohiosmith]

10. I made $36.00 the first week I had mine!

[applegrove]

12. I had not thought of that. Thankfully I'm in a non busy driveway, not the street.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Be sure to keep your blinds and curtains closed when using a red light.

You might be mistaken for a certain type of business establishment.