Interview

After interviewing a sufferer of SAD it is now clear that there is a gap in the market for a new product.
Here are some of my findings,
It is a very confusing thing, at first you do not know what it is?
Once diagnosed you really have to plan your life around it which becomes a strain.
The main thing is the changing hours of daylight throughout the year which made me think of the photperiodism of plants again. So it is not necessarily the amount of light.
You can get drugs to help you when you are down but a lot of sufferers tend not to go for these, many for job related reasons.
The best thing to do other than using light boxes and changing your daily routine over the winter months is to try and go away on holiday over these months to somewhere that has more daylight hours.
I was told that the only thing that would pretty much cure it or make it easier to live with would be to either get a summer based job or to permanently move to somewhere around the equator where SAD is pretty much non existent due to the more regular hours of sunlight a day.
The longest day can also mess things up and make you feel extremely energetic at times.
It is clear that if you suffer from Sad it is hard to cope on your own and you need the aid of friends and family there are also organisations and forums where people can discuss new products and ways of coping.
I have joined a few to try and get some more feedback and information on SAD