I believe I have now successfully recovered from my biggest mental problems. Lithium orotate did help my case but very slowly, and after reading about light therapy and how effective it was for adjusting the circadian rhythm, I decided to get a lightbox. I found out about DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) and how light therapy could resolve it in less than a week by shining light from the light box to your eyes.
At the moment there were two popular light technologies on these devices; blue and white light. The white light found in these devices normally emits 10,000 lux and simulates the light exposed to from the sun which contains a spectrum of different lights, with each behaving and affects us differently. Blue light being one of them, triggers a certain hormone in our body that makes us feel more energetic and helps regulating the circadian clock. Blue light devices normally emits 200 lux as an optimal strength and usually costs more than regular white light devices. However, despite the outstanding benefit from blue light, some still recommends white light for this type of therapy. The lightbox I got was the cheapest which used white light with 10,000 lux. The product was mainly commercialized for sleep deprivation and included instructions on how to use it.
After only the first three days of 30 minute therapy, 6 am each morning, I experienced the same feeling like I used to do at the evening but now by the time I woke up and lasted throughout the day. It looks like my ADD symptoms are gone and I am more stimulated and social. Although my mental energy is there, my sleep cycle is dysregulated because I still have energy from 8 PM to 2 AM which makes me deprived of sleep the coming day. I've read that light therapy can advance the circadian clock, but can take weeks to reset it. I read how you can combine light therapy along with melatonin to treat the two aspects of DSPS. Melatonin being very effective at advancing the circadian clock, had already fixed my sleep cycle after my first dosage.
I find it quite fascinating how much this has impacted my life, knowing how I've been this way since childhood, how I've been on many medications for anxiety, how they tried to diagnose me with a psychosis and ADD, and how I recovered in just three days by looking into light. I even described how I changed during the evenings but was never taken into account. DSPS is said to be difficult to diagnose, but should still get more attention before being given an antipsychotic, at least in my psychiatry system. Because I've only been like this for a week, I am acknowledging the chance that this could be something unrelated to DSPS.
I would like to give special thanks to @jack black for pointing this out. If anyone have anything relevant to my experience within this forum topic then I can try to help you out.
References:
https://www.verywell...latonin-3015192
https://www.sad.co.u...white-light.htm
Edited by Auzer, 17 August 2018 - 03:14 PM.
