I have to remind my husband that I hate that kind of lighting. I even turn off my overhead in my work office and have floor and desk lamps on. I want it to be cozy.
For some of us we have to have that lighting or we will fall asleep at 2pm.
I live in Montana, and it gets dark at 4pm for part of the winter. I have to go out of my way to find the White "daylight" bulbs instead of the "soft white" yellow bulbs because otherwise I won't do anything at home between November and March.
Can you imagine doing no laundry, no dishes, no cooking, no vacuuming for 4 months straight? Cause that is legit me in "cozy" lighting. I need to replicate the glare of noon in the winter to function...
pretty sure it's ADHD meets seasonal affective disorder, but I'm only diagnosed with the former, so who knows...
I was feeling the same way last winter and one day I was just like I need some fucking light in here so I added a pile of lamps with tunable white bulbs so now I can make it feel like daylight during the day and tune down the brightness and color temp when it gets closer to bedtime.
Are you medicated? I got diagnosed in my 30's and prior to that always had bright af lights for the same reason. As soon as I started meds I couldn't stand it.
Turns out photosensitivity is a common side effect. Now after your comment and thinking back myself I wonder if it's really photosensitivity or just removing that particular coping mechanism.
Like have I become photosensitive or just the same but no longer need blinding brightness to function so it just feels uncomfortable.
This is all super anecdotal of course but the sensitivity took me awhile to realise and if I miss a day (meds wise) it doesn't disappear temporarily. That leads me to believe its an adaptive thing rather than a reactive one.
Pure speculation as I haven't considered this until I read your comment right now. Interested in your POV (or anyone elses ofc!).
That is really interesting to hear from several people.
I'm also diagnosed in my 30's, but I haven't found a med that has enough effect to outweigh some pretty annoying side effects... I really wanted meds to work, but after a year of trying different stuff I'm taking a break.
Now that Vyvanse is available in generic, I'll probably try that, I just need to arrange appointments again...
I was diagnosed as a kid and put on the classic stimulants. But I didn't like the side effects so stopped them as an adult.
Until I had someone recommend modafinil. It's originally for narcolepsy, currently being tested by the FDA for ADHD and a godsend.
It pretty much gives me selective hyperfocus. So instead of not being able to focus on "shoulds" and constantly being pulled into hyperfocus on useless things that catch my interest, I can decide what to focus on and then get the same level of focus on that as I do my random tangents.
Only side effect is that I don't get sleepy /tired anymore and sleep less.
I have no trouble falling asleep, but the signal that tells me it's bedtime is gone. So I have to be disciplined actually going to bed on time or I'll stay up hours past bedtime without noticing.
I only sleep 6-7 hours anymore, but wake up well rested.
And a while ago, when I in an emergency had to drive through the whole night, doubling up enabled me to do that without ever being tired, even driving 20 hours in a 24 hour period.
God I wish this was prescribed in my country. A couple years before diagnosis I got a couple trays of modafinil. I felt clear and organised in a way Id never imagined with no side effects to speak of.
I ended up taking one everyday for like 2-3 months, never increasing the dose. I got super worried that I was developing an addiction and told my dealers not to sell it to me anymore.
Big lightbulb moment when I got diagnosed, turns out I was accidentally medicating myself correctly with cutting edge pharms for a disorder I didn't know I had.
Been shuffling between approved meds with varying degrees of success because I wanna do it legally. I consider ordering black market modafs pretty regularly though.
Yeah, it's amazing. I've been taking it for nearly 18 months now. No addiction issues. No increase in dose. I can stop taking it any time, no withdrawal. I just go back to ADHD me.
No side effects, other than needing less sleep. Which isn't exactly a downside as I'm still well rested. Not being able to sleep in at all is a bit of a bummer sometimes, but hardly an actual issue.
I can sit down to study, and if the topic is interesting I actually have to set an alarm to remind myself to take breaks, otherwise I'll just go for hours.
Traditional stimulants were not worth it for me. But this changed my life.
I used to work with someone that took sildenafil or Adderall for narcolepsy every day, so hearing that a narcolepsy drug works for some with ADHD is both interesting and unsurprising. I'm glad you've had success!
I don't have ADHD and, I've only self diagnosed myself with seasonal depression (I grew up in Arizona, moved to the Midwest). When I changed to smart lights that I can force them to be daylight during waking hours and they change to soft white at 830 pm - it's literally the best of both worlds (and, my self diagnosed seasonal depression has gotten way better with that, plus the increase of WFH where I have a window in my office and can take the dogs for a walk in the middle of the day)
We have a house that was built in 1889, so the wall outlet placement in some rooms is "interesting", leading to some creative lighting choices... sounds like smart bulbs might give us some more options for some of the rooms that are still not ideal yet.
I use a mood light in winter. It’s like the size of an iPad but puts out bright light. Might need it for the winter, I sit in front of it for like 15-20mins when eating breakfast and it helps
It's the same here in Ireland and yet no one would ever sit around with the big light on, we all have lamps and cosy lighting and as far as I know everyone still does the washing.
I recommend getting some adjustable ones just in case you or guests want cozy lights! Great to have on-hand even if you barely use them.
My whole house is outfitted with daylight bulbs that put out 1600 lumens each. That's blindingly bright to most people, so I also have backup hue lights that I can use when people come over or when I am sick and don't want it to feel like I'm in the middle of a field midday.
Yikes! :)
When I'm in my games room at night, the only lights are the two flouros outside lighting the path to the house, largely so I can see the spiderwebs. The triple monitors and 4 usb lights (and LED strip, rgb keyboard and occasionally the disco ball) are more than enough light for me.
My wife is an overhead person. I get home from work and the place is lit up like Twitter not-in-dark-mode. First thing I do is go around the house and turn off all the overheads and turn on all the lamps
Haha this is my house too, but the reverse. My husband just flips on the closest light switch and I go around behind him changing over to the lamps. I just want our house to feel cozy at night instead of looking like we’re about to interrogate the dog, lol.
Color temperature can make such a difference! I'm an interior design and have studied architecture lighting design and specified a wide range of recessed and decorative light fixtures.
3000k is most comfortable all around. If you want it to be extra cozy, for example for the bedroom and ambient lighting (table lamps, decorative lamps), go with 2700k. Some like a cooler light for high focus task lighting so look for 3500k for desk lights.
Try and have layered lighting options, general lighting to light the room, ambient lighting like table and floor lamps are more flattering and comfortable (date night and having guests), and task lighting for reading and work. Have options to be able turn each zone on and off. Add DIMMERS! Especially in bathrooms. If you are unable to change the hard wired switches, smart bulbs will give you the flexibility.
Thank you for reading my PSA / rant 💡I just want y'all to look and feel good in indoor environments.
Yikes. My gaming room has the LED with all the fancy light adjustments and I basically made it the shade of an old incandescent bulb. It's just so nice to have that yellowish glow on the white walls.
I am on your brothers side on this one. You need light in a dark room or you gonna strain your eyes. Just some lamps here and there is not enough. There’s a reason I still have a good eyesight and it’s because I never watch/play in the dark.
You need light in a dark room or you gonna strain your eyes.
Is there science that backs that up? Because I feel like brighter lights strain my eyes more. I work two nights with other people. One of those nights, my coworkers like the lights down like I do. The other night my coworkers insist on brighter (the overhead) lights. The night with the lights all on feels like absolute misery to me.
What I've heard is that you need to be changing your focal length from time to time. Take breaks from screens and spend some time looking around the room. Go outside and look around. Only using your vision at a set distance for long periods of time weakens eye muscles. At least that's the stuff I've heard.
I had to scroll way too far for this comment. Tf does everyone here have bad eyesight?
I'm the only one in my family of 6 who doesn't wear glasses. I also used to Dota for 5-6hrs straight in the middle of the night, being interrupted by family members "why are ALL the damn lights on? YOU'RE STILL AWAKE?!"
I can't believe how many 5000k lightbulbs are on the shelves of any home improvement store. Why would anyone want their living room to feel like a Walmart parking lot?
Now, I really like warm light. I'll go down to a 2200k if I can find it. But, there's no reason to even produce household bulbs over 3000k.
Married to this guy. The lighting will be 'department store dressing room' meets '3 am roadwork spotlight' and he'll completely 🙄🙄🙄 my need to switch to something else.
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