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Sunshine Treatment Report
See also: Sun Chlorella A, Sun for Vitamin D
What is Sunshine? Sunlight triggers an increase in the brain chemical serotonin. Serotonin controls sleep patterns, body temperature, sex drive, and also lifts your mood and wards off depression. Some people are extra sensitive to the lack of sunshine in the winter and may experience Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Reasons used
39 patients in the community are using or have used Sunshine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Depression | 12 | 30% |
| Other | 8 | 20% |
| General health | 6 | 15% |
| Aches and pains | 3 | 7% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 2% |
| Feel Good | 1 | 2% |
| joint pain | 1 | 2% |
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Sunshine or how long patients were using Sunshine before stopping.
Currently Using Sunshine
Stopped Using Sunshine
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Doctor's advice | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
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| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 60% | 3 |
| None | 40% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Social anxiety/phobia, sunburn
Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)
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- booklover
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: Some
- function: Little
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: most
- Description:F16y
- FM:1y Dx
- See profile
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by booklover
Apr 07, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsMild
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- sumbutterfly
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: Most
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: all
- Description:
- FM:3y Dx
- See profile
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by sumbutterfly
Mar 01, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsMild
- Aches and pains
- Advice/Tips
- It feels good, try it
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.