Hi sugargremlin,
Lucky you, lots of sunshine! Post the link, I am interested. My husband is using our Phillips blue light but perhaps he would be interested. Depression runs in his family (his brother is the one with undiagnosed bi-polar) and he suffers bouts of it.
My mom is the one who was diagnosed with narcolepsy 20 years ago and who helped me through the system with her GP, so I was able to get a sleep study (which didn’t give enough info for the sleep doc to diagnose me then). She recognized the symptoms in me. So I am just being a little pain-in-the-butt whenever I hear anyone having sleep issues that persist. It’s not normal! I’m helping fulfil my mom’s nature of wanting to help others once we’ve been helped ourselves. Sounds silly, but one family friend said my mom helped save her life by getting her to pursue a proper diagnosis (she has trigeminal nerve issues and now epileptic seizures), so much that she made a large donation to set up a bursary at the music program at a local university when my mom passed away. I’m not trying to follow in my mom’s footsteps, but it makes such a difference in the quality of one’s life to have a proper diagnosis and treatment, it’s worth the effort.
I have also struggled with my own GP, who thinks I just want performance-enhancing drugs and has probably labelled me a problem patient. I am very grateful to the ADHD specialist that I saw, because he is the one who, after reviewing everything and concluding that I had “textbook ADHD”, refused to issue a final report without a sleep study. I guess sleep disorders can present as ADHD, so if you have any sleep issues, it’s a good idea to get them diagnosed properly as treatment could be very different (such as sleep apnea). Then assessment and treatment for ADHD can proceed for the residual issues, which is what my ADHD specialist said he’d look at.
I may not have ADHD either, but the meds I am taking are good for both narcolepsy and ADHD, I think, so I am covered either way 
– the narcolepsy is a more “acceptable” diagnosis for my GP because it’s backed up by diagnostic data.
Keep in touch, I am interested to hear about the books, how they fit with your symptoms, and any techniques that are helpful for you.
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