10 Comments
User's avatar
Dana's avatar

As a parent of a young adult with bipolar, I wonder about phones as a source of blue light. You can put cell phones on "night mode," which is more amber. Is all this irrelevant? My bad if so (and yes, I know the connection between cell phone use and insomnia, insomnia mania connection). Thanks.

Expand full comment
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar

I don't actually know if this is meaningfully useful, I do know it's theoretically useful. But I haven't actually seen the day, and I should probably look.

Expand full comment
Dana's avatar

Thank you.

Expand full comment
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar

So very welcome

Expand full comment
Jeddy Yuan's avatar

Interesting that you call BPD a mood disorder second. Living in Ithaca NY for two years decidedly shifted my sleep/wake patterns around sunlight exposure.

Expand full comment
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar

Generally we use BPD for borderline and BAD for bipolar in notes (bipolar affective disorder).

Expand full comment
Jeddy Yuan's avatar

Thanks for updating my knowledge!

Expand full comment
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar

Got you!

Expand full comment
Owen Scott Muir, M.D, DFAACAP's avatar

That is very much the idea!

Expand full comment
Stephen DeNagy, MD's avatar

Very good post. With my students the time of year and residents I tell them you can literally tell the time of year by looking at my schedule, suddenly populated with BPD-depressed clients. or those with SAD, or those yet undeclared BPD. one question i always have had is…is there an officual name for the third photoreceptor? It would be more convenient than a paragraph every tine I discuss this very content.

Expand full comment