[partyboat1586]

Anyone looking for a cheap morning light box should consider a grow lamp. They are designed for plants but they work pretty well for humans too. You get a lot more power per dollar than the human ones which are usually at the bottom end of the required light output. If you pair it with a smart home relay (or microcontroller with relay module if you are so inclined) you can have it turn on automatically with your alarm.

I use a 100W 16x16 LED array grow lamp and if you're within 3ft it feels like a sunny day.

I also recommend if you think you might have DSPD that you get bloodwork for cortisol and prolactin. Some people who don't have the mutation still have the symptoms because their cortisol is permanently elevated (chronic stress) and only falls when they are exhausted. Both can be treated with a light box and relaxing activities in low light in the evening but if you have elevated cortisol you may also need to consider additional treatment option for chronic stress. It's also possible to have both because constantly being on a different sleep schedule to the rest of the world can cause chronic stress.

[mleonhard]

Can you tell us which LED grow lamp you use and which stand? I tried searching on Amazon but all of the product descriptions lie about their power usage.

[partyboat1586]

I just investigated and it seems my 100W lamp is actually only 35W but they lie about power usage because it's supposed to be equivalent brightness to a 100W incandescent bulb. Should have coped it when I noticed there was no cooling system (though it does get very hot). Either way the lamp I use is a Black Shark B07QVGNGM8 and even at 35W I can confirm it's still blindingly bright.

[nottorp]

Do you get regular police visits looking for weed with your grow lamp?

[toyg]

I know it was a joke, but just in case: one grow-lamp turned on for an hour in the morning is unlikely to trigger alerts. Growers usually run several lamps, and they keep them on most of the day - long enough to be comfortably captured on thermal cameras, which police tend to use at night anyway.