I can only sympathise with your predicament as I also suffer from severe SAD, which I didn't know until I got to UK and its short winter days. My doctor advised to either get a light box or take some Fluoxetine. I didn't fancy the pills and I couldn't afford a new light box, so I grabbed a second hand one for £48 on Ebay. It works wonderfully and in all the years I've been using it I've never had a problem with it. As for not having one hour a day to use it, that can easily be solved. Firstly, I was advised to use it 1/2 hour a day and that has always been PLENTY to zap my SAD into oblivion. Secondly, you don't have to do it in one session, you can do 10 minutes here and 10 minutes there, as long as it adds to 30 minutes and it's not too near your time to go to sleep (4/5 hours is a safe margin). This means that you could simply have it at work, at the desk you sit at, and use it in the intervals between your emergency calls. You can find as many reasons to object as you wish but the truth is that your mental health is important and the light box WILL make a big difference on your wintery outlook. Good luck.