Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
As most insomnia suffers know, light can really mess-up your sleeping. Below is a link to an excellent article that describes how light affects sleep patterns, and how blue light is especially bad.
Within the article there is a link to Amazon.com for glasses that block out blue light. (BTW - - the writer/owner of this site is not selling these glasses just providing an example of a pair of glasses that he uses. He does not sell anything on his site, just random ads here and there.)
I decided to order a pair of glasses and they arrived yesterday. Very surreal looking through glasses that block the blue spectrum. I did get sleepy after about an hour of wearing them. Too soon to give a final opinion, but probably will be helpful. They are plastic, and I believe that they were designed as safety glasses that just happen to block the blue light spectrum.
The Authority Nutrition web site is excellent. The sole author lives in Iceland and writes almost exclusively about nutrition. This is one of the very few times that he has written about something outside of food. I highly recommend that you check out the site, you will find many very well written articles and he provides links to studies that backs-up everything he writes. Also check out his list of the 20 best videos (he is not in them); excellent information provided. You can easily spend an afternoon at his site.
http://authoritynutrition.com/block-blue-light-to-sleep-better/
Within the article there is a link to Amazon.com for glasses that block out blue light. (BTW - - the writer/owner of this site is not selling these glasses just providing an example of a pair of glasses that he uses. He does not sell anything on his site, just random ads here and there.)
I decided to order a pair of glasses and they arrived yesterday. Very surreal looking through glasses that block the blue spectrum. I did get sleepy after about an hour of wearing them. Too soon to give a final opinion, but probably will be helpful. They are plastic, and I believe that they were designed as safety glasses that just happen to block the blue light spectrum.
The Authority Nutrition web site is excellent. The sole author lives in Iceland and writes almost exclusively about nutrition. This is one of the very few times that he has written about something outside of food. I highly recommend that you check out the site, you will find many very well written articles and he provides links to studies that backs-up everything he writes. Also check out his list of the 20 best videos (he is not in them); excellent information provided. You can easily spend an afternoon at his site.
http://authoritynutrition.com/block-blue-light-to-sleep-better/
As a reminder, the purpose of blocking blue light, specifically at night, is to trick your brain into thinking that it is actually dark when in fact you are still watching a 61" TV (in my case) or doing about anything else when you are using normal room lighting before going to bed (which is almost always "full" spectrum lighting). Normal spectrum lighting inhibits the production of melatonin until your brain senses darkness. Blocking blue light starts this process much earlier than waiting until lights off when you actually go to bed as is very well described in the article mentioned in my first post.
After using a pair for about 2 weeks I do believe that they help make a person a little drowsy before bedtime and seem to make me fall asleep faster than without them. They do make watching TV, and other things, a little odd looking with the blue spectrum filtered out.
IMO, it is worth the $12 to find out if this minor trick can help you grab a little more sleep early in your sleep cycle.
I too found out info on blue lights effects to the the brain telling it "it's daytime, stay awake". I bought a pair at the local welding store, mber lense safety glasses and have been trying them out. I don't watch tv before bed anyway so it doesn't help in that respect (their main intention) but nwo that we are all forced to use flourescent bulbs for lights I thought they might help with that. Haven't noticed any difference, yet...but I have a very severe and unusual tyoe of insomnia. However after so many years of trying, I'll try anything once. So we shall see, no pun intended, i'll check back and see if they make a real difference for ya'. Take care or you!
Bye for now, Jess