I am sleeping so much better since I reduced blue light at night on the puter/e-book use.

[dixiegrrrrl]

I knew as we age, it is common to have sleep problems, and sure enough, over the past few years, falling asleep and staying asleep has been a problem.

I have been reading of the effects of computer/e-book use at night which inhibits melatonin production, because of blue light waves... and can affect sleep.

So, out of curiosity, I got a pair of orange lens sunglasses, and started using them from 8 pm on when at the puter and in bed reading the e-book.
Been a week now.
And it works.
Falling asleep naturally about 20 minutes after going to bed, and have much deeper sleep, feel more alert the next day, and have more energy.

Did an experiment and did not use them 2 nights ago, felt sluggish and dull the next day.

Mr. Dixie is off searching for a pair today.

[revbones]

1. I switched my eyeglass prescription

over to Gunnars which blocks a lot of the blue light, as well as using Flux. It's helped me a lot.

[avebury]

2. I just take a melatonin pill every night. nt

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. I have an app on my phone called Lux that does the same thing

After sunset it changes the screen tint towards the warmer end of the spectrum. Same idea as your glasses. It does seem to help!

[djean111]

4. Thank you for this! I think all three of us at my house need this. nt

[TheDormouse]

5. There's a hypothesis that disrupted sleep cycles increase breast CA risk nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Every new mom is at risk, then....

I just realized that we get very poor sleep thru out our lives..first as parents of babies, then toddlers, then work schedule and stresses, etc.
When I retired, I think I slept for about 6 months before I felt rested.

[TheDormouse]

6. Best sleeping aid is good sex IMO nt

[teach1st]

8. A lot of people swear by the f.lux program

I use it, but I'm so bad at sleeping I can't tell how it works. It removes white and blue light from monitors at night. They have versions for many devices/OS.

https://justgetflux.com/

[procon]

9. I have blue nightlights strategically placed throughout my house.

These lights have several different color selections -- red, yellow, green purple and blue -- and since blue is my fav color, that's what they are all set on. I do sleep poorly, and there's a blue nightlight in my BR and another in the bath, and one in the hallway, so with the doors open, I guess that's like a triple shot.

I'm going to change the color settings tonight, but now I wonder what color might be better?

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. orange/yellow, they say.

What is really weird is that when I take the glasses off, and look around the room, everything has a bluish tint for awhile, until my eyes adjust.

[HuckleB]

10. Do you have a link to the type of glasses you use?

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Here...

Just because I happened to be buying something else and could include it in the order.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000USRG90?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

If I were to do it again, I would grab a pair of orange lens sunglasses at the Dollar store.
But these DO have wrap around to keep all light out.

[HuckleB]

15. Awesome! Thanks!

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Just to add....

Definite energy increase, even lost a few pounds cause I am up and moving around a lot more.

Who knew what good sleep could do, eh?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. i just installed Twilight on this tablet...

We'll see if it helps me sleep better. Thanks!

[Wednesdays]

12. I use "Twilight" on my Android phone all the time

It automatically reduces the brightness and color temperature on my phone as the sun is setting, and reverses the process at sunrise.
It's free and works like a charm. I find the dimmer, more reddish tint to be easier on the eyes, too.
Edit: I see someone mentioned "f.lux" for Windows PC already. I recommend that, too.

[phylny]

17. Wow, my PC screen looks weird now!

Thanks for the info, I'm glad to try it out

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. What did you do to make it look weird?

know with these orange glasses, things look a lot brighter onscreen, overall...sunnier.
But it is hard to distinguish between green and blue. Still, the benefits are so worth it to me.

[phylny]

19. I installed justgetflux

I'm not complaining, just commenting