For a long time I haven’t been able to sleep normal hours. I’ve always thought it was because I was part owl
After doing some research online about the effects of blue light and circadian rhythm I took the plunge and got a pair of blue light blocking sunglasses.
The theory is that blue light suppresses melatonin. Since we live in a pretty digital society we’re surrounded by LCDs, light bulbs, etc. and it throws off our internal hormonal clock.
Since I’m usually surfing, programming or couch potato’ing well past 8:00pm I usually have a hard time sleeping.
By wearing these glasses most of the blue light is blocked so melatonin release won’t be inhibited. That means normal sleep.
Well this is the first night so I’ll keep updating. My plan is to put these on at 8:00pm, do my normal stuff and hopefully by 10:00pm or 11:00pm I’ll be real sleepy. I’ll blog it all.
References:
- Wikipedia entry on melatonin. In particular citations #25 / #26.
- LowBlueLights.com – the manufacturers of these glasses.
- The glasses I’m wearing. The Novelists series.
- The website I ordered them from in Canada: http://mavc.com/
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I can’t wait to see how this works out!