It’s been about two weeks wearing the lowbluelights.com blue light blocking glasses every night. The results aren’t what I expected. Initially I expected to feel really sleep around 10:00pm and wake up easily at 5:00am. Instead I fall asleep whenever I go to bed and wake up around 7:30/8:00am.
What I found is that the glasses do not make you sleepy. For me I credit the glasses for helping me sleep better and fall asleep much faster. Before the start of the experiment I would have a very difficult time falling asleep, usually tossing and turning in bed for hours. Then I would wake up every two or three hours, usually being able to fall asleep again in a minute or so.
There are several bad habits that I keep that the glasses do not fix. That is staying up late on the computer or watching tv. While I do start feeling sleepy around those times I can stay awake if I wanted. So I actually made a few changes to my lifestyle.
First starting around 8:30pm I would put the glasses on and leave them on until I go to sleep. Usually this is still around midnight or 1:00am. It kind of sucks having the world all yellow but you get used to it.
Secondly when my bed hits the pillow, I catch myself thinking about random things and I start counting sheep. Yes, counting sheep. I start at 100 and challenge myself to count down to 50 before my mind starts wandering. I’ve never made it to 50. Either because my mind drifted or I’ve fallen asleep. It’s cliche but it works for me.
Thirdly I made my room dark. There is very little ambient light in my room at night. In the morning I have a sun-rise alarm clock that wakes me up. These two things combined also helped my ability to sleep.
All of these things combined has made an improvement so far. The next step is to begin sleeping and getting up earlier. Will post another update when I have more information on how that is going.
