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Now I live in a city with laws against roller blading in the street and cobbled pavements, so once I again I'm insomniac.
I shall try the articles suggestions
I became an entrepreneur at age 22 not because I wanted to change the world, but because I just wasn't able to wake up early enough for a "real job." I figured there had to be a way to make the same amount of money I was making at the time, but keep my own hours. I always tell people I have "vampire hours."
I'm 38 years old now. I typically go to sleep around 4am+ every night and wake up around 11am or noon. I usually don't take meetings before 1pm and have unknowingly designed my life and career around this disorder.
I was also diagnosed with ADHD as a kid, which, according to Wikipedia, is linked to this sleep disorder.
There are mentions in this article of tricks that may or may not work for you, but in any case, do try F.lux if you haven't already. It's very, very great when working late on the screen.
Lux for android is a great, (paid) automated solution
Thanks to this article, today I learned that there's a name for the thing I have, "delayed sleep disorder." I became an entrepreneur at age 22 not because I wanted to change the world, but because I just wasn't able to wake up early enough for a "real job." I figured there had to be a way to make the same amount of money I was making at the time, but keep my own hours. I always tell people I have "vampire hours." I'm…
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He tried removing it entirely, he mentioned reading in the post. Why isn't it ok that he found a way to get to sleep easier with his devices?
Because in my opinion (solely based on intuition and vague memories of things read in scientific articles on the matter), as a solution for sleep problems, it's still inferior to just turning them off. I know he mentions books in the articles but put them away because they either were either too exciting or too boring. To me that sounds like not having tried hard enough. As I said: replacing such nightly habit with a…
He says "For me falling asleep takes a cooling down period where my mind slowly disengages. That’s why watching old TV shows is so effective; it gives me something to focus on without letting me really engage."
You can get the same effect by listening to an audiobook, without having to worry about the glow of a screen at all. I use a cheap dollar-store speaker tucked under my pillow, where the muffled drone of the book is still distinct and listenable, but just soporific enough to lull me to sleep. The only thing to remember is to set a timer so it turns off, rather then continuing on for hours and potentially waking you up again.
How to block all blue light from your devices I can't help but think 'turn them off' is the most obvious answer here. The author seems to think he needs the iPad/laptop to fall asleep. Well, that's simply being untruthful to yourself. It's just a habit, and with some correct training (and eventually even seeing a psychologist) he can replace it with another, probably healthier, habit. Like reading a book or meditatio…
He tried reading and stayed up reading and it didn't work. But what about stopping all electronic things after 21:00 and then reading on your couch NOT bed, then go to bed at 22:30? You'll sleep like a baby.
For blocking blue light, instead of filtering the devices, just filter your eyes: http://www.amazon.com/Uvex-S1933X-Eyewear-SCT-Orange-Anti-Fo... I've been wearing those for ~2 hours before sleeping and they work very well.
I have flux on my desktop, but I'll be looking for a filter for my iphone. (Edit: I like the orange glasses idea better.) Here's what I do: an alarm goes off at 10:30pm and I take melatonin. If I actually shun devices, I can eventually sleep. But my brain is curious and wants to browse. I try to tell myself that I can in the morning. That sometimes works. Lately I've been tracking my sleep with "sleep time". I also h…