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I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

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Re: I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

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Post by glenngillen »

jmspring wrote: post #58

Interesting. I may need to add some sensors. I spend time in two places. San Juan Islands WA and Santa Cruz, CA. On island, nights are too quiet. During the day, a float plane a mile away sounds like it is next door. In Santa Cruz, the house is on a major street. Busses, ambulances all sorts of yahoos. I sleep better quiet. But I sleep even better when settled - mind not going, etc. I generally don’t sleep well at al…

I recently had (and then lost/left on a plane!) a Lumenate Nova[1] and found it was very helpful at quickly getting me away from the mind going state. I work very late to overlap with distant timezones and would often find it difficult to get to sleep once I went to bed given I've been staring at screens and on calls only minutes before hitting the pillow. This was great.

[1] https://lumenate.co/lumenate-nova/

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Post by throw310822 »

The thing this guy should have done with AI is asking it: "how can I record sounds at night and check them back later?" And the AI would have told him to just download any recording app (for a kind of specific one I suggest snoreclock). End of the story.

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Post by asdff »

jmspring wrote: post #58

Interesting. I may need to add some sensors. I spend time in two places. San Juan Islands WA and Santa Cruz, CA. On island, nights are too quiet. During the day, a float plane a mile away sounds like it is next door. In Santa Cruz, the house is on a major street. Busses, ambulances all sorts of yahoos. I sleep better quiet. But I sleep even better when settled - mind not going, etc. I generally don’t sleep well at al…

I find if I work out consistently I am always getting great sleep and getting really tired in the evening, but if I don't I might not ever feel tired then I look up and it's 3am. I never made the connection between heavy exercise and sleep before, but it seems obvious in hindsight. Got to do what we are built to do not what modern life insists we do.

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Post by throwaway219450 »

joenot443 wrote: post #56
showmypost wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have custom molded ones. They help a lot, however high pitched sudden noises still get through and wake me up. I never managed to sleep without earplugs since moving to this city. Not considering moving due to the quality of life (apart from the noise)

Are custom molded ones better? I’ve been using swimmers plugs for a few years now and they’ve been fine. Do you use an eye mask too?

They are pretty comfortable, though they take getting used to because the seal is perfect and you'll slightly pressurize your ear canal which is a strange feeling. They'll also fit slightly inside your ear, so lying sideways is fine.

The downside is they're very expensive, relative to other earplugs and mine no longer seal as well as they used to so I'd need to get a new pair. They're still better than nothing. I started using earbuds around the same time, from using cans, and I wonder if I've very slightly widened my ear's opening.

I also use an eye mask if I'm somewhere that doesn't have good curtains or blinds. Really works very well, but I recommend one that wraps around and doesn't have an elastic band to dig into your ears (Matador makes a good one).

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Post by asdff »

showmypost wrote: post #12
phainopepla2 wrote: post #7

I'm surprised that AI didn't tell him that the most likely cause of regularly waking up around 3 am is a cortisol spike. Try some breathing exercises or some other type of stress relief throughout the day, and you might sleep better. In my case, thinking too much about the causes of bad sleep actually contributed to making sleep worse, so if this guy is anything like me then this whole project could be hurting his sl…

I’m actually the author of the post and doing regular breathing exercises and some additional things. Pretty sure my cortisol levels at night are (currently) not an issue. Morning walks looking up into the sky also help me a lot. Falling asleep isn’t my issue I grew up in the country side and unfortunately, where I live now, double glassing isn’t a thing unless you live in a recently built house. That doesn’t nullify…

You ever try just masking the noises with some white noise?

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Post by jmspring »

j_bum wrote: post #60
jmspring wrote: post #58

Interesting. I may need to add some sensors. I spend time in two places. San Juan Islands WA and Santa Cruz, CA. On island, nights are too quiet. During the day, a float plane a mile away sounds like it is next door. In Santa Cruz, the house is on a major street. Busses, ambulances all sorts of yahoos. I sleep better quiet. But I sleep even better when settled - mind not going, etc. I generally don’t sleep well at al…

“Has my brain settled” I feel this. I started meditating recently (~10mins per day) and have found it to be surprisingly effective. It’s a combination of body scanning & mindfulness meditation. It doesn’t always help, but tends to.

I used to do yoga and meditation. I let that slip while life transitions. I have some meds from my doctor (seroquel) which is knock me out, but getting back to being active and disconnecting is a better approach than pills.

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Post by fatata123 »

dev360 wrote: post #3

My mom would love this one :) .. she told me recently about a long-running chat gpt session that she's had for over a week, where she was going back and forth trying to figure out the source of some strange sound in the building.

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