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    Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Turn your screens off an hour before you sleep...

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    I was aware of the ability of light from screens to keep you awake. Not the rest though.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    I just plug my phone into charge before I go to bed, leaving it downstairs in the kitchen.

    Job done.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    That's really interesting and makes a lot of sense to me actually, I have always had problems with my sleep but ever since I started working from home, it has gotten a lot worse and as a result, my health is nowhere near as good as it was.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Mandatory 30 second ad? No Thanks. Presumably using phones near bedtime gives you eye cancer and microwaves your brain or some such?

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

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    Mandatory 30 second ad? No Thanks. Presumably using phones near bedtime gives you eye cancer and microwaves your brain or some such?
    I didn't get that!

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Nor I.

    That'll be the NSA then, herulach. They're on to you. Another reason to turn off your screen at night.
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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Quote Originally Posted by herulach View Post
    ... Presumably using phones near bedtime gives you eye cancer and microwaves your brain or some such?
    Not their assertions, no.

    More, it's that photons emitted from screens close to sleep time tend to suppress the brain's secretions of 'sleep hormone', melatonin, meaning that you get to sleep later, and as most of us have fixed waking times, you get less sleep. Say, 5-6 hours not 7-9. Therefore, neurons don't "recharge", and the brain's cleaner cells "glial cells?" cannot properly remove toxins, thus adversely affecting concentration, memory, decision-making ability and even has adverse some physiological impacts.

    So, turn off your phone an hour or two before you go to bed.

    Presumably, tablet computers too. What about TV's? They emit loadsa photons too, but evening TV nearly always puts me right to sleep.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    I remember reading an article about this a while back, very interesting. Could explain why my wife doesnt sleep that well...her phone is glued to her hand!

    I do recall it being related to bluish light, there are many apps (phone and tablets) & software for PC's/Laptop that will shift the screen colour toward the red side. Not very helpful if your watching a movie though!

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    As a test, I stuck my devices onto airplane mode for a few nights and found out that I actually slept a lot better those nights. Of course, not conclusive. But the times when I haven't been sleeping well, the next night I put into airplane mode (so it can still charge and send my alarm) and I have slept better.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    As someone who sits on his phone for hours on end in bed, this has worried me just a bit.

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Meh, there is a lot more than just this idea, it's not just digital, it's also analogue bulbs too, and I doubt we've had fire long enough for that to not have an effect too.

    On this topic, I'd highly recommend https://justgetflux.com/
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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    I lie down on my bed and then set my alarm, send whtasapp messages to friends about things to do next day and still manage to sleep like a log ???

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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Not their assertions, no.

    More, it's that photons emitted from screens close to sleep time tend to suppress the brain's secretions of 'sleep hormone', melatonin, meaning that you get to sleep later, and as most of us have fixed waking times, you get less sleep. Say, 5-6 hours not 7-9. Therefore, neurons don't "recharge", and the brain's cleaner cells "glial cells?" cannot properly remove toxins, thus adversely affecting concentration, memory, decision-making ability and even has adverse some physiological impacts.

    So, turn off your phone an hour or two before you go to bed.

    Presumably, tablet computers too. What about TV's? They emit loadsa photons too, but evening TV nearly always puts me right to sleep.
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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Meh, there is a lot more than just this idea, it's not just digital, it's also analogue bulbs too, and I doubt we've had fire long enough for that to not have an effect too.

    On this topic, I'd highly recommend https://justgetflux.com/
    I'm going to try this and see if it makes a difference of some sort.
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    Re: Smartphone Impact on Sleep

    Quote Originally Posted by neonplanet40 View Post
    I read my Kindle ereader with backlit until I get tired enough to go to sleep. I guess thats me screwed then. Either read and sleep or never read and sleep . . . .
    Being ultra-cautious, I opted for a non-backlit version that doesn't have this impact on my neurons.

    Translation = I haven't got around to upgrading my Kindle Touch, since backlit versions came out.

    Mind you, I had a play with a friend's new Kindle Voyage a week or so back, and I'm incredibly tempted. I'll be even more tempted if I find a good home for my Touch.

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