Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system

Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by smallnamespace on Monday January 30, 2017 @09:54PM (#13527144)

Have you tried strictly abstaining from LCD / artificial light usage 4-5 hours before bedtime? Might easier trying this on vacation somewhere rural.

We know that blue light is a strong cue to your brain to keep delaying the clock -- perhaps your brain is unusually sensitive to it.

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by balfirevic on Monday January 30, 2017 @10:08PM (#13527199)

Not the person you asked, but my experience was the same before I had any LCD's or smartphones. I did have artificial lighting of incandescent kind and CRT monitor.

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by erikpukinskis on Monday January 30, 2017 @11:52PM (#13527753)

CRT would have the same effect

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by nicolas_t on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:44AM (#13529420)

I use flux which does restrict somewhat the amount of blue light I have.

I do tend to work late at night because of timezone differences between me and my clients.

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by smallnamespace on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:48PM (#13535058)

One thing you could try is safety goggles that block UV:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000USRG90

My experience with flux was that the screen still gave off enough blue light that it didn't make much of a difference for me.

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Re:Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system by nicolas_t on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:31PM (#13535445)

Good idea, I'll try that

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