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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by wool_gather on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:36AM (#16931263)
Also, leave the booze for special occasions -- no drinking a "nightcap". It makes you feel similar to being tired, but it really lowers the quality of sleep. It seems to interfere with REM particularly, which is really important for actually feeling rested when you wake up.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by jghn on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:05AM (#16931944)
I’ve been using a sleep tracking app since I got an Apple Watch and the effect of alcohol on my sleep quality has been eye opening.

I knew it was problematic but it is far worse than I ever expected

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by piracykills on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:35PM (#16938050)
From what I've read, a single drink is usually good for sleep, 2 or 3 is too much and will do more harm than good. Wikipedia currently agrees with me, but the reference is from 1980, so not sure that's the best available information these days...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_use_and_sleep#Alcohol_...

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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by dingo_bat on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:13AM (#16932604)
Alcohol has the opposite effect on me. One can of beer and I'm fast asleep, to the annoyance of my friends.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by Filligree on Thursday April 26, 2018 @12:19PM (#16933267)
It'll make you fall asleep, sure, but have you measured sleep quality?
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by jibreel on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:49PM (#16934000)
How can you measure sleep quality ?
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by dingo_bat on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:54PM (#16934031)
I think the iwatch has a function that tracks your movements during sleep and can make some kind of qualitative assessment.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by paulcole on Thursday April 26, 2018 @07:10PM (#16936825)
If the watch tells you you’re sleeping bad do you think it makes you feel worse physically? There should be an app that measures your physical reaction to checking the sleep quality app.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by jghn on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:56PM (#16936233)
It seems to be measuring movement and heart rate
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by emodendroket on Thursday April 26, 2018 @02:32PM (#16934346)
How tired you are the next day, perhaps.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by jghn on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:56PM (#16936229)
That's what I thought, until I got the app which measures things like sleep quality.
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Re:What I learned by living without artificial light by sgnl on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:48PM (#16938334)
Do you mean that you were you feeling like you were getting a low quality sleep after drinking and then confirmed this with the results of the app
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