Re your melatonin comment: just to check that you tried a dose of around 0.3mg/day rather than the enormous overdoses it's much easier to obtain?
Re:Weary of Work
by the_only_law on Monday May 03, 2021 @12:10AM
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Huh, what are the effects of the “overdose”. Is there any adverse effects on sleep or just unnecessary? On some nights (mostly before I have to go in office) I’ll take 10mg melatonin and 25-50mg doxylamine to put me out ASAP.
Re:Weary of Work
by zemvpferreira on Monday May 03, 2021 @03:19AM
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I was about to suggest the same thing - personally larger doses than 0.7mg seem to give me restless sleep. But it's a very personal thing. Experiment if you can afford to.
I will try melatonin again, for sure. Thank you for the thoughtful suggestion! :-)
Unfortunately melatonin gives me skull-crushing headaches! :-(
I am so glad that melatonin works for you!
Interestingly, there is a calculation that is used with lighting called melantopic ratio. This is the best writeup on circadian lighting, by far [1]. Here is the best website [2]. Here is the best overview [3]. This has the best pictures for sunrise/mid-day/evening/night lighting (flip through the pages) [4].
The Dreem 2 [5] headband is probably a better option in terms of comfort, rather than the OpenBCI EEG, for most people. It unfortunately does not meet the requirements for it to be a "home sleep lab", though. Know that the company is required to follow the GDPR, which is useful, and good to keep in mind for the end-user.
Anyways, I initially found out about chronotypes from reading a Financial Times article, with my subscription (see the gifted article link I provided below) [6]. Apparently it is a huge deal in Switzerland and Germany, which I found out by doing more research into it online, and it is studied there extensively. I also gifted a Financial Times article by a sleep expert mentioning chronotypes and how to get a good night's rest [7], if you want to read that.
[1] Circadian lighting for designers and manufacturers: https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/healthyliving/img/background/additio...
[2] Lighting Research Center: https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/
[3] Creating the circadian lighting toolbox — Bringing the language into practice (MAGAZINE): https://www.ledsmagazine.com/lighting-health-wellbeing/artic...
[4] The Design Implications of Circadian Lighting: https://leducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Design-Imp...
[5] Dreem 2 Headband: https://dreem.com/
[6] How to hack your circadian rhythm: https://on.ft.com/3lSLZSW
[7] Sleep expert Matthew Walker on the secret to a good night’s rest: https://on.ft.com/2Whr8O5