Do I need to change my CPAP

Julie wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:05 am

BTW - the uvea is in your eye(s), the uvula is most likely what was removed.

latskogkatt wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:47 pm

Oday03274 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:15 am

Another thing that I have found really helps me sleep longer is a little weird but what I do is wear really dark sunglasses (preferably red or orange) starting about 3 hours before when I want to go to sleep, and don't take them off for anything. Believe or not it gives me a solid extra hour of being asleep whenever I do it.

I think this ties into the effects of different light waves on the brain. It's the reason people are told not to watch tv or play on a computer right before bed. The blue/violet light waves are the ones that tell the brain that it's daytime, so exposure to them at the wrong times can muck up circadian rhythms pretty badly. The red/orange light from your sunglasses alters and suppresses the blue/violet in the light, and helps with sleep. There are even computer and smart phone/tablet programs that work on the same principle. (One I recall the name of is Red Shift) You can set them up to be on all the time, or to start at a certain time of day, and they alter the lighting on the display screen, making it more reds/yellows and toning down the blue/violet, so you can still mess around online without ruining sleep. The only downside to something like that (the computer program) is if you're doing something like graphic arts, and need to be able to see the true colour of what you're working on.