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Sort of related -- anyone know if there's anything to "happy lights" that have natural spectrum light or whatever?
by YCode 10y ago
Sort of related -- anyone know if there's anything to "happy lights" that have natural spectrum light or whatever?
- jchrisa 10y agoThey work. You are supposed to run them at noon but I run them during breakfast and then it's easy to give the kids an early bedtime.
- always_learning 10y agoThere are many lights of this variety. They are classed as SAD lamps/bulbs.
- dbcurtis 10y agoSure. I use one. 10,000 Lux, 3 feet from my pillow, on a timer. Synthetic sunrise, only instantaneous, which is admittedly sub-optimal. For me, it certainly helps me get going in the morning.
- frikk 10y agoSo you use it in conjunction with an alarm? Or is it your primary alarm (built in)?
- dbcurtis 10y agoI use both. The light gets me sentient. The alarm a few minutes later keeps me from being late.
- reitanqild 10y agoPhilips hue spot pointed towards my side of the bed. Combined with the "Sleep as Android" alarm app it can give some sunrise effect for well below USD100.
- hrehhf 10y agoIn my experience, I tend to like the natural spectrum lights better. Mine are around 5000 K to 6000 K. I have several bright (1600 lumens) fluorescent bulbs which I use all day. Some say the spectrum is not very important to help with SAD, that it is merely the brightness which matters. For me, it is just personal preference to use the bright white bulbs. About an hour before I plan to go to sleep, I turn off the natural spectrum lights and use some dimmer incandescent or halogen bulbs, which have the soft white spectrum many people are used to. Supposedly the dimness and lower amounts of blue in these lights lead to better sleep. I'm not sure if it's true or whether it's just the dimness which makes it easier to sleep.
- DanBC 10y agoThere's a lot of anecdotal evidence. The evidence from actual trials is at best weak.