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I bought one ~6 months ago and my 2 sleep trackers reported slightly longer duration and more deep sleep for about a week, and then numbers went back to normal.
by not_a_moth 7y ago
I bought one ~6 months ago and my 2 sleep trackers reported slightly longer duration and more deep sleep for about a week, and then numbers went back to normal. Concluded that it may have been a placebo effect.
- vladharbuz 7y agoI think there might be a better measure than what your sleep trackers say — how did you feel?
- riffraff 7y agothat is even more susceptible to the placebo effect.
- maaaats 7y agobut ultimately it's what matters, right?
- riffraff 7y agowell, yeah, the problem is that it's generally not a lasting effect, and it prevents you from finding a real solution.
- lnenad 7y agoI don't understand why is it so hard for some people to grasp this, if you're actually feeling better because of something the root cause of it is irrelevant.
- dao- 7y agoThe question is not about the cause but about the actual effects. You might feel better and that's goog in itself, but it's not good enough if you want to treat something with real, measurable symptoms.
- BoiledCabbage 7y agoI think that's the point you're missing, feeling bad and how much, then feeling better is fixing a real measurable symptom.
- braythwayt 7y agoFirst, you are absolutely correct in fact. But that being said, if person A has no measurable symptoms, and person B does, then A's experience with a weighted blanket may not translate to B even if A experiences positive, measurable "improvement." So I agree that A's subjective endorsement is no good for B, but then again even if A had sustained objective improvement it still might be no good for B. At the end of the day, if B has real, measurable symptoms of poor sleep, the very best thing is a controlled test of people with the same symptoms of poor sleep. IMHO, of course. If my medical diplomas were laid end-to-end, they'd stretch from Albuquerque to Albuquerque.
- npongratz 7y ago> ... if you're actually feeling better because of something the root cause of it is irrelevant. It can certainly be relevant, especially on a long-enough timeline. Suppose the root cause of feeling better is because of opiate usage. Long term, you're going to have a bad time.
- lnenad 7y agoYou know full well that's not what I meant. A thing that's meant to just mask your feelings and make you feel better is not a placebo.
- _pmf_ 7y agoI ate ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 weeks, and conclude that it does not actually taste all that good.