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I dont see why everyone is interested in sleep aide devices. I don't really give a crap about how much I roll around in my sleep, nor some BS about circadian ry

I dont see why everyone is interested in sleep aide devices. I don't really give a crap about how much I roll around in my sleep, nor some BS about circadian rythms

drx 14y ago
I don't see why everyone is interested in blood sugar aide devices. I don't really give a crap about how much insulin my body produces, nor some BS about insulin resistance.
- qq66 14y ago
  The comparison is strained because blood sugar devices are specifically marketed to diabetics. I see that most sleep aid devices are marketed to the general population -- the messaging isn't "are you having trouble sleeping?" it's "Do you want to be a more effective person? Track your sleep!"
  - delackner 14y ago
    Most people in the US today have chronic sleep deprivation. Just because most people are used to not being healthy doesn't mean it is normal (over the course of human history).
    - mibbitier 14y ago
      Most people in the US today are also obese.
- scottschulthess 14y ago
  I don't hate on people being interested in it I'm just surprised that people are:)
rdl 14y ago
I like my Zeo because it lets me know when I actually got to sleep, and shows that REM happens toward the end of sleep, which is why an extra hour in the morning is so seductive every morning. The "wake in between REM stages" feature is actually pretty nice.
ismarc 14y ago
With a normal, functioning sleep cycle, or sleep/wake patterns that are predictable or manageable, there's little benefit besides the cool factor of tracking everything. Some of us have sleep issues, whether environmental or biological that we'd like to understand and manage better. I, for example, have been diagnosed with non-24 hour sleep disorder. The treatment is basically cycling through sleeping pills and amphetamines. I think the necessity of that is absurd and would rather find better ways to deal with it (like having alarm clocks actually work. I have a 50/50 shot of not waking up when my alarm goes off and instead wake up hours later with it having been going off the whole time, even when I would have had plenty of sleep). That being said, the technology is still very primitive and expensive for what it provides.

I dont see why everyone is interested in sleep aide devices. I don't really give a crap about how much I roll around in my sleep, nor some BS about circadian rythms

drx 14y ago

I don't see why everyone is interested in blood sugar aide devices. I don't really give a crap about how much insulin my body produces, nor some BS about insulin resistance.

qq66 14y ago
The comparison is strained because blood sugar devices are specifically marketed to diabetics. I see that most sleep aid devices are marketed to the general population -- the messaging isn't "are you having trouble sleeping?" it's "Do you want to be a more effective person? Track your sleep!"
- delackner 14y ago
  Most people in the US today have chronic sleep deprivation. Just because most people are used to not being healthy doesn't mean it is normal (over the course of human history).
  - mibbitier 14y ago
    Most people in the US today are also obese.
scottschulthess 14y ago
I don't hate on people being interested in it I'm just surprised that people are:)

rdl 14y ago

I like my Zeo because it lets me know when I actually got to sleep, and shows that REM happens toward the end of sleep, which is why an extra hour in the morning is so seductive every morning. The "wake in between REM stages" feature is actually pretty nice.

ismarc 14y ago

With a normal, functioning sleep cycle, or sleep/wake patterns that are predictable or manageable, there's little benefit besides the cool factor of tracking everything. Some of us have sleep issues, whether environmental or biological that we'd like to understand and manage better. I, for example, have been diagnosed with non-24 hour sleep disorder. The treatment is basically cycling through sleeping pills and amphetamines. I think the necessity of that is absurd and would rather find better ways to deal with it (like having alarm clocks actually work. I have a 50/50 shot of not waking up when my alarm goes off and instead wake up hours later with it having been going off the whole time, even when I would have had plenty of sleep). That being said, the technology is still very primitive and expensive for what it provides.