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Could this explain how moving from my less thick curtains has made me very tired? I used to just wake up at the rise of the sun and felt refreshed no matter wha

Could this explain how moving from my less thick curtains has made me very tired? I used to just wake up at the rise of the sun and felt refreshed no matter what, but now it seems like I never get any good sleep.

GigabyteCoin 13y ago
Do some A B testing on yourself to know for sure. In my opinion however, lack of sunlight when waking weighs heavily on ones ability to rise in the mornings.
- mattgreenrocks 13y ago
  It's probably seasonal affective disorder, but I feel my mood is heavily predicated on my own perception of how much sunlight is streaming through my window right when I wake up. It sets the tone for the rest of the day.
atmosx 13y ago
Yes. When the sun doesn't hit the room your circadian cycle is affected. I used to close down the blinds and some times I'd wake up at 11 or 13 AM thinking that it's 9 AM. Now, out of pure lack I live in a house which has no blinds. So I wake up alone no matter what, at 8:00 AM. If I need more sleep, due to late night activity, I get another one-two hours in the evening. My parents were telling me and they were right. We need to make sure the sun can enter the bedroom in the morning. To enhance sleep are necessary a couple of other things: * Clean oxygen in the room (usually opening the windows 5 minutes before waiting for sleep will do) * Proper room temperature (you need to feel warm UNDER the blankets, but not sweat) * Less possible rumors in the room * Avoid any CNS stimulant (coffee, black tea, coca-cola, etc.). A glass of red wine (just one) is very good. It's the recommended daily dosage (tannins) and although contains sugars, can act as a natural CNS inhibitor. * light dinner, possibly 4 hours before (say you go to 00:15 AM to bed, it's good to have a light, rich in fibers dinner at 8-9 AM: Yogurt, Vegetables etc. Avoid fruits, after 6 AM, only black bread and vegetables should be taken). * Close the screens and get a book if you don't feel really sleepy. This habit helps the circadian cycle in my personal experience. Watching movies/tv-series while waiting for sleep is an oxymoron: Your adrenaline levels, instead of getting lowered they get get higher, enhancing the opposite effect (alertness). Of course, the BEST sleep, comes after a physically intense day and if you don't have physically intense days it's good to do some exercise in order to make your body feel tired at the time you need it to be tired. PS. Wish you (and me) all the best, because it's one thing knowing (I study pharmacy, so I get a lot of this stuff) and a different thing doing... So this comment was a form of self-advice basically :-)
- udit99 13y ago
  >Less possible rumors in the room I think you meant something different, but I'm not sure what. murmurs? noise?
  - wattengard 13y ago
    It probably has to do with waking up at 13 AM......
    - Smirnoff 13y ago
      or eating dinner at 8-9 AM ...
  - atmosx 13y ago
    Sorry, poor English here. Some times, we tend to have devices inside the room which make subtle noises. Like a digital media player, for example, which tries to keep the HD spinning. It's a noise that you won't listen or pay attention to during the day, but at 2 A.M. your brain listens and process the noise. The brain is an incredible machine. It tries to isolate all the known noises. So you have a phenomenon where people fall asleep while the usual noises can be captured by the ear, but when a new noise - as in unidentified - jumps in, you suddenly wake up. If you can keep all these noises to a minimum, by switching off (not off mode, really off) such devices, will enhance your sleep quality. Keeps the brain less busy. Also note that digital devices (especially routers and digital players) raise the room temperature by at least a couple of Celsius degrees, sometimes more[1]. Ideally, no working device should be on the bedroom while you're sleeping. [1] I had a Dreambox-500 PVR in my bedroom. Apart from the incredible noise, when it was running during the day, the temperature was at least 6 Celsius higher, with no windows/doors open.
  - crucialfelix 13y ago
    distractions ?
- irremediable 13y ago
  Do you have any more information about air quality and sleep? I've been told this a couple of times, but I've never found much to read about it.
arethuza 13y ago
"I used to just wake up at the rise of the sun" I like rising with the Sun, but at 58.9 degrees North there is only a few weeks a year where this is possible without radically changing my daily schedule with the seasons (about now happily being in one of those periods).
- deong 13y ago
  Yeah, I'm in Iceland. There would be four months a year where I got 90 minutes of sleep a night, and another four where I'd have to convince my boss that a three hour workday was fine.
  - atmosx 13y ago
    Nordic Countries have this problem which affects melatonin levels and human psychology. It's not a very good place. I think the best conditions are met in the Mediterranean.
    - deong 13y ago
      It affects each person differently though. Personally, I don't notice it at all. It is a bit harder to get up in the morning if it's still pitch-dark outside, but otherwise, I have no SAD-type effects. Others can barely function without those lamps that are white-balanced to match sunlight and programmed to gradually brighten up in the morning.
    - arethuza 13y ago
      "It's not a very good place" I'm inclined to think that the longer hours in summer more than make up for the shorter hours in winter. Doesn't help with sleep but for any kind of outdoor activity it can be glorious.
      - atmosx 13y ago
        Hm, I stand with Diogenes Laertius on this: "Moderation is best".

GigabyteCoin 13y ago

Do some A B testing on yourself to know for sure. In my opinion however, lack of sunlight when waking weighs heavily on ones ability to rise in the mornings.

mattgreenrocks 13y ago
It's probably seasonal affective disorder, but I feel my mood is heavily predicated on my own perception of how much sunlight is streaming through my window right when I wake up. It sets the tone for the rest of the day.

atmosx 13y ago

Yes. When the sun doesn't hit the room your circadian cycle is affected. I used to close down the blinds and some times I'd wake up at 11 or 13 AM thinking that it's 9 AM. Now, out of pure lack I live in a house which has no blinds. So I wake up alone no matter what, at 8:00 AM. If I need more sleep, due to late night activity, I get another one-two hours in the evening. My parents were telling me and they were right. We need to make sure the sun can enter the bedroom in the morning. To enhance sleep are necessary a couple of other things: * Clean oxygen in the room (usually opening the windows 5 minutes before waiting for sleep will do) * Proper room temperature (you need to feel warm UNDER the blankets, but not sweat) * Less possible rumors in the room * Avoid any CNS stimulant (coffee, black tea, coca-cola, etc.). A glass of red wine (just one) is very good. It's the recommended daily dosage (tannins) and although contains sugars, can act as a natural CNS inhibitor. * light dinner, possibly 4 hours before (say you go to 00:15 AM to bed, it's good to have a light, rich in fibers dinner at 8-9 AM: Yogurt, Vegetables etc. Avoid fruits, after 6 AM, only black bread and vegetables should be taken). * Close the screens and get a book if you don't feel really sleepy. This habit helps the circadian cycle in my personal experience. Watching movies/tv-series while waiting for sleep is an oxymoron: Your adrenaline levels, instead of getting lowered they get get higher, enhancing the opposite effect (alertness). Of course, the BEST sleep, comes after a physically intense day and if you don't have physically intense days it's good to do some exercise in order to make your body feel tired at the time you need it to be tired. PS. Wish you (and me) all the best, because it's one thing knowing (I study pharmacy, so I get a lot of this stuff) and a different thing doing... So this comment was a form of self-advice basically :-)

udit99 13y ago
>Less possible rumors in the room I think you meant something different, but I'm not sure what. murmurs? noise?
- wattengard 13y ago
  It probably has to do with waking up at 13 AM......
  - Smirnoff 13y ago
    or eating dinner at 8-9 AM ...
- atmosx 13y ago
  Sorry, poor English here. Some times, we tend to have devices inside the room which make subtle noises. Like a digital media player, for example, which tries to keep the HD spinning. It's a noise that you won't listen or pay attention to during the day, but at 2 A.M. your brain listens and process the noise. The brain is an incredible machine. It tries to isolate all the known noises. So you have a phenomenon where people fall asleep while the usual noises can be captured by the ear, but when a new noise - as in unidentified - jumps in, you suddenly wake up. If you can keep all these noises to a minimum, by switching off (not off mode, really off) such devices, will enhance your sleep quality. Keeps the brain less busy. Also note that digital devices (especially routers and digital players) raise the room temperature by at least a couple of Celsius degrees, sometimes more[1]. Ideally, no working device should be on the bedroom while you're sleeping. [1] I had a Dreambox-500 PVR in my bedroom. Apart from the incredible noise, when it was running during the day, the temperature was at least 6 Celsius higher, with no windows/doors open.
- crucialfelix 13y ago
  distractions ?
irremediable 13y ago
Do you have any more information about air quality and sleep? I've been told this a couple of times, but I've never found much to read about it.

arethuza 13y ago

"I used to just wake up at the rise of the sun" I like rising with the Sun, but at 58.9 degrees North there is only a few weeks a year where this is possible without radically changing my daily schedule with the seasons (about now happily being in one of those periods).

deong 13y ago
Yeah, I'm in Iceland. There would be four months a year where I got 90 minutes of sleep a night, and another four where I'd have to convince my boss that a three hour workday was fine.
- atmosx 13y ago
  Nordic Countries have this problem which affects melatonin levels and human psychology. It's not a very good place. I think the best conditions are met in the Mediterranean.
  - deong 13y ago
    It affects each person differently though. Personally, I don't notice it at all. It is a bit harder to get up in the morning if it's still pitch-dark outside, but otherwise, I have no SAD-type effects. Others can barely function without those lamps that are white-balanced to match sunlight and programmed to gradually brighten up in the morning.
  - arethuza 13y ago
    "It's not a very good place" I'm inclined to think that the longer hours in summer more than make up for the shorter hours in winter. Doesn't help with sleep but for any kind of outdoor activity it can be glorious.
    - atmosx 13y ago
      Hm, I stand with Diogenes Laertius on this: "Moderation is best".