Sunrise alarm clocks

shokadelika

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Ellie2758

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From about 8pm your body will be producing Melatonin and this is what promotes sleep. If from 8pm you only use subdued lighting and reduce exposure to bright light you will be assisting this process and will probably go to sleep sooner and sleep better. If on the other hand from 8pm until you go to bed you use bright light (or a sadlight) then you will be moving your bodyclock forward and find it harder to go to sleep and harder to wake up.

Great advice Ted, I have tried this for the last two nights and it works!! Only problem is that it isnt always practical to "shut down" at 8pm so I try from 9pm, even this isnt possible if I have to collect the kids from somewhere or am out myself. But definitely not using computer after 9pm anymore makes a difference as does having subdued lighting.

thanks:xmassmile

Ellie

ditzymuppet

I've been following this thread, and it really is very interesting...

Has anyone found that these lights DON'T work to get you out of bed?

I'm a bit like Wallace in so much as I need to be literally thrown out of bed to wake me up...

I'll literally do anything to wake me up...I currently have 4 alarm clocks and one radio which switches on... and I *still* manage to sleep through them (yep I'm very impressive I know!!!)

Would you recommend these? And if so, which model would you recommend for a REAL lazy bones that can NEVER get out of bed?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

~ditzy x

shopndrop

We have a son who will sleep through anything and bought him a vibrating alarm from RNID. It has a small pad which you put under your pillow and this vibrates. To me, it feels as though the whole bed shakes. It certainly is enough to wake him and I never thought I would find anything to do that. One day he left the pad on the windowsill and I could hear the vibration downstairs. Good luck.

MissMuppet

Just read through this thread and checked on Boots, they're on offer at the moment, reduced to £39.95! http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1028767

glennhalstead

Hi Folks,

Do all these clocks allow you to set different alarm times for differend days of the week?

e.g. 6:30 am for week days and 8am @ weekends.

thanks

Glenn

jeannieblue

glennhalstead wrote: »

Hi Folks,

Do all these clocks allow you to set different alarm times for differend days of the week?

e.g. 6:30 am for week days and 8am @ weekends.

thanks

Glenn

I don't know - but have just discovered this thread (thanks to you) and am contemplating this Lumie clock thingy..........

Ted_Hutchinson

This one does and unlike the others it actually throws out 10,000lux so is bright enough to work as a sadlight if you look directly at it. The others work by gradually increasing the light in the bedroom so your body thinks it's time to wake up. This has the advantage that it does the gradual light thing to start with but ends up with sufficient light to work as a proper SADlight when you eventually open your eyes.

I've never used a dawn simulator, not convinced that sadlight therapy when your eyes are closed can possibly be helpful however there are many people here who say they work for them and so it's your choice.

But as others here will know I used to use lightboxes BEFORE I corrected my Vitamin D status with 5000iu/d Vitamin D3. Having a natural vitamin D status around 50 -70ng or 125- 175nmol/l means your body is able to cope better with stress and you naturally adjust your inner time clock keeps track. Funnily enough I had someone ask me for a secondhand lightbox last week so I went up in the attic, checked it still worked and flogged it. (I did give them a lecture on Vit d3 first but they insisted on the lightbox)

People report that Vitamin D also helps jet lag. It's my view that treating the underlying cause of the problem is better and more moneysaving than for ever treating the symptoms.

PS I did look at the information for the Lumie sunrise type but I couldn't see anything there about adjusting for different weekday OR weekend alarm times. The initial link indicates you can set a different time for each day of the week. I'd be a bit unhappy about that as really you want your body to have as natural a Circadian Rhythm as possible and while you may get away with one alarm for weekdays and a later one for the weekend I think having significantly different times each day of the week isn't going to be helpful.

It does help if you go OUTSIDE into the bright light during the morning. (no that's not a sneaky trick to get you sunbathing, it's too late in the year for vitamin D now) it's the intensity of daylight that is so much brighter than indoor lighting that really sets your own body clock.

jeannieblue

Too late Ted - I've just ordered a Lumie wake up thingy........

If it doesn't work and I don't leap out of bed real happy on a dark morning, I will sue Badgergal....

shazrobo

in the latest avon catalogue, brochure 17, there is a sunrise alarm clock on page175, no idea how effective it is, but at £12, its a lot cheaper than the lumie ones, and if it dosent work as well as hoped, you can always send it back