Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Can Blocking Blue Light Help Bipolar Disorder As Well as Sleep Issues? (sciencealert.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the another-manic-Monday dept.

A new experiment suggests sleeping with amber-tinted glasses can reduce the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder within three days. Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a report from Science Alert: The benefits of amber-tinted glasses are that they block blue light -- a major component of sunlight and the light beamed at us from our computer and phone screens. In the mornings, it's this blue light that helps reset our body clock each day. But a growing body of evidence is linking too much blue-light exposure in the evenings to problems including insomnia, obesity, depression, and other mental illnesses.
I wonder how many Slashdot readers are already trying to improve their sleep patterns by avoiding exposure to blue light?

8 of 230 comments (clear)

  1. Re:stay away from tech at night by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, I just wallpapered our bedroom with OLEDs.

    --
    W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
  2. "Sleeping with amber-tinted glasses..." by seven+of+five · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously? Don't know about you but when I sleep my eyes are shut.

    1. Re:"Sleeping with amber-tinted glasses..." by mrzaph0d · · Score: 3, Funny

      i've heard you don't need to turn on that red light.

      --
      this is just a placeholder till i send back my real sig from the future.
  3. The 80's had it right, wearing sunglasses at night by PseudoThink · · Score: 3, Funny

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  4. Re:Placebo effect? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And how are we supposed to know those tests work if you use blind people?

    Think, people, think!

  5. Re:stay away from tech at night by Chelloveck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, I just wallpapered our bedroom with OLEDs.

    It's fine as long as the LEDs are organic, not those nasty GMO LEDs.

    --
    Chelloveck
    I give up on debugging. From now on, SIGSEGV is a feature.
  6. Re:Set the record straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You just got out-pedanted!

  7. Re:stay away from tech at night by Mikkeles · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I wonder how many Slashdot readers are already trying to improve their sleep patterns by avoiding exposure to blue light?"

    I go to my local red light district!

    --
    Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.