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This is from Durham NC, so the text is a silly "Durham" pun. And the local mascot is a bull, so a lot of Durham themed stuff features a bull
Forgive my very sleep deprived face and weird-ass glasses, I'm not normally awake during the day and the glasses help with my sleep disorder ๐
Feel free to post your voting pictures or "I voted" stickers in the comments; seeing them makes me happy!
Yep! Same principle. if you're wearing them to advance your sleep timing or have an easier time getting to sleep early enough, most of the research is on using them for the 2-3 hours before sleep to prevent light exposure from delaying the natural secretion of melatonin.
Though it's worth noting there are interventions for insomnia that make way more sense to do first, like good sleep hygiene, and melatonin I believe 3 hours before intended sleep time, with an ideal dose of around half a miligram (I say "I believe" because I learned a bit ago the research now actually indicates even earlier for my sleep disorder and I'm not sure whether things have changed for insomnia as well) Most people take waaaaay too much melatonin.
But like if you like the glasses they certainly don't hurt ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Because my sleep schedule is so late I get sunlight at bedtime and darkness in the mornings, which... Isn't great ๐ That also means if I need to go do things during business hours like vote I'm out in the sun and then have to go to sleep when I get home
The glasses help a bit, but at a certain point the sheer light intensity of the sun will still significantly delay your circadian rhythm, regardless of whether you're blocking the most activating parts of the light spectrum (blue-green, mostly blue) so I'm thinking I might try getting a cheap pair of those super geriatric fitover sunglasses I can pair with the orange ones lol