[blparent] falling asleep?

[Leslie Hamric]

What's a light box and how does it work?  Can you buy them at other places
besides EBay?
Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:18 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] falling asleep?

I bought one of those light boxes for about $120 on EBay, and while I 
haven't been as faithful with it as I could be, it does seem to help 
regulate my sleep and my moods, especially in the wintertime.

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify 
the hunters.--African Proverb

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From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:05 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] falling asleep?

>
>
> Dear Leslie,
>
> In the Summer 2009 issue of Future Reflections we ran an article by the 
> mother of a totally blind child with what sounds like a similar sleep 
> problem.  A sleep clinic recommended light box therapy which has 
> apparently helped a lot.  You sit in front of the light box for about half

> an hour at the same time each morning and somehow it helps the body 
> regulate its sleep cycles.
>
> Debbie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:54 AM
> Subject: [blparent] falling asleep?
>
>
>> Hi All.  I was wondering if you could give me any ideas, as I'm running 
>> into
>> a problem that could be potentially serious.  Its happened a few times 
>> where
>> I've fallen asleep with my baby in my arms.  The first time it happened, 
>> one
>> of the nurses saw it and she informed me that I could potentially 
>> suffocate
>> my baby by doing this. The problem is that I don't always know I'm 
>> getting
>> sleepy unless someone tells me I am or until I start nodding off.  I had 
>> a
>> sleep study done in 2004 and the specialist said I have a non 24 hour 
>> sleep
>> cycle and the only way to remedy that is to get a full 8 hours of sleep 
>> at
>> the same time every night.  Well, we both know that's virtually 
>> impossible
>> now that I'm a new mom.  Have you ever had this problem and if so, what
>> kinds of things did you do to stay awake while holding your baby?  One 
>> thing
>> I've tried was having the radio on and that doesn't seem to help.  Andy's
>> really worried about me too. He doesn't want me to fall asleep and
>> accidentally smother the baby.  I don't want that either.  I'm just at a
>> loss of how to solve this issue.  I've heard other blind people having 
>> the
>> same problem since they don't get the light stimulation.
>>
>> Leslie
>>
>>
>>
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