[blparent] falling asleep?

Sat Feb 6 05:43:56 UTC 2010

My aunt who has limited vision, put skylights all over her house for this
same reason.  She used say she'd just drop off to sleep in the middle of the
day until she read an article about too much darkness.  The brain thinks
because there is no light or hardly any, it is night time and time for bed.
This sort of happened to me as well.  When I could see a tiny bit, I wore
sunglasses all the time and I guess because of the darkness I was sleepy.
Now I can't see at all and it happens to me the same.  So I try to go out to
the sunlight  more often to wake up.  V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] falling asleep?

It's just a lamp that has a full spectrum light bulb in it.  The bulb, which

is very bright, is supposed to resemble sunlight more closely than the bulbs

in regular incandescent or fluorescent lights.  I'm sure you can get light 
boxes at other places besides EBay.  I was trying to save money on mine, but

you could check medical supply stores, places that sell lighting and lamps, 
and I've even heard sources like Amazon and Target have the light therapy 
boxes now.  Good luck.

Jo Elizabeth

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

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From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:56 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] falling asleep?

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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