Paul Saladino· MD
For the past 2 yrs I’ve been testing whether screens an hour before bed impact my sleep. They do. The effect is not small, it’s very noticeable, and even calming activity like baths or reading doesn’t make it go away.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
For the past 2 yrs I’ve been testing whether screens an hour before bed impact my sleep. They do. The effect is not small, it’s very noticeable, and even calming activity like baths or reading doesn’t make it go away.
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the only solution is avoiding phones and ipads for at least 1-2 hours before bed.
Screens are now banned in the hour before bed
if I'm on my phone too late I obviously I have filters on my phone I have filters on my computer to take out the blue light but even with the Flicker and stuff it's just very stimulating
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