[bksvol-discuss] OT: Sleep disorders

  • From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:21:13 -0800 (PST)

I've wondered if blindness affects sleep. Certainly it
seems that age, does. I have no trouble, fortunately;
if I wake up, which I do several times a nigt, I can
roll over and go back to sleep easily, but my husband
and quite a few elderly people I've known in the past,
as well as friends of mine, have insomnia; they either
read or watch t.v. until they get sleepy again. That's
another nice thing about being retired--one can sleep
when one wants.

Geek or Genius? Or are they the same? We just watched
part 2 of the Search for Cold on our PBS
station--quantum physcists--both. grin

G.Cindy

--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> G. Cindy, <smiling>, the fact that Pratik is up at
> 04:00 indicates that 
> either he suffers from insomnia or that he is a geek
> of the first 
> water.  It is a well known fact that many people who
> are blind suffer 
> from insomnia.  Also, geeks are notorious for
> keeping odd hours.  I 
> know geeks who commonly operate at 02:00 or 03:00 in
> the morning on a 
> regular basis.
> 
> <smiling>  I suspect that Pratiks reasons for being
> up at 04:00 are a 
> combination of the two reasons.
> 
> Just as an asside, they've done studies that show
> that folks who are 
> totally blind, and who have no light perception,
> commonly have sleep 
> disorders.  It's something about not being able to
> see the light.  I, 
> fortunately, still have light perception, so am not
> bothered by 
> insomnia, or at least not often.  I'm not a geek, so
> I don't have that 
> excuse either.  So, I keep regular hours, although I
> tend to get up at 
> 05:00 or 06:00 and go to bed about 22:00.
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> Original message:
> > Pratik, dear.
> 
> > I think you need to go to bed. smile (I see it's 4
> > a.m. where you are). If the  original submitter is
> the
> > one who chooses the quality rating, then he or she
> > won't need to upgrade it--unless you mean after it
> was
> > rejected, and he/she might resubmit. But the books
> go
> > directly on the download page, don't they, with no
> one
> > checking them first?
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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