[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Sleep disorders
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:52:39 -0500
I usually don't like to respond to OT messages. But, since the conversation
did include me in a non-OT thread, I thought I might as well take this
opportunity to respond.
I, of course, am a self-proclaimed, unabashed genius! I seem not to require
too much sleep. I do have light perception in one eye but many blind people
do seem to have insomnia. I tend to get about two to three hours of sleep
and find myself productive almost any time of the day.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:21 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Sleep disorders
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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