[hamster-bamster]

Hi everybody,

I would like to solicit opinions on sleep-tracking / sleep-analyzing devices and gadgets of any kind. Earlier, I tried looking for opinions on Beddit, to no avail, but right now just want to do a general survey for my mental health advocacy page. Opinions on FB and on here are equally welcome. Note that this is just about gadgets; I would be doing a separate post on manual sleep tracking with its pros and cons.

Here is the link to the post:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Livin...70022196607489

Here is the text of the post:

One of the key issues living well with bipolar disorder is sleep. Major depression comes with its own set of sleep issues as well, be it early awakenings with dark thoughts or hypersomnia when a person sleeps for 12-16 hours day. Anxiety presents sleep challenges of its own, such as frequent awakenings with a sense of impending catastrophe or inability to fall asleep because of incessant worry.

We would like to find out if modern gadgets that promise to record and analyze duration and quality of sleep make life easier for those suffering from mood and anxiety disorders.

If you use Beddit, FitBit, or another device or gadget with a similar purpose, we would love to hear from you. If you are not comfortable posting your impressions in the comments to this post, which, of course, is totally understandable, please send a private message and we will post your observations and your advice to others, if you have it, without your name or other identifying information. Many thanks for contributing!

[Lexi232]

I know there are quite a few apps on the apple store. and probably for the stores for other devices as well...
then there are brainwaves that are thought to help with sleep(and other things) . some people have found these to work, while others haven't.

I know that drinking a 2 litter of doctor pepper right before bed as a 14 year old, doesn't cause lucid dreams as i was instructed that it would the night before i actually consumed the whole 2 litter right before bed (i'll just say it kept me up all night, and i was constantly running to the bathroom. lol!).

medications can also play a part in it. even more than just the ones that speciffically are for sleep. other medications can affect sleep , such as cymbalta.. when i was first on it, i had constant lucid dreams, although it got tiring and i would wake up ready to fall right back to sleep after a nights sleep.
also with seroquil it is for sleep (the reason why i'm on it), but when it does kick in, the first 3 hours i'm out.. like.. comatose kind of out.. NOTHING wakes me up.. i still breathe, but no type of sounds, or volume of sounds or stimulation like opening my eyes forceably or picking my arm/hand up, none of that will wake me. and otherwise i'm super senstive to sounds, and the volumes of it.