Meanwhile, I keep moving – as best I can ::grin:: Not only are my own circadian rhythms in a tailspin since the “crack-of-dawn” session-timing upset of the ACO conference — I have been beyond busy researching, putting together, and blog-formatting [::sigh::] the most recent article in my Sleep series — an info-dense 3-part article on the effects of LIGHT on sleep-timing.

The info is especially relevant to those with chronorhythm dysregulations & disorders, but JUST as important for those who don’t want to develop them (teens at greatest risk, btw).

Have “met” some interesting bloggers in my info-hunt – a whole new community struggling with cognition because of fractured sleep architecture. Glad to see your “reblog” here of the importance of on-line communities. NO WHERE is that more impt. than in the “a-typical” sleep disordered communities, since FEW doctors have the slightest clue about circadian rhythm disorders.

MOST doctors still wouldn’t be able to recognize signs of a “typical” sleep disorder, beyond what they refer to as “the insomnias” (like meds resistant high blood pressure, heart disease, edema, a-typical rheumatoid arthritis & other auto-immune problems like asthma).

I wish I could force-feed this LIGHT info to everyone in the “helping” professions – with the increase in use of the new “low energy” light bulbs, we’re likely to see many more students “under-functioning” as a result of the exposure to increased blue-spectrum light at the wrong time of day.

ANYhoo – Part III will probably post in the early AM Monday (NYC time), so expect me back shortly with a new blog post here. (If you’re short on time, for those who can stay tracked on “data-points” without a little anecdotal application & comic relief, I review the main points of Parts I & II at the top of III — but it really reads better & is more convincing read as a whole)

Hopefully, I will get a nibble to expand & publish the entire series as a print book – that’s my intention.

I’ll be back!

xx,
mgh

Wonder if part of the the gap in satisfaction between parents and students is because of the different motivations and goals that each have around attending college.