Verilux TwiLight Mini Ultra Blue Light Therapy Sleep System
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Customer Reviews of Verilux TwiLight Mini Ultra Blue Light Therapy Sleep System
Customer Review: Wow -- can this be true?
Summary: 5 Stars
First don't listen to the reviewer that says you can only use in the morning. While you CAN use in the morning you can also use 2-3 hours before you go to bed.
I have been having trouble with insomnia for months now. So much that I was afraid i was addicted to Ambien since I needed it every night. And it didn't seem to work as well. I then tried Melatonin which worked okay the first night or two and then didn't at all. So back to the Ambien.
I bought this light from Gaiam in desperation for anything that might work. No matter how silly or stupid the claim -- yeah, so having this light on for a little while is going to actually do something.
Well, after using it for 4 nights and getting deep sleep every night I'm a believer. I have it upstairs in my office and just put it on while checking email or surfing the web. 30-60 minutes around 8-9 pm. (not right before you go to bed.)
Last night i fell asleep at 10:30 and woke up at 9 AM. I can't tell you the last time that happened!
I hope it keeps working. I'll keep the sleeping pills for emergencies but i would much rather use this light. In fact I'm buying another one for use in the morning.
Customer Review: Cheaply made, overpriced
Summary: 1 Stars
The switch broke on my lamp after three days of use and less than 10 actual operations of the switch itself. I could not make the plastic shroud fit in the metal back as intended. This lamp is an incredible rip-off for the cost. The bulb constitutes the majority of the inflated retail price and is stamped with the chemical symbol, "Hg", for Mercury, a toxic substance not only to ingest but to mine. Don't buy this product if you're concerned about your health. Humans have slept both poorly and well for many thousands of years without mercury-bearing fluorescent bulbs to reset their biological clocks. So may you. Try exercise in sunlight.Customer Review: Bad instructions
Summary: 1 Stars
The instruction to use this light at night before going to bed is wrong. Full spectrum, especially blue light, suppresses melatonin production. That is the hormone that rises just before sleep and falls again towards the end of sleep. Exposing yourself to light before bed would shift your circadian rhythms forward such that your body would see your actual clock bedtime as being much earlier in the evening. Thus, you would fall asleep later at night, not at your bedtime. I'm shocked that the instructions say what they do. Use this light in the morning!Customer Review: Bad Idea!
Summary: 1 Stars
I strongly agree with the preceding review. All scientific research indicates that this type of light is helpful first thing in the morning, certainly not at night!!! This type of light actually signals the brain to destroy the lingering melatonin which is a hormone that makes you sleepy. Using this light at night to fall asleep would be very counterproductive! Do your own research...
Customer Review: Had to send it back
Summary: 2 Stars
I only tried it for about four days in a row. For those same four days, I noticed a high-pitched buzzing sound in my room. When I finally figured out it was coming from the lamp while turned "off", I sent it back. I was so desperate that I was willing to pay eighty dollars for a blue light to help me sleep. I guess we'll try anything for a little relief.