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Jameson Lopp | 10 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +48 
 After tracking my sleep for a year, I find it fascinating that I can drink coffee or an energy drink an hour or two before sleeping and it has a negligible effect upon my heart rate or sleeping patterns.

But if I have a single unit of alcohol, my heart rate remains elevated for most of the night and I tend not to make it all the way to the morning without waking up at some point.
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HurvajsRumcajs | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Mirrors my exp.

Just with tea instead of coffee.
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LaanTungirOld | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I have definitely noticed that alcohol keeps me from sleeping through the night as well.
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mojolo | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Good ol’ pisswater. Breaking up marriages and sleep since 10000 bc
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Sir NOSTR | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah coffee and energy drinks aren’t literal toxins that your body priority luges before any other metabolization
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Erik | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thanks for sharing! ⚡️
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jespada | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yup: https://twitter.com/BlueLightDiet/status/1750209539075411976?t=Lr_BN7_IU5LjcEB94b5emA&s=19
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captjack | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
   𝕏 🔁 🦩
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NOSTR EGGS | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting Stats:
What system did you use to track it?
Any noticeable impact from CBD or THC?
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bitcoin | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Stay alcohol free for better sleep then?
#neurotoxinsarebad #bitcoin #alcoholfree
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HODL | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Yep. I have the same thing. The only way to prevent this is to day drink lol
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mandalorianhodl | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 alcohol is bad
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Japhy | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Quite common in LATAM to drink coffee at night as a sleep aide. At first it was a big nope for me. But after a while I tried it. I'm not sure that it helped in anyway, but it certainly doesn't hinder my sleep quality in any measurable way
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04ae33c3 | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah....i was surprised also...i have tapered my drinking for 6 months and it has been the best for me
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Danielle | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting. I'll take note
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Companion | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lucky duck! I can't do caffeine unless I want to switch up my cadence. 

Alcohol makes it tricky for the body to regulate its temperature. Matthew Walker speaks about this in Why Why Sleep, I believe in the first or second chapter.
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doc | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What are you using for tracking your sleep?
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Jameson Lopp | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oura
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sergiu | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Also after you wake up your "body battery" keeps charging (going up) until you start eating... fasting works
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Notkeynesian | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The worst for me is drinking too much, falling asleep early and waking up at 3am hung and can't go back to sleep.
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Tobo | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 alcohol is a true sleep killer

I cut out alcohol during most of the year and my sleep improved immensely

Bitcoin Conferences are an exception for me and where my inner party monster comes alive
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Disturbia | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 alcohol - bad
caffein - good

hahahaha
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nelson.anderson | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Grain of salt with the trackers. Although I agree alcohol has an outsized impact. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377549600_Evaluating_Accuracy_in_Five_Commercial_Sleep-Tracking_Devices_Compared_to_Research-Grade_Actigraphy_and_Polysomnography