Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

1. I know these glasses work when I can't see the annoying blue LEDs on my laptop. (They look a dark green.) Also, my Philips GoLite has been reduced to a dull shine that I can stare directly into with impunity ... not that I'm crazy enough to use the GoLite at night. As for regulating sleep rhythms: 2. I ordered the glasses along with some slow-release melatonin. I never used the melatonin. After 4 hours of "glass time," I was ready to sleep, and I slept on time -- by 5AM. 3 weeks later, I was sleeping at 2AM. Now I can dream the wildest dreams -- bedtime by midnight. Meeting friends in the afternoon. A regular 9-5 job. I've tried a lot of different things over the years. The GoLite helped with daytime sleepiness, but it didn't seem to help with the night-time awake-ness. I tried exercise, which only works when I'm not so dead tired that I can actually do it. Finally, I did over-the-counter sleep pills. When I think about it, extreme night owls like me should have been selected out of the gene pool long, long ago. The problem must be elsewhere. Not with genetics or lack of sunshine, but with LCD screens, fluorescent lights, 24-hour television programming, etc. A quick search on Google Scholar reveals that DSPS sufferers are /more sensitive/ to artificial evening light than normal people. All it takes is having extra axons connecting the (newly-discovered) receptors in the eye to the suprachiasmic nucleus of the hypothalamus. That's the same place that signals the pineal gland to spit out melatonin, the sleep hormone. Coincidence? Here's the wikipedia article: [...] 3. Form-factor: You can adjust the angle and extension of the frame for your comfort. I also added some foam padding to the lower ridges, so I could stand to wear these for hours and hours without my face getting tired of them. I have a shallow nose ridge, so I added foam padding for that too. It looks butt-ugly. I'm ordering a second pair to wear when I'm around friends. Hope this helps. Sweet dreams!