A long while back, Y suggested that I wear blue-blocking orange colored glasses in the hours leading to bedtime to help me avoid being woken by the blue light coming from my computer display, television, overhead lights, and smartphone. I can report that donning orange colored glasses a couple of hours before sleep (and taking with 1.5mg of melatonin and 700mg of magnesium glycinate about an hour before bed) helps me fall asleep much more quickly than I used to before wearing the glasses every evening.
As I began developing presbyopia or age-related impairment of my eyes to focus on nearby objects, I upgraded from the pair of glasses on the left to the ones on the right to accommodate my reading glasses as shown below.
I repurposed my original pair of orange glasses to wear when I go out for walks at night with Y. I noticed that the bright lights of cars could sometimes trigger a migraine. Wearing these glasses reduces the intensity of on-coming car’s headlights on newer vehicles, which as others have noted, seem to be far brighter than halogen lights on older cars and trucks.
To illustrate how well these glasses cut out blue light, you can see the blue Prospect Park West Holy Pita restaurant sign turn to an orange-white color through the orange lens below.
