A time change is coming — What can we do to adjust?
Posted October 28, 2015 7:52 pm.
Last Updated October 29, 2015 6:58 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – This weekend, we will have to set the clocks back one hour.
The time change often comes with unexpected consequences says Dr John Fleetham with the UBC Hospital Sleep Disorders Program.
“It’s been clearly shown that whenever you have a time change, then you’re more likely to have motor vehicle accidents and occupational accidents in the few days after that.”
Technology is often the biggest reason why people can’t fall asleep. Fleetham says it’s best to power down two to three hours before you go to bed.
“That’s a time to settle your brain, to watch something relaxing on television, but nothing upsetting, to turn off the computer, to turn off your cellphone.”
He says your body likes regularity, so a time change upsets that.
He believes it should take a day or two to adjust.
On Thursday, a sleep clinic will be held at at VGH starting at 7 p.m.
Don’t forget: the clocks go back one hour on Sunday at 2 a.m.
