Solar Storms May Be Interrupting Your Sleep

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I thought I may have been the only one. Over the course of the last few months I would occasionally find it hard to drift off to sleep, and when I finally dozed off, did not seem to get to a deep state possibly not reaching REM. Then waking up early and feeling like ...well like I did not get a good nights sleep. Then I saw this-

Severe Geomagnetic Storm & Flares Causing Widespread Sleep Disturbances & Other Human Health Effects

Last week on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 the Sun blasted us with a direct hit from a powerful solar flare that wiped out a huge amount of radio communication, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Mike Wall ofSpace.com writes: “The Wednesday flare registered as an X2.2 sun storm on the scale used to measure solar tempests. Scientists classify strong solar flares into three categories: C, M and X, with C being the weakest, M being mid-level and X the strongest. X flares are 10 times more powerful than M flares. X2 and X3 flares are twice and three times as potent, respectively, as X1 flares.”

And just a few hours ago NOAA reported that Earth is currently being slammed by the grandaddy of all solar storms — a monster X4-class storm — the biggest of all. “An X4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm was observed today at 9:58 am EDT. This is the response to a pair of CMEs observed leaving the Sun [two days prior] on 15 March.”

Today’s monster geomagnetic storm, and the explosion of solar flares and coronal mass ejections over the past week, have been wreaking havoc on people’s moods, sleeping patterns, and a host of other human health effects. Many people are experiencing disturbances with their circadian rhythms, waking up around 2am and having trouble getting back to sleep. “Solar storms desynchronize our circadian rhythm (biological clock). The pineal gland in our brain is affected by the electromagnetic activity, and [solar storms cause] the gland to produce excess melatonin, the brain’s built in ‘downer’ that helps us sleep. ‘The circadian regulatory system depends on repeated environmental cues to [synchronize] internal clocks,’ says psychiatrist Kelly Posner, Columbia University. ‘Magnetic fields may be one of these environmental cues.’ ”

The type of intense solar activity we’ve been experiencing this week can have serious effects on: the central nervous system, the stomach lining, all brain activity (including equilibrium), along with human behavior and all psycho-physiological (mental-emotional-physical) responses. This can manifest as nervousness, anxiety, worrisomeness, the jitters, dizziness, shakiness, irritability, lethargy, exhaustion, short term memory problems, heart palpitations, nausea, queasiness, prolonged head pressure, and headaches.

Chaotic and erratic behavior also results from intense solar activity, and emergency rooms consistently observe increased accidents, as well as injuries from acts of violence during these periods. Experts have even linked powerful solar activity to much more serious patterns in human violence. “During solar minimums and maximums thegeomagnetic fields begin to intensify. The magnetic fields interact electrochemically within the human brain. It affects psychological mechanisms creating anomalous hormonal swings and significantly mutated brainwave activity. Wheeler expanded on Chishevsky’s work by studying violence; measuring the time between battles and severity. These findings were compared with the Sun’s 11-year sunspot cycle. The results showed that as the Sun cycle peaked, there was a rise in human unrest, uprisings, rebellions, revolutions, and wars between nations. As Wheeler further compared his findings with human history, he found a startling pattern that could be traced back 2,500 years.

Has anyone else been experiencing this sleeping issue?

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Quite a few people I know have been complaining about being lethargic and irritable. My own sleep pattern was interrupted last year so I tried a low dose of melatonin to induce a deeper sleep, and it did the trick. Interesting article.

very interesting post maybe this is the reason for lack of sleep and feeling a certain way

Hi Cathy- Like I mentioned in the post-I thought I may have been the only one who over the course of the last few months (and especially last night) would occasionally find it hard to drift off to sleep or wake up at night, but apparently from the comments that's not quite true. Lot's of people are being effected.

Very interesting post....

Hi Damon- and thank-you...Are you feeling any effects from these storms?

Yes, I like to sleep, but nowadays more eating cheese at night with grapes, compare with couple months ago. Maybe is not sun, but WA?

:)

OMG, yes! I barely feel like I've had any decent sleep since Christmas! I've had a twitch in my left eye for weeks because of it too.. and migraines have become more frequent, but I put those both down to symptoms of lack of sleep.
What's really odd, is I have never suffered from insomnia in any way at all before - always found it easy to get 7-8 hours a night.
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Hi Claire- Me too...I used to be able to doze off right away and sleep through the night with no problem, now I'm getting up in the middle of the night and when I do sleep its light no deep REM.

Ditto that! I try not to get up if I wake during the night, and avoid looking at the time if I can, but when I do wake, I'm wide awake, as if it's time to get up!
I've been using a sleep app called sleep cycle and my sleep quality has dropped from being in the 90%s in 2014 to the 70%s this year. I used to take it with a pinch of salt, but it tells me exactly how many times I woke up so now I know it's not wrong.
Strange phenomenon, isn't it!
Hope the solar activity calms down soon - this twitch is making me paranoid! Lol.
Thanks for shedding some light on it for me, TJ!
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You are very welcome Claire. I thought this might explain why as it turns out some of us are getting interrupted sleep lately. I am just like you when it comes to- if I awake at night and I don't look at the clock and go back to sleep I.m ok...If I get up or look at the clock then I'm wide awake and there goes the next day!

Glad to know I'm not the only one!
The worst thing to do is lie there clock-watching.. but sometimes it can't be avoided :)
C

Yes, but that's normal for me. It will be interesting to see what information is collected from the latest NASA launch of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Info can be found at nasa.gov/mms.

I will have to check that out!

YES!!! Last night I woke up at 3am and couldn't really get back to sleep after that. And that's not the first time in the last few months.

I found it strange cos I wasn't overly stressed, hadn't had any stimulants before bed etc.

In addition to that I know of two people, personally, who were hospitalised due to nervous breakdown in the last week.

Hi Sean-That's amazing...hope the're ok

Yes, one is back home now - the other had to undergo electro-convulsive therapy (which I would never advocate, personally). Very heavy!

It's amazing how the behavior of the stars can have physical effects on life. Even stars that are thousands of light years away have physical implications. They may be small effects, but they are a real.

Hey Steve-I hope the universe calms down for awhile- after last night I really need a good night's sleep tonight!

My sleep patterns have been WAY off this week...maybe there's something to it!

I really think there is LaDawn. Like Steve said - the behavior of the stars can have physical effects on life and I agree!

I haven't been able to sleep well for the past week.

Hey Chris-This is really weird isn't it?

Yeah it is. I sometimes have trouble falling asleep, but it's usually not this bad.

I hope the sun calms down soon!

For real. My lack of sleep is hindering my article writing. :(

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