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In 1996 or so, a doctor diagnosed me with atypical migraines.  Why atypical?  They only occurred on the right side and there were no triggers (like red wine or chocolate).  My awesome acupuncturist once tried to treat them; his normal treatment didn’t help.  What did help, however, was sticking a needle straight into my temple, about an inch away from where it feels like the pain is most intense.  Within seconds, the pounding, throbbing, searing pain stops immediately.  It’s the craziest thing ever.  He thinks it’s some kind of tension issue…  I don’t know.

Anyway.  Because my acupuncturist has been so awesome & helped me with my not-migraines (as well as neck and back pain in the past), I’m going to give you his info.  Just call him, regardless of your ailment–he seems to have a solution for almost anything.  Martin Haines, 626-796-9987.  He’s located in Pasadena.

You may have noticed; I like to perform experiments where I am the subject.  (There’s a good chance that I learned this from Mythbusters; who knows.)  The latest experiment is what I’m calling the “Sleep Experiment”, or more fully, the “Place My iPhone On Airplane Mode While I Sleep Experiment”.

By this point, I’m certain that you’re asking, “Why is he doing this?  Has Adam discovered that he is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation, and it’s affecting him while he sleeps?”  No.  Something I’ve known for a while is that I’m a very light sleeper; especially sensitive to sounds.  For instance, emails, texts, phone calls, pins dropping, calls dropping, and pins phoning.  Putting my phone on “silent” still allows it to vibrate, which still makes noise.

My null hypothesis: the buzzing/chiming of my iPhone (and iPad) have been waking me up throughout the night undetectably (I wake up but don’t remember waking up), causing me to be über tired in the morning.

Experiment: put the phone on Airplane mode and turn off the iPad while sleeping.

Result: So far, I’ve been waking up a lot more refreshed & ready to attack the day (I’ve been doing this since Monday).  In fact, I woke up on my own at 6:30am today–kinda weird, but refreshing.  So six mornings down.  If things change, I’ll keep you posted.