Humidity and Sleep

1

I was reading some articles regarding improvements in sleep, when humidity is around 30%.

Did anybody experiment with this /w any wearables + dehumidifiers ?

2

I had a similar problem when I was living in Thailand. I couldn’t sleep there, and sleeping with the fan wasn’t an option.

3

My sleep is getting worsen in low humidity environment. Mostly because i wake up at night with dry nose / mouth. In Thailand i have exceptional sleep quality and quantity so i think humidity is not a problem. But it might be personal, the best way to find out is to test by yourself.

4

I know some people who are doing this to reduce dry mouth at night: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/well/live/mouth-taping-benefits-sleep.html

5

I’ve already worked out nasal breathing and always breath through nose with exceptions for exercise and sickness with stuffy nose.
So in my case dry nose/mouth happening in low humidity environment with nasal breathing.

6

How to you maintain nasal breathing at night? Do you tape?

7

i didnt do anything special (never used a tape or something else). When i learnt to breath through nose during daytime, after some time i noticed that i’ve started to sleep with nasal breathing for a whole night. When that doesnt happen (mostly when my nose is stuffy or environment is too dry) i’m waking up with a dry mouth and some plaque on teeth / gums. When i breath through nose for a whole night, i dont have any plaque on my teeth / gums in the morning.

9

has anybody used any dehumidifiers? would these things work?

10

I live in a high-humidity environment (East Tennessee) and find my dehumidifier very valuable in reducing the humidity in the bedroom. Changing the house fan from Auto to Low/Med for the whole house also reduces the humidity.

I don’t have the tech to measure the in-house humidity, though, and I would be interested if anyone knows of a low-cost option. I only have a slew of weather apps to get local humidity levels.

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In any case, comfortable air humidity greatly affects the quality of sleep, and therefore you need to try different devices so that you sleep well. For example, I just can’t sleep without a humidifier.