synthetic fiber sweatshirts bad for sleep?
 

i keep thinking polyester shirts or whatever they call them disrupt heart rythmye

there is static in the shirt and it sends a charge through body and then you cant sleep

Hi clouds,
I would think that it might have more to do with overheating if it's affecting sleep, but I don't know anything much about this at all. I don't know about it affecting heart rhythms but they certainly can hold static. I know I certainly wouldn't ever use an electric blanket, but know that lots of people do.

I tend to carry a lot of static. Just touching the car on windy days sets me off. Maybe it's the type of soles on my shoes that makes it worse. That's just what I think. Touching racks of clothes in clothes shops can be bad as well. zap, zap lol. Using a dryer makes clothes get more charged as well. You can buy these devices/wand thingies (no idea what they're called) that take static out of clothes. They work pretty well. I remember years ago an homeopath told me not to put some homeopathic medicine next to a power point. I thought that a little weird at the time, but maybe there was something to it that I don't know about. :confused:
I read a link yesterday about effects of electropollution. I'm not sure where I read it, but might have been in the health news here.

I don't wear too many synthetic clothes at all these days. I try to avoid them 'cause I live in such a warm climate and for various other reasons.
I would think natural fibre like cotton, wool or linen or whatever, would be less likely to make a person overheat though. If I'm overheated my restless leg syndrome plays up, that's for sure.

I read a link yesterday about effects of electropollution. I'm not sure where I read it, but might have been in the health news here.

crawly poly
 

polyester outgases. you can detect this smell when it is in the dryer if u have a sensitive nose like me. i got this sensitive by repeatedly being exposed to chemicals in workplace. my nose can smell anything. an annoying smell may not give me rls but will give me insomnia.

my best guess is that poly and other synthetics release gases that affect the nerves that produce the rls.

my family doc recommends sleeping in cotton for rls.

personally my rls is position dependent. if i sleep on my back i get it the worst.