many pokemon go players young and old alike are awake till late hours to try and catchem all thereby disrupting their sleep patterns allege medical experts experts have also issued warnings that this disruption in the sleepwake cycle may cause longterm problems players however argue that its just a thrilling game and doesnt necessarily have to be looked at so negatively avid player sarjana singh said when i was young we used to play with pokemon cards but that was never really satisfying with this i actually feel like im catching a pokemon its thrilling just like potterheads rue not receiving their hogwarts acceptance letter we used to whine about not being able to catch pokemons doctors warn that the phones game screen emits a blue light which suppresses melato nin the hormone that controls the sleepwake cycle this makes our brain believe it is still day time even when it is night they said endocrinologist and sleep specialist a g unnikrishnan of chellaram diabetes institute said insufficient sleep leads to stress and that leads to a whole lot of problems youngsters are not concerned about this potential harm many of them feel that if its not pokemon go something else would have kept them hooked to their phones at all odd hours shashank nair a 23yearold player said i get back from office around 9 pm the only time get to play the game is after that indeed i have begun sleeping a couple of hours later than i used to but i feel like im exercising and having fun so i dont see the harm law student pritish oak agrees with nair the 24yearold said even if i do end up eating late at night i burn the calories by walking around the city while playing the game so i see it as a winwin situation as for my bed time being delayed its a small sacrifice for the immeasurable pleasure of revisiting ones childhood pokemon go haters caution that the app also threatens an individuals privacy all information linked to your google account including emails pictures documents and contacts can be accessed by nintendo this is not a deterrent to many however as almost all websites and apps today access the users personal information i dont mind that playing pokemon go means all my private information is sent to nintendo all websites anyway track our internet usage so this isnt that big a deal pokemon go lets me feel young again said 23yearold professional annujj palaye doctors say that another indirect effect of pokemon go could be obesity and malnutrition cortisol levels in our body decrease naturally at night cortisol is the hormone that tells the liver to release sugar into the blood this happens because we dont need much energy at night and is a signal to the body that it is time to sleep but since the person stays awake at night due to suppression of melatonin he has to compensate for the drop in