Sleep deprivation health
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As a teenager I went through a year of sleep deprivation. I got about six hours of sleep a night. I felt very sleepy every day and even had feelings of confusion and derealization. Did I cause any permanent damage to my brain? In addition, has damage caused by oxidative stress and free radicals irreversibly increased my cancer risk?
There not sure why warm milk help sleep as tryptophan only helps with the initial cycle of sleep but can disrupt deep sleep, but you may want to try it to help you get to sleep initially just only drink a small glass. There is something called Lactium in milk which relaxes infants but there is an all natural medication called dreamerz food that contains a consentrated amount of Lactium(enough for an adult) along with melatonin that has gotten alot of great attention.
I already was struggling with poor sleep due to sleep apnea that was undiagnosed at the time. At work my responsibilities increased and I was constantly rehashing in my mind the various decisions I had to make in selecting and writing specs for a data management software conversion. Then an extended family member was killed in the military and I had to plan the local service while the parents were out of state at the memorials on the base.
Hi, welcome to the forum, you may be probably having Circadian rhythm disorders. Due to long term sleep deprivation in night time or delay in sleep will lead to excessive day time sleep or sleepiness, tiredness, loss of concentration etc.
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Less than 5 hrs sleep will effect your health.
Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders can impact our health in a major way. Cognitive ability can be impacted and yes, I'm sure headaches can be triggered. I had not heard about a correlation with alzheimers. In reading about that, it's a little confusing. I guess many with alzheimers do have disturbed circadian rhythm. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351409/ I don't know if it causes it but is more just part of it though.
For the last 6 weeks he has been off work following an accident which in my view was a direct result of sleep deprivation. His employer (a large well known logistics firm) schedule drivers' shifts on a weekly basis bearing no similarity to the previous week, Shifts are quite different from one week to the next. Drivers may start at 3 am one week or even 1 pm the next and consequently they are required to adjust their sleeping patterns accordingly.
30 or so, only getting around 4 hours of sleep. I tried to get back to sleep but the people around me were up and keeping me awake. After a while of me laying in bed, everyone left except one friend, and me and him layed around all day being too tired to do anything, but not wanting to sleep the day away.
That whole day I felt pretty normal.
https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep-deprivation/effects-on-body It has the signs of sleep deprivation. High blood pressure is another one.
The blood pressure is in the borderline range but you need to also begin tracking and then addressing that. Hard to exercise and eat properly with your work schedule.
Does it sound like your work schedule is the main reason for your issues?
Not everyone needs the typically recommended amount of sleep. I THOUGHT I was one of those people, but it turned out I was not. I believe that my avoidance of sleep was my body/brain's instinctive survival mechanism, as my sleep was both miserable and dangerous. Between obstructive sleep apnea and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), sleep was not a pleasant place to go, so I didn't until I collapsed.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is unlikely to cause hallucinations, but and they can occur with certain medications, stress, sleep deprivation, in certain brain disorders and with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders. So, like you mentioned sleep deprivation can cause hallucinations. But if they persist, I would advise you to discuss your symptoms with your primary care physician for further evaluation.
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It could be sleep deprivation, as it has happened to me aswell during times i havent been getting good amounts of sleep (8-10hr). if that not the cause then tell a docter, also include the details of what your seeing, people, physical/facial/etc descriptions.
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