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Neural Link found between Sleep Deprivation and Psychiatric Disorders

The first evidence that sleep deprivation has a neurological link to anxiety, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been published in the October edition of the journal Current Biology.   The need for sleep is best illustrated by what happens to us when we are deprived of it. A go...
Anonymous
Margaret G
10/28/07 7:20am

To me, this would explain why someone who was sleep deprived and depressed would impulsively overdose.

I have done this and it seemed rational

at the time to "knock myself out" in spite of the serious consequences.

      Thank you, Margaret G

Anonymous
iris
6/23/09 7:53am
Thank you for that insight. That explains alot. Why Sleep Apnea people are so grouchy when they do not get a good night sleep. A good friend of mine with Sleep Apnea and Narcolepsy was put out of school for fighting. He use to get in fights all the time when he was young. So nat enough sleep causes low impluse control. did I understand it right?
Anonymous
Tired mom
11/18/10 4:09am

What about going 8 months or even more without a good night sleep. Us moms do it all the time...we are expected to take care of our children, our homes, our jobs, ourselves, and all of that with no more than a couple of hours of sleep at night!!!! An impossible task!

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