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The little sleep he IS getting isn't even quality. From the author of Why We Sleep: > Unfortunately, the current set or classes of sleeping pills that we have
by elicash 8y ago
The little sleep he IS getting isn't even quality. From the author of Why We Sleep:
> Unfortunately, the current set or classes of sleeping pills that we have do not produce naturalistic sleep. So they are all a broad set of chemicals that we call the sedative hypnotics. And sedation is not sleep. It's very different. It doesn't give you the restorative natural benefits of sleep.
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630792401/sleep-scientist-warns-against-walking-through-life-in-an-underslept-state https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630792401/sleep-scientist-war...
- taternuts 8y agoIt's a whole lot better than nothing, that's for sure.
- elicash 8y agoIt's not Ambien or nothing for most people. This is a false choice and a dangerous way of framing it. Cognitive therapy for insomnia is just as effective in short-term and, unlike sedatives, do not cause sleep to be worse in the future. http://www.sleepeducation.org/treatment-therapy/cognitive-behavioral-therapy http://www.sleepeducation.org/treatment-therapy/cognitive-be...