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Slightly off-topic (though related). I think I experience a mild form of the craziness described in the article if I don't get enough sleep the night before. I'
by taylorius 4y ago
Slightly off-topic (though related). I think I experience a mild form of the craziness described in the article if I don't get enough sleep the night before. I'm not trying to compare the two in any way, or make it "all about me" - but it's a definite pattern I've observed, and I wondered if anyone else had experienced anything similar.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoOne possibility is you have always had that craziness but you learned to compensate for it using various strategies. But when you’re low on mental energy, you can’t compensate effectively. I experience this in an extreme way having bipolar. I learned very young how to function despite a severe disability. Lack of sleep would make everything worse because I couldn’t keep on top of things. When you’re in the middle of it, it feels normal.
- user_7832 4y agoThis is not particularly surprising, lack of sleep causes an increase in dopamine (the theory is that the brain tries to "compensate"). There was a very recent episode on the Huberman Lab podcast on using this to "reset" the circadian rhythm and depression (to some extent).