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Well, looks like I’m getting Alzheimer’s, boys.

melbourne_mat 3y ago
Yeah I also don't sleep well. I wonder if lack of deep sleep has a causal relationship to Alzheimer's or if it's just an association?
ngngngng 3y ago
Who are you?
- morkalork 3y ago
  That's what he'll be asking himself everyday once it starts to hit hard
- irjustin 3y ago
  A person who doesn't sleep much
Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
Yeah, as someone with crappy sleep (this night for example I slept 4 hours, with only 36 minutes deep sleep according to my smartwatch), this kind of headline doesn't cheer me up one bit :( I guess things are what they are, though. Good that we uncover knowledge like this.
- hutzlibu 3y ago
  It should be no surprise, that it is not good for your health, if you do not sleep well. So fixing whatever it is preventing you from good sleeping really should be priority number 1 if you want to maintain or restore your health. Easier said than done, of course, but reducing coffeine, doing more sports and avoid bringing the smartphone into your bedroom would probably be a good start.
  - Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
    Yeah, I have been trying to do that for many years, because obviously poor sleep has plenty of bad outcomes, not only long-term but also including immediately obvious ones. But for some of us, it's hard. I have taken measures like exercising, having dinner earlier, trying to read for a while before going to bed, etc. and they do help somewhat, but the truth is I seem to be too sensitive to stress. When a backlog of tasks accumulates (which, in my job, is most of the time) I start ruminating about work in bed, sometimes this gets compounded by gas and reflux (I once thought this was about food, but no, I have long found out that it's totally about stress, if I'm on holiday I can eat like a horse and never get gas and if I'm stressed I can get it from pretty much anything) and there goes my night's sleep. My work is pretty stressful (and hard to reduce the workload) but I don't think I can just blame the job, as this happens even when the backlog isn't such a huge deal objectively speaking, and I can handle it. But it seems that I'm just bad at disconnecting from things. In fact for example if I have a morning flight the next day I always sleep like crap, not because I have any fear of flying at all, but my mind is just not at rest thinking what if the alarm clocks fail (which never happens), etc. I know it won't happen, but the thought keeps me awake anyway.
    - konschubert 3y ago
      Thank for describing this so eloquently. For me, while it's true that work and other kinds of pressure are able to create the stress that causes bad sleep, I am perfectly capable of getting stressed for no reason at all. The good news is that this seems to be getting better as I age.
    - hutzlibu 3y ago
      I can relate to that. I had some success with meditating and breathing exercises. But mostly really doing everything, I possible could do, to reduce "open problems". And developing a "don't care so much" attitude. The world likely won't burn, if I make misstakes. Shit happens. I do what I can. "if I have a morning flight the next day I always sleep like crap, not because I have any fear of flying at all, but my mind is just not at rest thinking what if the alarm clocks fail" And one time I actually forgot to set the alarm, but I still woke up exactly one minute before the alarm was supposed to wake me up ..
- dabber21 3y ago
  in addition to the other replies, there was an article a few weeks (?) ago that eye masks can help you with your deep sleep found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35807951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35807951 may not solve all your problems but it may be a puzzle piece
wahnfrieden 3y ago
I quit my career / working for others primarily to fix my sleep and it worked.

Yeah I also don't sleep well. I wonder if lack of deep sleep has a causal relationship to Alzheimer's or if it's just an association?

ngngngng 3y ago

Who are you?

morkalork 3y ago
That's what he'll be asking himself everyday once it starts to hit hard
irjustin 3y ago
A person who doesn't sleep much

Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago

Yeah, as someone with crappy sleep (this night for example I slept 4 hours, with only 36 minutes deep sleep according to my smartwatch), this kind of headline doesn't cheer me up one bit :( I guess things are what they are, though. Good that we uncover knowledge like this.

hutzlibu 3y ago
It should be no surprise, that it is not good for your health, if you do not sleep well. So fixing whatever it is preventing you from good sleeping really should be priority number 1 if you want to maintain or restore your health. Easier said than done, of course, but reducing coffeine, doing more sports and avoid bringing the smartphone into your bedroom would probably be a good start.
- Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
  Yeah, I have been trying to do that for many years, because obviously poor sleep has plenty of bad outcomes, not only long-term but also including immediately obvious ones. But for some of us, it's hard. I have taken measures like exercising, having dinner earlier, trying to read for a while before going to bed, etc. and they do help somewhat, but the truth is I seem to be too sensitive to stress. When a backlog of tasks accumulates (which, in my job, is most of the time) I start ruminating about work in bed, sometimes this gets compounded by gas and reflux (I once thought this was about food, but no, I have long found out that it's totally about stress, if I'm on holiday I can eat like a horse and never get gas and if I'm stressed I can get it from pretty much anything) and there goes my night's sleep. My work is pretty stressful (and hard to reduce the workload) but I don't think I can just blame the job, as this happens even when the backlog isn't such a huge deal objectively speaking, and I can handle it. But it seems that I'm just bad at disconnecting from things. In fact for example if I have a morning flight the next day I always sleep like crap, not because I have any fear of flying at all, but my mind is just not at rest thinking what if the alarm clocks fail (which never happens), etc. I know it won't happen, but the thought keeps me awake anyway.
  - konschubert 3y ago
    Thank for describing this so eloquently. For me, while it's true that work and other kinds of pressure are able to create the stress that causes bad sleep, I am perfectly capable of getting stressed for no reason at all. The good news is that this seems to be getting better as I age.
  - hutzlibu 3y ago
    I can relate to that. I had some success with meditating and breathing exercises. But mostly really doing everything, I possible could do, to reduce "open problems". And developing a "don't care so much" attitude. The world likely won't burn, if I make misstakes. Shit happens. I do what I can. "if I have a morning flight the next day I always sleep like crap, not because I have any fear of flying at all, but my mind is just not at rest thinking what if the alarm clocks fail" And one time I actually forgot to set the alarm, but I still woke up exactly one minute before the alarm was supposed to wake me up ..
dabber21 3y ago
in addition to the other replies, there was an article a few weeks (?) ago that eye masks can help you with your deep sleep found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35807951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35807951 may not solve all your problems but it may be a puzzle piece

wahnfrieden 3y ago

I quit my career / working for others primarily to fix my sleep and it worked.