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I hear this all the time regarding bouncing back after lack of sleep when younger, but I have to say that I never really experienced it - I was always completel
by silverquiet 3y ago
I hear this all the time regarding bouncing back after lack of sleep when younger, but I have to say that I never really experienced it - I was always completely shot after a (rare) night of not sleeping. To the point where I actually essentially lost consciousness involuntarily for a few hours on one occasion. Then, when I was in my 30's I suffered a bout of sleeplessness for a bit and found I could actually "function" to some extend during the day, though it was a bit dicey.
It really gave me a fear of situations that might involve sleep deprivation - one reason among many I never thought I could handle medical school for instance.
- yosito 3y agoI'm in my late 30s, and physically healthy. Mentally, I can function better on low sleep than I could in my 20s. But two weeks ago, I had five nights in a row of 4 hours of sleep. By the end of the week, I ended up in the hospital with chest pains and doctors were concerned it was a heart attack. In the end, things checked out fine, but my body definitely can't handle the stress of lack of sleep like it used to.
- QuercusMax 3y agoI had 4 kids in my 20s, and I dealt with a lot of lost sleep. Since I hit about 36, I've found that a poor night of sleep, such as from a red-eye flight, will wreck me for about 2 days.