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Fascinating stuff. Reminds me of the decreased sleep need associated with hypomania—something attributed to historical figures like Alexander Hamilton or contem
by patrickhogan1 2y ago
Fascinating stuff. Reminds me of the decreased sleep need associated with hypomania—something attributed to historical figures like Alexander Hamilton or contemporary ones like Elon Musk. I wonder if there’s a shared neurobiological mechanism here, perhaps involving orexin pathways. If so, exploring this overlap might unlock even more interesting avenues for research and therapies.
- pstuart 2y agoIf they could capture the energy and joy from hypomania without the disconnect from reality they'd have a winner.
- robocat 2y agoI've always thought there's a third variable: something causes the lack of sleep, and the lack of sleep causes mania. Disturbed sleeping causes a wide variety of different psych symptoms in different people. An acquaintance was almost committed for schizophrenia - but sleeping pills fixed the night horrors and they avoided commital.