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I experienced the same thing with my startup. My vocabulary started to deteriorate, my memory was shit, and it was taking me longer to calculate tips. This is

by orasis 12y ago

I experienced the same thing with my startup. My vocabulary started to deteriorate, my memory was shit, and it was taking me longer to calculate tips. This is very alarming for a previously "smart" person. I ended up retreating to a small town in the mountains and it took about 3 years for my brain to heal.

_Adam 12y ago
Were you getting less sleep than normal? I have a theory (which is supported by a few papers I've read) that an extended period of reduced sleeping time can cause what we might call "brain damage".
- thisjepisje 12y ago
  Haven't looked into it a lot, but it reminds me of the concept of sleep debt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_debt
  - _Adam 12y ago
    Agreed, and that article doesn't even mention this relatively recent finding, which I think offers even stronger evidence of the importance of sleep: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-perchance-reveals-brain-trash.html http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-perchance-reveals-brai...
- orasis 12y ago
  I was typically sleeping 7+ hours per night, but the stress from the day was giving me scrambled restless dreams. Nowadays I sleep 10+ hours per night.
seivan 12y ago
I'm a huge Splinter Cell fan, and I remember loving Chaos Theory. I am sorry for the shit he had to go through. I feel like this as well actually. It takes longer to calculate simple math and I'm having issues remembering stuff. This image did not help at all: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAqwcQdUkAAsz_G.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAqwcQdUkAAsz_G.jpg
bdg 12y ago
I just wanted to chime in here that I am a developer and also feel I am prone to memory loss (I forget about features I've spent weeks working on), and vocabulary issues which I feel may be a result of my brain being in "programming mode". Extremely frequently will I reverse my words, eg, "Can you food on this salt?". English is my first language.
FLUX-YOU 12y ago
>I ended up retreating to a small town in the mountains and it took about 3 years for my brain to heal. I wouldn't mind doing that, but that sounds like you'd need a decent amount of cash to do.

by orasis 12y ago

_Adam 12y ago

Were you getting less sleep than normal? I have a theory (which is supported by a few papers I've read) that an extended period of reduced sleeping time can cause what we might call "brain damage".

thisjepisje 12y ago
Haven't looked into it a lot, but it reminds me of the concept of sleep debt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_debt
- _Adam 12y ago
  Agreed, and that article doesn't even mention this relatively recent finding, which I think offers even stronger evidence of the importance of sleep: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-perchance-reveals-brain-trash.html http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-perchance-reveals-brai...
orasis 12y ago
I was typically sleeping 7+ hours per night, but the stress from the day was giving me scrambled restless dreams. Nowadays I sleep 10+ hours per night.

seivan 12y ago

I'm a huge Splinter Cell fan, and I remember loving Chaos Theory. I am sorry for the shit he had to go through. I feel like this as well actually. It takes longer to calculate simple math and I'm having issues remembering stuff. This image did not help at all: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAqwcQdUkAAsz_G.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAqwcQdUkAAsz_G.jpg

bdg 12y ago

I just wanted to chime in here that I am a developer and also feel I am prone to memory loss (I forget about features I've spent weeks working on), and vocabulary issues which I feel may be a result of my brain being in "programming mode". Extremely frequently will I reverse my words, eg, "Can you food on this salt?". English is my first language.

FLUX-YOU 12y ago

>I ended up retreating to a small town in the mountains and it took about 3 years for my brain to heal. I wouldn't mind doing that, but that sounds like you'd need a decent amount of cash to do.