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Re: Study claims sleep deprivation causes psych pr » yxibow

Posted by Astounder on November 1, 2007, at 10:06:57

In reply to Re: Study claims sleep deprivation causes psych pr » Phillipa, posted by yxibow on October 31, 2007, at 23:34:29

> > So are you saying that alchohol increases good sleep as when I drank 4-6 beers a night I felt wonderful the next day no hangover,lots of energy, no depression, and most importantly very happy and fulfilled. Phillipa
>
> Alcohol may produce sleep for someone once but the chance of hangovers and other nasty things are quite likely. Its not really a good choice. I'm sure you're among the exceptions but it really doesn't give a "good nights sleep".
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> Combined with sleep agents it potentiates the CNS depressant effect and can cause respiratory depression, not a good thing.

Yeah, you develop tolerance to alcohol's sedative effects rapidly, and it starts to fragment sleep after as little as one day of use (similar to chloral or midazolam). Only with gabapentin--and by extension, pregabalin--does it seem that it doesn't hurt architecture, but rather improves it.


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