A 44-year-old member asked:
no sleep and still up 27 hours later. is that normal?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Klaus d Lessnau answered
Pulmonary Critical Care 36 years experience
Not normal: Ask your sleep specialist why that is and what to do about it.
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Dr. Alan Ali answered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Insomnia: Need workup for causes of insomnia. Your pcp is best initial approach.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
How can I function on no sleep?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Marcel Hungs answered
Neurology 26 years experience
You can't: Sleep is essential to life, health and well-being. Many progressive problems occur, iif one does not sleep: concentration problems, headache, depression, agitation are observed. Sleepiness will increase and cause car accidents. Ultimately, any human will die without sleep. There is a fatal familial insomnia , that is prion based and thankful extremely rare.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
What can you do to not feel tired and act weird in the morning after having no sleep?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Christopher Wilson answered
Sleep Medicine 21 years experience
Nothing really: Your best bet is to fix the problem: get enough sleep. If you can't, you're stuck with using caffeine and napping. There's not a magic bullet to fix insufficient sleep other than get enough sleep.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
What can be done to not feel tired and act weird in the morning after no sleep?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
YOU NEED SLEEP.: Don't go without sleep (unless absolutely impossible to avoid). We need to take good care of our bodies.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Need expert help here. What are downsides to little or no sleep?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Organisms function: Poorly without sleep. Some organisms become kaput without sleep. By the way, us humans fall under the category of organisms.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Can someone tell me how to prepare for 3 nights of no sleep in healthy way?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Sal Aragona answered
Dentistry 41 years experience
You cannot: There is no healthy way to prepare for no sleep for three days. Psychotic and erratic behavior will begin after 24 hours of not sleeping.
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