Posted by Questionmark on March 21, 2004, at 12:41:09
In reply to Re: Drugs vs.Sleep deprivation, posted by Sooshi on March 20, 2004, at 8:27:30
And get this-- i found this fascinating when i first read this about a month ago... i read in some magazine (wasn't a scientific journal, and i'm pRETTy they cited a study, but i cannot remember for sure) that sleep deprivation somehow inhibits the reuptake of certain neurotransmitters-- yes, not just one-- "certain" or "various" or something.
It made me think of a couple or so depressed friends of mine who stay awake for ungodly hours oftentimes/sometimes-- as well as myself (although that is probably more due to my sick disease of perpetual procratination)-- and that maybe at least some of them/us are unwittingly "medicating" themselves, with sleep deprivation. For me it's bizarre, because i feel like if i sleep at all-- even like an hour-- the beneficial effects do not come, and i'm just horribly depressed, exhausted, and stupid. But if i stay awake the enTIRE night, then the next day i often feel significantly more happy and
disinhibited.
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