Posted by linkadge on December 24, 2006, at 13:15:00
In reply to Re: the reason I ask., posted by laima on December 23, 2006, at 17:02:08
I've never gone psychotic on one nights sleep deprivation. Although the world does seem a little bit more live during that day. I mean "live" in the sense that it seems new and otherwordly.
I've only once gone without sleep 2 day in a row. Perhaps that time it could have been more virging on psychosis. I would see flashes of images that I knew were in my mind and not infront of me.
The MAOI's and TCAs have been known to cause psychosis and they seem to have the most profound ability to alter sleep archetecture.
I've heard that a person who is in remission during a day of sleep deprivation can lapse back into depression with as little as 10seconds of REM sleep on the EEG.
Early researchers thought that the primary problem was with some dysregulation during sleep.
Sleep can alter catecholamine metabolism. Too much sleep and you feel more tired.
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