Tell HN: I didn't sleep last night, and I feel even better?

4 points

5 years ago

This started as Ask HN but after some googling it's now Tell HN, just wanna share my discovery, which is already well documented.. So last night due to TV/Depression I didn't go to bed until 5am. But then I thought I wont wake up on time so screw it I'll just stay awake. I was fully prepared to be a zombie and expecting headaches. And headaches did start at 8am, I took a nap accidentally at 9am to 9:50am and they went away. Later today, I noticed I'm able to focus, there is huge silence in my mind, all negative thoughts are gone... I feel bit like a zombie/fatigued but at the same time kinda hopeful, stable, content and ok. No anxiety or depressive mood, like not at all, almost scary how ok it feels, also not excited/happy either that I think is healthier place to be.. instead of swinging between crazy happy and totally hopeless. I did more coding today than in the last 10 days. Even had an important interview and wasn't nervous.

So I started to look what the heck is happening I always thought sleeping was crucial to mental health and neurons etc.

Turns out it's documented

"Sleep deprivation (SD) response shows up in the SD night or on the following day. Ten to 15% of patients respond after recovery sleep only. After recovery sleep 50-80% of day 1 responders suffer a complete or partial relapse; but improvement can last for weeks....There are, however, indications that Total Sleep Deprivation (TSD) is superior"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12531127/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16213237