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The brain functional connectome is robustly altered by lack of sleep

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Re: The brain functional connectome is robustly altered by lack of sleep

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Post by thewhitetulip »

Alchemista wrote: post #60
thewhitetulip wrote: post #59

I had paid less attention to sleep until I got hit by Appendicitis and I had to be operated, that was a waking call for me to take health seriously, so I stopped all the late night waking and started sleeping at least 6-7 hrs daily. What I have observed is that if you keep everything under check then it won't impact your health much, too much of anything is bad, so I started to daily exercise, meditate You have no id…

I understand how any trip to the hospital might lead to a reflection on your health. However, I fail to see how appendicitis is related to a lack of sleep.

haha yeah the trip to the hospital lasted less than a week thanks to the advanced way to remove appendix, but since then I started on the proper schedule of sleeping at least 7 hrs a day no matter what, diet, exercise and everything else, so getting enough sleep is the part of living a proper life and the hospital life I have to thank

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Post by ca98am79 »

amelius wrote: post #41
petilon wrote: post #9

I have had sleep issues for many years. I have seen sleep specialists regarding this issue. They basically tell you to reduce stress. But my daily life is not particularly stressful. But my job as a software developer involves brain-intensive work, and when I come home after work, I work on hobby software development projects, which means my brain is working intensely whenever I am awake. That may be the stress leadi…

You could also try meditation. It helps one to find a way to turn off the brain when it is not needed.

I have panic disorder and have sometimes stayed up all night panicking (sucks) - I tried everything and nothing worked as well as meditation, which has basically cured this for me

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Post by manicdee »

alphydan wrote: post #68
petilon wrote: post #56

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> but high magnesium levels apparently can lead to arrhythmias Not true. It is low levels of magnesium that can cause heart disease. See: http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1121693

I'm afraid the body is not that simple. Both too little and too much mess with the heart: > Magnesium is also cardiotoxic and, in high concentrations, can cause bradycardia [#]. Occasionally, complete heart block and cardiac arrest may occur at levels greater than 7 mmol/L. [0] [0] http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/246489-overview#a4 [#] a type of arrythmia

7mmol/L in just the blood supply, when magnesium supplements are in the order of 60mg per pill, would equate to an intake of about 1g of magnesium or 17 perfectly assimilated magnesium pills, in short enough time that the body has not started to eliminate the magnesium.

One to three pills before bed time is not going to pose any kind of risk.

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Post by outlace »

therein wrote: post #70
outlace wrote: post #62

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Melatonin is great but it shouldn't be used long term (more than a couple months). I tried it longer than that and it wasn't good, weird constitutional symptoms.. Also says so on the packaging.

I bet you took too much of it. I know it comes in 3mg-ish sizes but the correct dosage would be about 500mcg.

Not really, I took half pills which were 1.5mg each
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