Has anyone seen this interesting article about sleep? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24444634

[cathie]

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That's a very interesting article! I know I am absolutely rubbish when I've had little sleep (which seems to be the norm for me these days!)

[cathie in reply to Hidden]

My sleeplessness is much improved recently, but I have had horrible times only helped by catching snoozettes in the afternoon, but no more than 20 mins. Hope you sleep better

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That's really interesting Cathie - I had noticed that Dr Michael Mosley's other documentary series "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor" starts tonight, will be setting the tv to tape the series!

For me it's definitely the quality of sleep that makes a difference.

Cece x

[cathie]

I don't know if it helps those of us with chronic insomnia, but it helps to explain experience of brain fog. I agree cece, a few seconds of deep sleep can lift me in the day if I feel tired

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It would be interesting if they could do a similar study for people who suffers pain at night. I would like to know which of the sleep shape is worst affected!

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Also, and thankfully it doesn't happen often, I have woken during the part of sleep where you're paralysed. I was terrified the first time thought I'd had a stroke or something. Once I read up on it I wasn't so scared the next time it happened but it is still a really weird experience!

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The part of the article I found interesting was how lack of sleep relates to the immune system and inflammation - I wonder how many of us were working a lot of hours either as a full-time parent or combining parenting and outside work with not enough sleep. I'm interested in what lifestyle factors increase vulnerability to developing diseases particularly auto-immune diseases. In an increasingly 24/7 world it's not so much a matter of lifestyle 'choices' as how life is nowadays - my 2 sons both work 12+ hour days at least 4 times a week, which when you add in commuting etc and work taken home at the weekend really eats into time for restorative sleep. The emergency services all seem to work 1O-12 hr shifts and constantly rotate through early's, late's then night shifts.

Cece x

[cathie]

I think it explains a lot