Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by seanwilson on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:55AM
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> I am no less groggy in the morning. (No alarm means I wake up at 4AM or after 11 hours.) I am no more energetic. I sleep about the same number of hours as I did otherwise. Generally speaking, I noticed no physiological changes other than (a) craving sugar and (b) losing weight (due to cutting out alcohol and related foods).
For what it's worth, I have the same anecdote. I don't see any dramatic difference. Same with avoiding caffeine and I normally drink a lot of tea and coffee.
Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by Ensorceled on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:31AM
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If you haven't been chronically sleep deprived and haven't been using a caffeine/alcohol cycle to support that life style, why would you expect to see effects the parent said you would see?
You're at the baseline they were already talking about.
Re:Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:38AM
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> haven't been using a caffeine/alcohol cycle to support that life style
I'm frequently acutely sleep deprived. (Which is relevant within the context of a "catch-up sleep" article.) And while I don't use alcohol and caffeine to support my sleep cycle, I certainly take each frequently.
Cutting them out had no dramatic effect on my sleep quality. TL; DR Results from cutting out alcohol and caffeine may vary, and not everyone's body knows how much sleep it needs.
I do this once a year for one month for general health purposes.
I am no less groggy in the morning. (No alarm means I wake up at 4AM or after 11 hours.) I am no more energetic. I sleep about the same number of hours as I did otherwise. Generally speaking, I noticed no physiological changes other than (a) craving sugar and (b) losing weight (due to cutting out alcohol and related foods).
(Granted, I haven't been chronically sleep deprived for years.)