Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolonged endurance exercise

Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by wheels on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:45PM (#38214479)

I'm from Texas but went to college in Michigan. I used to sometimes drive it straight through (20 hours, with stops every 6 hours for fuel, food and toilet). The times I'd stop were because I'd start hallucinating, not because I couldn't stay awake. Was always super annoying having to stop since I'd invariably be 1-2 hours from my parents place.

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by jorl17 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:15PM (#38214673)

I’m super curious. Can you explain what you mean by hallucinations?

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by wheels on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:32AM (#38218560)

Normally I'd have the sense that I was seeing things in my periphery that weren't there. It was almost like having the fear that a deer was running into the road, except the deer was never there. It was distracting enough to be dangerous.

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by throwaway837367 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:57PM (#38214560)

At 20 hours? I used to do that regularly. Wake up at 6 am, work, party til 2 am on a Friday. I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time. That only happens when you're up for like 3 days straight.

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by jodrellblank on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:13PM (#38214656)

> “I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time.”

Did you… read the comment you’re replying to? Or just skip straight to writing the one-upper reply?

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by joshspankit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:09PM (#38214634)

> I've never heard of anyone hallucinating in that short of a time.

Do you mean besides intentionally because of the effects of drugs and/or alcohol?

(Before people come for me: I’m not saying alcohol causes hallucinations, more that it affects perception and makes it very difficult to figure out if you’re tired enough to hallucinate)

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by davkan on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:06PM (#38214611)

Driving requires constant mental engagement. I find driving for 8 hours to be more tiring than a day of work.

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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by zoklet-enjoyer on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:00PM (#38214576)

Staring at the road, especially at night, for that long doesn't help. I drove 16ish hours from Denver to Fargo with minimal breaks recently. Got to Jamestown, ND (not far from Fargo) and had to pull over because it was starting to get weird.

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