Napping characteristics and incident dementia

Re:Napping characteristics and incident dementia by outworlder on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:04PM (#50339905)

"unintentional napping"

I used to 'unintentionally nap' all the time since I was a teen.

Then I discovered I had sleep apnea. No more napping. And dementia has been linked to sleep apnea.

I wonder if this study is missing some quite big issues here.

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Re:Napping characteristics and incident dementia by keybrd-intrrpt on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:14PM (#50341071)

> I wonder if this study is missing some quite big issues here.

Definitely seems like a possible "correlation is not causation".

I would find it hard to believe that sleep is somehow biologically harmful.

So, like your example, excessive or unintentionally napping is instead a sign of an underlying issue or poor health. Possibly the body trying to sleep to repair some damage?

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Re:Napping characteristics and incident dementia by wil421 on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:55PM (#50342724)

My father in law had the same issue resolved by a CPAP machine. No more naps.

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Re:Napping characteristics and incident dementia by quickthrowman on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:11PM (#50345450)

My sleep doctor was skeptical that I had sleep apnea during my initial consult because I indicated I don’t doze off unintentionally, even though I told her I consume 1000mg of caffeine a day to manage the sleepiness. I did tell her I took intentional naps on the weekends.

My sleep study revealed an average of 39 apnea events an hour and now I have a CPAP and am sleeping much better!

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