I would think and have been told by my doc and pdoc, sleep deprivation is detrimental to one's mental and physical health. All I know it makes me worse when I'm deprived of my sleep. When I have had to travel and couldn't sleep, I felt terrible and delirious as the hours wore on. Maybe this helps some, but I would think very few. Sleep deprivation was so bad for me until my snoring husband agreed to sleep in the guest room. You can hear him all the way outside by the driveway, he refuses having the procedure and/or options to help correct this. But that is a whole other topic.
Sleep deprivation has been known to fuel depression and spark mania in bipolars, my pdoc always stresses to his bipolar clients to get adequate, quality sleep.
I love a good sleep, haven't had a good one for awhile, but looking forward to one that I can awake before the dog or alarm clock, and feel awake, rested. . .well I can dream, right?? ha!ha!
Lots of luck with what you choose.
DE


Sky,
Thanks for printing this, perhaps it will encourage others to use the internet to find info. on some topics that can be added here or just for one's own knowledge.
TC