There Is No Link Between Insomnia and Early Death, Study Finds (bbc.com) 58
A new report published in the journal Science Direct says there is no link between insomnia and early death. The researchers reportedly "reviewed 17 studies, which covered close to 37 million people, to compile their results," the BBC notes. From the report: This new report goes against what the NHS says, which claims that as well as putting people at risk of obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, that insomnia shortens life expectancy. The NHS recommends things like exercising to tire yourself out during the day and cutting down on caffeine. It also says smoking, eating too much or drinking alcohol late at night can stop you from sleeping well. Other recommendations include writing a list of things that are playing on your mind and trying to get to bed at a similar time every night. "There was no difference in the odds of mortality for those individuals with symptoms of insomnia when compared to those without symptoms," the study says. "This finding was echoed in the assessment of the rate of mortality in those with and without symptoms of insomnia using the outcomes of multivariate models, with the most complete adjustment for potential confounders, as reported by the individual studies included in this meta-analysis. Additional analyses revealed a tendency for an increased risk of mortality associated with hypnotic use."
Thank god..... (Score:1)
I was up all night worrying about that
Re:"Researching" other people's research is so met (Score:4, Insightful)
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Sure, you won't die. You'll just go crazy.
Today, that gives you an advantage on social media.
A punctualization (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:A punctualization (Score:5, Informative)
That isn't how numbers work.
When you're looking for some thing, and you don't know if you find it or not, then you either found it, or were unable to find it.
For example, I dig a hole in the ground hoping to find a dinosaur bone; I either found it, or didn't find it. And I don't know if there are any dinosaur bones nearby. But if I dig up the whole valley, and sift all the dirt down to bedrock, then I know (with some high degree of certainty below infinity) that there are no dinosaur bones in the dirt layer of that valley.
They looked at 17 studies covering close to 37 million people. They weren't simply "unable to find" a link; they found that any such link is likely smaller than some tiny value. (while still more than 1/infinity)
And note that doesn't mean that sleep isn't important to health; it just means that insomnia itself is not a risk factor for death. Is insomnia simply lack of sleep? No.
No link... (Score:2)
It just FEELS like you are dead.
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"It just FEELS like you are dead."
You WISH you were dead, so that you can finally sleep.
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You don't comment on the topics, you don't contribute anything to the discussion, you're not even interesting. You're just ANNOYING
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Thank God... (Score:2)
Now I can get some sleep.....
Hypnotic use (Score:3)
Additional analyses revealed a tendency for an increased risk of mortality associated with hypnotic use.
This confirms prior studies that have shown 3 times increase risk of mortality with as little as 18 pills/year of Ambien.
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/conten... [bmj.com]
Who knew? (Score:2)
Watching a bit of television, I can assure everyone that the present mental bender is obsessing about how often you shit.
Now maybe people will shut up (Score:2)
I go to sleep when I'm sleepy, and wake up when I've had enough sleep. Seems simple to me. Who knew? That has to be lot better than lying in bed all upset because you aren't asleep, or drugging yourself to be "healthy".
Now I do know what sleep deprivation feels like - less than 4 hours, and I feel similar to jet lag - do not like.
But there seems to be a sort of public fad t
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TBH, there's a ton of bullshit about how much sleep to get. At the end of the day, if you're waking up naturally and feeling rested and productive through the day, you're probably getting the right amount of sleep for you.
4-5 hours a night is on the low end, but it's not necessarily unreasonable.
That's what I always thought. I don't even use an alarm clock. I've had people bitch at me about it to the point I've asked if I should drug myself to get the amount of sleep that they dictate I need.
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>if you wake up feeling rested after 4 hours, are you an insomniac?
No.
It's not about number of hours of sleep.
Insomnia is when you wake up every fucking day with that "jet-lag"
Nothing nice.
Exactly. But I've taken shit most of my adult life for my sleeping habits. I note that many of those same people stress over whether they are getting enouigh sleep, taking enough probiotics, and laxatives, and vitamins, and other Corporate Medication BS.
It's like neurotic people running things.
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I sleep between 4 and 5 hours a night. And I take a lot of guff for that. Lectures on how I'm killing myself, blah blah, blah.
Do these conversations where you receive all this criticism start with you boasting that you only need 4 hours of sleep a night?
Because I'm not convinced that people are breaking in to your house, sleep studying you, and then lecturing you. I think it's more likely that you're annoying them into doing so.
No, they start by people talking about how they can't function without their minimum 8, or how they have to drug themselves in order to get a healthy amount of sleep, or how they are really concerned that they only got 6 hours of sleep a night for a week, and are planning on seeing a doctor to find out what is wrong with them. Its merely conversation among people. I might be asked how much I get, because they notice I'm in really early at times, or I just might note it during the conversation.
I could
Is this supposed to make me sleep better? (Score:2)
Because I suffer from insomnia, not fear of early death!
I'm drinking heartbreak motor oil and Bombay gin
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Straight from the bottle, twisted again
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Well, I take this medicine as prescribed
I'll sleep when I'm dead
It don't matter if I get a little tired
I'll sleep when I'm dead
- Warren Zevon
An early death ... (Score:2)
An early death can spare you many sleepless nights.