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From: Gas Bag on 10 Apr 2008 05:13
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Few sleep queries here. Hoping for some advice.
I've found that if I have a *big* night on the booze, I sleep like the
dead. More the point, I actually fall asleep easier than knocking the
top off a beer. You could drop a bomb near my bed and I wouldn't even
stir. It's great.
But.....the following night (the night of the hangover), I find it's
often harder to get to sleep than leaping tall buildings in a single
bound. What's the resaon behind this? Remedy? (Other than simply not
drinking)
As a totally seperate issue, I've found that if I have just a few
drinks on a totally separate night (hardly even tipsy), sometimes it's
harder to fall asleep. Any comments here?
Lastly, if you're on medication that has a side effect of very lucid
dreams (on an almost nightly basis), is there anything that can be
done about this?
From: Sue Morton on 10 Apr 2008 07:30
It is only a *perception* that you sleep like the dead. Alcohol disrupts
both your nervous system AND your normal sleep cycle, resulting in
fragmented and/or poor quality sleep. Other factors in significant amounts
of alcohol consumption prevent you from realizing it. The following night
you don't have the overwhelming other effects of alcohol so you not only
experience it again, you're aware of it. The same mechanism applies to
having only a couple of drinks.

This is well documented, have a go at searching the 'net for the reliable
sources such as medical journals, Maya clinic, etc. and you'll find all the
detailed info on this.
--
Sue Morton

Gas Bag wrote:
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>
> Few sleep queries here. Hoping for some advice.
> I've found that if I have a *big* night on the booze, I sleep like the
> dead. More the point, I actually fall asleep easier than knocking the
> top off a beer. You could drop a bomb near my bed and I wouldn't even
> stir. It's great.
> But.....the following night (the night of the hangover), I find it's
> often harder to get to sleep than leaping tall buildings in a single
> bound. What's the resaon behind this? Remedy? (Other than simply not
> drinking)
> As a totally seperate issue, I've found that if I have just a few
> drinks on a totally separate night (hardly even tipsy), sometimes it's
> harder to fall asleep. Any comments here?
> Lastly, if you're on medication that has a side effect of very lucid
> dreams (on an almost nightly basis), is there anything that can be
> done about this?


From: doofy on 10 Apr 2008 16:04
>> As a totally seperate issue, I've found that if I have just a few
>> drinks on a totally separate night (hardly even tipsy), sometimes it's
>> harder to fall asleep. Any comments here?

Alcohol is a stimulant. Yes, it's a depressant too, but it's a
stimulant also.
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