I wonder how those meds stack up against the effect of chronic lack of sleep on developing cognitive disorders?
“I wonder how those meds stack up against the effect of chronic lack of sleep on developing cognitive disorders?”
I think there are a whole lot of things in play. For thousands of years people worked hard gathering food during the day, and at night, it was dark, and they slept. Probably they slept well as they worked so hard. Then, we entered the industrial age and instead of physical work we did mental work, which is tiring, but not the same kind of tired as physical labor. Also, instead of, for most part, living in a pastoral setting we have the politics of work relationships, homeowners’ associations, lawsuits and all sorts of worries we didn’t have for most of our evolution. Throw on top of that nobody I knew when I worked went to bed before eleven. Most were still working hard at home during hours when our ancestors were fast asleep. I don’t think we are adapted to the lifestyle we are living. Throw on top of that that we are living longer than most of our ancestors and I’m sure that adds another layer of issues.