Long daytime naps might raise your odds for A-fib (Keep them under 30 minutes - otherwise 90% increase in risk)

Medical Xpress / HealthDay / Meeting of the European Society of Cardiology ^ | April 13, 2023 | Dennis Thompson / Dr. Jesus Diaz-Gutierrez

[ConservativeMind]

This was an association found, but plausible reasons why it could be valid, were offered.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Boogieman]

You can’t get a REM cycle in 30 minutes, so that short of a nap is just going to make you more tired.

[moovova]

They can have my afternoon naps when they pry my cold dead butt off the den couch.

[steve86]

For me the optimal nap duration is 90 minutes, the natural REM cycle.

[ConservativeMind]

You can’t get REM in any normal “nap,” and you don’t need it to be rested during the day.

Your nights are for the real thing.

[ConservativeMind]

Actually, that is the average time it takes to just start REM sleep:

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-101

[Boogieman]

“You can’t get REM in any normal “nap,””

Speak for yourself. If I nap for at least 1 hr 20 minutes, I can get a REM cycle in.

“you don’t need it to be rested during the day”

No, not normally, but if I do take a nap, I’m going to take one that doesn’t leave me feeling more tired than before I took it.

[Boogieman]

“the average time”

Did you perhaps forget that “average” doesn’t mean “minimum”?

[StolarStorm]

Seems more likely that those who need to nap 90 minutes are having sleep apnea or other sleep issues.

[ConservativeMind]

A 100 minute nap merely gets you ten minutes of REM sleep:

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-101

100 minutes is not a normal “nap.” That’s better described as “sleep.”

[ConservativeMind]

I would agree, and it appears to be the sort of problem this study is noting.

[Jane Long]

Rarely nap, but, when I do….it’s a 20 minute power nap.

[steve86]

Actually, it varies by individual and circumstances such as perceived stress prior to nap. When I was a PhD candidate in neuropsychology, 90 minutes was stated as baseline for REM cycle based on EEG.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Boy am I glad I can’t nap. 🙂

[central_va]

Does getting drunk and falling to sleep count?

[Dr. Sivana]

A whole lot of Mexicans took longer Siestas, and there are still a whole lot of Mexicans.

[steve86]

I consider a 90 minute nap to be six 15 minute naps in quick succession.

[KarlInOhio]

While the study found an association between naps and a-fib risk, it could not prove cause and effect.

Maybe those with a-fib are more tired and are more likely to nap?

[mass55th]

When I retired in 2003, I got in the habit of taking a short nap on the couch in the afternoon. I stopped doing it, because I always felt more tired when I got up. I can’t remember the last time I ever took a nap. When I was working, I was on the 3-11 p.m. shift and very rarely, the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. From the day I retired, I couldn’t bring myself to go to bed early, and even now, all these years later, I stay up to at least 4 a.m., and sleep for 7 or 8 hours. Breakfast is brunch for me.