When I get a lack of sleep, I often have a splitting headache the next day. Other people never get any headaches. What's wrong with me? (lemmy.world)

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When I get a lack of sleep (or especially multiple nights of bad sleep), I often have a splitting headache the next day that makes me unfunctional and worsens until I get more sleep. Other people I'm with have the exact same sleeping routines and never get any headaches, and can still function despite being tired. What's wrong with me?

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[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Some people don't require the same amount of sleep to function. I sometimes go weeks only sleeping 4-6 hours a night without being too drained, while my wife is exhausted if she gets less than 8 hours of sleep for a single night. Also, some people need a similar sleep schedule nightly while others can be sleep deprived on the weekdays and make up for the deficit on the weekends.

[-] PlogLod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I did read about a long-sleeper gene and a short-sleeper gene, which made me curious if I could be a long-sleeper

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I believe my wife read an article relating to this. I'm squarely in the short-sleeper side of things.

[-] Cyclist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The long-term effects of sleep deprivation are devastating, dementia being the main problem. Check out some of the research on the subject.

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

While this sounds scary, I don't know what I am supposed to do to address the issue. I can't force myself to sleep an extra 3-4 hours a night. I just wake up and can't fall back asleep.

[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Plus, telling us that a lack of sleep is going to be doom to us later doesn't help us sleep at night, right?

[-] thews@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I am on a cycle right now where I can't sleep without ambien and 300mcg melatonin. I've struggled with falling and/or staying asleep my whole life. My brain will calm down some and ill taper off of the ambien again at some point.

Besides the long term health, i am just not a pleasure to be around if i run on no sleep.

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