Comments on: Study: A Sleep-Deprived Brain is Potentially Dangerous

By: jk

jk — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:05:14 +0000

Could’a told ‘em that. There was the time I drove my son to a Scouts meeting, and the road kept disappearing and reappearing. Had I been stopped, I wouldn’t have passed the sobriety tests. It was Thursday, and I’d had approximately 8 hours of sleep–since Sunday!

Never again!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:37:00 +0000

I have been going to Nursing school when we were blessed with the news that we were having a baby. Before my daughter I was an A, B student. Now I am a B, C student. My college requires me to get 85% (B-) or better to pass the classes and I’m having a problem with that. My brain just doesn’t work the way it use to. It is a comfort to see in writing that I am ok and with some sleep I can be back to my old self. I’ve had to drop down to one class a semester and hopefully that will help. Thanks to Fox for shining light on this study!

By: amy

amy — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:32:12 +0000

Who sponsored this – The University of Duh?

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:13:03 +0000

We changed our flower-shop from a money losing to a profitable enterprise simply by discontinuing the all-nighters the day before major holidays such as Valentine’s day.

By: rene'

rene' — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:07:41 +0000

For two years I had been extremely tired with no energy, thought it was the drive that I make
to work everyday, (135 miles round trip). On the weekends, slept all the time and had REALLY bad
dark circles under my eyes. So for two years, felt like a walking zombie! Couldn’t take it anymore! My brain, by Wednesday..didn’t want to function. Finally, my husband went with me to the doctors…they ran test and found out that I have SLEEP APNEA. Ha, I had never heard of that. So now have to look like “Frankenstein” with the mask on at night, but keeps be breathing correctly when I sleep. I FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON NOW.

My point is…I totally agree with the findings!

By: Karla

Karla — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:35:33 +0000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas needs to see this report! My husband works there and is severely sleep deprived, as are his coworkers. They rotate shifts every 2 weeks: 2 weeks on day shift, 2 weeks on 3rd shift, 2 weeks on 2nd shift, then back to days again. If he gets hurt at work, I completely and totally 100% blame Toyota for forcing them to rotate shifts. SO stupid.

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:23:36 +0000

I would comment, but I didn’t get much sleep last night.

By: MTM

MTM — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:27 +0000

I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night and … hummmm .. what were we talking about?

By: eric

eric — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:08 +0000

Tell me about it. I’ve been working graveyards for the last two years and have frequently driven home in a semi-hypnotic state.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:20:55 +0000

So, physicians should be working in shifts (7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm,and 11pm -7am) just like registered nurses do; otherwise they are putting patients at risk due to fatigue and sleep deprivation, right?