Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
A specialized system sends pulses of pressure through the fluids in our brain.
For those interested, the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker has very understandable details about sleep. He touches on the waste removal during NREM. He initially became interested in sleep by finding that Alzheimer’s was first predictably detected in changes in EEG sleep waves before symptoms of forgetfulness began.
Nobody better check this book out from Anna’s archive. /s
This book is a great gift for new parents.
The only substance, that is mentioned, is zolpidem.
And from the article:
But the last step she has on her roadmap is making better sleeping pills. “We need sleeping drugs that don’t have this inhibitory effect on the norepinephrine waves. If we can have a sleeping pill that helps people sleep without disrupting their sleep at the same time it will be very important,” Hauglund concludes.
Not all sleeping pills are bad?
Which is rarely prescribed anymore because it’s so addictive.
In any case it’s not the kind of pill you’re allowed to take for life, just for 2 weeks of treatment or whatever.
? More like 'if only we had a good sleeping pill'
Yeah I’m wondering if THC has any similar impact since it generally can keep people from reaching REM and dreaming normally… idk about NREM tho
Could we theoretically create drugs that clean up the waste and all that jazz, therefore getting rid of the need to sleep? 🤔
Don't need to sleep? That just means more time to work!
