Effects of Sleep Deprivation

If you or someone in your home snores, you probably know about sleep deprivation. When you have trouble sleeping just one night you are likely to feel fatigued and to have trouble focusing and concentrating the next day. When you are deprived of sleep for a longer period of time these symptoms become much worse and are joined by others that could be more dangerous.

Not getting enough sleep to sustain your brain over time will lead to a scattered thought process that can make it difficult to communicate with others. You will start forgetting things easily and your memory of recent events will not be very clear. Sleep deprivation can also interfere with your work or studying for school as concentrating and listening to others closely becomes more difficult.

You will also notice that you have less physical energy and your weight may fluctuate over time if the sleep deprivation continues. Your body is not getting the rest it needs to restore energy, repair muscle tissue and perform other basic body functions that occur primarily during sleeping hours.

In the case of extended sleep deprivation over time, there are some serious behaviour risks that can occur. The biggest danger is being unable to keep yourself awake after too many nights of sleep interruption. You may fall asleep at inappropriate times, even if you are sitting up in your chair or in an important meeting.

You could also fall asleep while driving or operating equipment at work which could lead to a tragic accident.

It's easy to shrug off these risks with the assumption that they won't happen to you, but they do happen every day and there is nothing stopping it from happening to you. This makes solving a problem with snoring more important than most people think.