I know the standard advice is that a person needs 7 hours or so of sleep per night, but what happens in the long term if this isn't possible? Say if someone only gets five hours of sleep on average a night for years because they have a busy life/career? What happens in this situatiion, Does the body ever adapt to a shorter sleep period?
2006-11-19 13:45:19 · 4 answers · asked by LanceMiller77 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
YOu automatically adjust to it,unless you are in bad health..that wouldnt be a good thing to do!
2006-11-19 13:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sleep for weeks when you finally get the chance and catch up.
I dont know, all I know is that when I dont get enough sleep I am not able to concentrate/dont want to do anything including working out and want to eat lots of junk food.
So getting fat is the consequence for me personally.
2006-11-19 21:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by maisie24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the long run, it could be fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia is a disease that affects your muscles and bones and is caused by lack of sleep. It has no cure. You can only take pain killers to relieve the pain.
2006-11-19 21:54:11 · answer #3 · answered by CharWiz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ur skin shrivels up and u lose or hain weight
2006-11-19 22:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋