What are some of the effects of sleep deprivation?? both physical and emotional/mental?

Answer 1

* irritability
* blurred vision
* slurred speech
* memory lapses / memory loss
* general confusion
* hallucinations
* hernia
* bulemia
* headache
* color blindness
* fainting
* nausea
* psychosis
* clinical depression
* pale skin tone (looking pasty)
* decreased mental activity
* decreased concentration
* Decreased ability for the immune system to fight off sickness
* Weight gain
* increased blood pressure
* Aching muscles
* Faster aging
* Impatience
* Slowed reaction time
* ADHD like symptoms
* Yawning
* Daytime Naps
* Hypertension/Hyperactivity
* dizziness

Answer 2

Sleep deprivation can also severely curtail the ability to reason critically and think logically, leaving you open to the hidden agendas of other people, whether they be manipulation, suggestion, social coercion, or dysfunctional relationships.

It also interferes with autonomic processes in the body, such as metabolism, immunity, waste elimination, neuro-vascular functions, etc. It causes poor spacial-motor performance, poor coordination, poor memory, inability to calculate, and inability to control emotions.

Answer 3

The biggest effect of sleep deprivation is memory loss. Without sleep you cannot make new memories. Other sympotms include lack of awareness, blurred vision, grogyness, reduced reaction time, irritability.

Answer 4

Sleep deprivation is a general lack of the necessary amount of sleep. A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, as a consequence of some sleep disorders, or, actively, by another individual. Sleep deprivation is sometimes employed as an instrument of interrogation. It has been reported that sleep deprivation affects tens of millions of adults each year.

Lack of sleep may result in

irritability
blurred vision
slurred speech
memory lapses / memory loss
general confusion
hallucinations
hernia
bulemia
headache
color blindness
fainting
nausea
psychosis
clinical depression
pale skin tone (looking pasty)
decreased mental activity
decreased concentration
Decreased ability for the immune system to fight off sickness
Weight gain
increased blood pressure
Aching muscles
Faster aging
Impatience
Slowed reaction time
ADHD like symptoms
Yawning
Daytime Naps
Hypertension/Hyperactivity
dizziness

Effects on the brain
Sleep deprivation can adversely affect brain function. A 2000 study by the UCSD School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in San Diego, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology to monitor activity in the brains of sleep-deprived subjects performing simple verbal learning tasks. The study showed that regions of the brain's prefrontal cortex (PFC) displayed more activity in sleepier subjects. Depending on the task at hand, in some cases the brain attempts to compensate for the adverse effects caused by lack of sleep. The temporal lobe, which is a brain region involved in language processing, was activated during verbal learning in rested subjects but not in sleep deprived subjects. The parietal lobe, not activated in rested subjects during the verbal exercise, was more active when the subjects were deprived of sleep. Although memory performance was less efficient with sleep deprivation, greater activity in the parietal region was associated with better memory.

The British television reality show Shattered aired in 2004, in which contestants had to endure seven days with very little sleep. The effects of sleep deprivation on the brain were captured on 24/7 cameras.

Impairment of ability
According to a 2000 study published in the British scientific journal, researchers in Australia and New Zealand reported that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk. Getting less than 6 hours a night can affect coordination, judgment and reaction time. People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent, which is the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries (the U.S. set their blood alcohol limits at .08 percent). In addition, as a result on continuous muscular activity without proper rest time, effects such as cramping are much more frequent in sleep-deprived individuals. Extreme cases of sleep deprivation have been reported to be associated with hernias, muscle fascia tears, and other such problems commonly associated with physical overexertion. Beyond impaired motor skills, people who get too little sleep may have higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression, and may take unnecessary risks. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 100,000 traffic accidents each year are caused by fatigue and drowsiness. A new study has shown that while total sleep deprivation for one night caused many errors, the errors were not significant until after the second night of total sleep deprivation

Answer 5

some of the effects of sleep deprivation can be.................. hearing things, seeing things, becoming very irratable and very complaciant. I really don't know about the physical side effects.

Answer 6

you'll get physically weaker than your usualself,

emotionally, you'll get more sensitive and not on the mood for jokes or lectures, you easily get irritated and got mad fast,

mentally you wont be able to make good decisions, you'll end up messing things and create worser situation that would bring you down low and pull your madness much more.

Answer 7

it does a number to your body...mentally you not function as well and your thinking isnt as good as it would be well rested and physically it makes you tired and can do a number to your weight.

Answer 8

Tired, cranky, difficulty concentrating, and if long enough hallucinations, paranoia- some on MEth and speed get that-D