Sleeping and your health: The science

[Dienekes]

When in the service I worked shifts, which even in my 20s took a toll. A while back I checked myself into the emergency room with chest pains at about 0300. The duty MD (not an intern, either) was obviously wiped out from bad/no sleep. The chest pains turned out to be definitely there and hard to diagnose--not a heart attack--but the scary part was the attending MD. I'd rather not die hearing somebody say 'Oops!' as I go lights out.

[vaglocker]

I am in the same boat: early 40s w/ 2 kids under 2 yrs old. Not much sleep going on at our house.

Cry me a river buddy I got 3 under the age of 4.

[ZDL]

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