ILoveDurians

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[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I never forget a face

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 1 points 12 hours ago

Caffeine does this, but the effect is temporary. There's a rare condition called Morvan Syndrome, where there is a case of a person with it going without any sleep for 4 months, and had no cognitive impairment. Normally a person would die after 11 days. Seems like this condition messes with the inhibitory synapses so it might also mess with how adenosine affects the brain as well. 10% of cases lead to death though

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe -1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's referring to plain adenosine. When adenosine builds up in the brain, the only way for the brain to get rid of the accumulation of it is by sleeping because it activates the glymphatic system, where CSF is used to flush out the waste/byproducts. If you don't sleep, the adenosine continues to accumulate in the brain with nowhere to go.

 

Adenosine is a waste product of neurons and it is a potent nervous system depressant which is why if we don't sleep for a long time we hallucinate, start to feel cold, and feel tired. We feel like we're drugged because we kind of are. It also increases sleep pressure. Unlike other areas of the body the brain has no way of flushing out the adenosine unless we sleep which activates the glymphatic system. if we don't sleep the adenosine keeps accumulating and it can kill us in a similar way an od of sleeping pills can.

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago

That's why stunt doubles are popular..

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This excuse didn't work in the Nuremberg trials so....

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

Could pec flexes keep a person awake like that though? I've slept on a loud plane before and through pain.

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Personally, I wouldn't risk it. It could cause arguments or cause you to feel worse. I'd just let it go tbh :|

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 9 points 4 days ago

She's looking to mention her brain fog and how she needs it to improve on her next appointment. It's often prescribed for brain fog in some places. Her brain fog is bad enough that directions like left/right take up to 5 seconds to compute and she keeps telling me how embarrassing it is

 

My friend has very bad brain fog from a physical condition. It's so bad she often pauses when she speaks like a YouTube video trying to buffer on a bad internet connection and she told me she wants to be more like her former self. She's on medication for the condition, but the brain fog is one symptom that persists. She wants some good insight on how effective amphetamines are for brain fog in the non-ADHD population. She could only find people who have both ADHD and brain fog which could skew things. She doesn't have ADHD, just brain fog.

 

Context was the idea of a government banning certain popular foods

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 weeks ago

Truck equivalents of the Airbus A318 babybus aren't real, they can't hurt you

Truck equivalent of the Airbus A318 babybus:

[–] ILoveDurians@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I strongly approve <3

 
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