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Monday, July 23. 2018

Adult napping


EDS, "Excessive Daytime Sleepiness", has become a thing, a real symptom. 


I've been reading up on the topic. Supposedly EDS is a contributory cause for 20% of auto accidents. The list of causes of EDS is lengthy. It includes, of course, Obstructive Sleep Apnea which can reduce sleep efficiency.


In my view, EDS can often be easily dealt with with a brief power nap. I suspect many hard-working people do it but it's difficult to do in a public work space.


After-lunch naps are normal in many cultures, including in China where it is a legal right. 


Is Napping Good or Bad for You? The Science Behind a Power Nap


 The power of the 20 minute nap


Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Psychology, and Dr. Bliss at 14:46 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I can't speak for everyone on this but having just reached 75 YO I do now understand older people napping during the day. I go to bed at 10PM and wake up maybe at 12, maybe at 2AM if I'm lucky as late as 4AM. And I lie awake until I decide to get up. So I average 4-5 hours of sleep a night. After dinner I sit down to watch Right Wing News and between the 5PM news and 8PM when something finally comes on that is worth watching I nap. Not always but usually. Sometimes I nap just before my 10PM bedtime. Then I repeat the cycle. It's not that I sleep more now, in fact I sleep less and that is the problem.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2018-07-23 16:31 (Reply)
Sleeping less is normal with ageing.

I've always been an early riser - 330-4 am.

Forced to amuse myself til the gym opens at 5. So I work on the morning links
#1.1 BD on 2018-07-23 17:23 (Reply)
Thank you, it's appreciated!
#1.1.1 LP on 2018-07-23 19:58 (Reply)
When I was still practicing surgery, I took naps between cases. An anesthesiologist friend told me I was the only Type B surgeon he had ever known.
#2 Mike K (Link) on 2018-07-23 23:23 (Reply)
GWTW, I am 56, and this is my experience, too. I am only exhausted from having to listen to all the chipper younger set telling me I NEED 8 hours of sleep.
#3 Jewel (Link) on 2018-07-24 09:10 (Reply)
"Power nap" (I hate that term but.....) is wonderful. 20 minutes and you are raring to go.

I don't understand why it is not more accepted...except people abuse it and turn it into 3 hr naps....
#4 Jay Dee (Link) on 2018-07-24 21:49 (Reply)
my doctor recently asked me if i take naps during the day and i told him that i tried but it seemed like every time i would fall asleep the light would turn green and the car behind me would start to honk.
#5 ken olson (Link) on 2018-07-25 17:49 (Reply)

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