What Is the Connection Between Sleep Deprivation and Hallucinations?

Sleep deprivation is driving long distances and lacking enough sleep. Important factors causing traffic accidents. According to a 1963 study by Herbert, 35% to 50% of car accidents are caused by lack of sleep. Some studies have pointed out that drivers do not sleep for 24 hours and it is difficult to make satisfactory operations. A study using a driving simulator revealed that the driver did not sleep for 24 hours and began to doze off in less than 60 minutes. Hilbert et al. Used a driving simulator to study drivers who have been deprived of sleep for 24 consecutive hours and examined the effect of increasing their blood glucose levels. It was found that increasing blood glucose levels can prevent drivers from dozing off. ^[1]

Sleep deprivation means sleeping without a normal rhythm. If you lose sleep, the systems in your body will lose balance, and in severe cases will cause death. Prolonged sleep deprivation can often occur

In the sleep laboratory, researchers tried to prevent the subjects from going to sleep for several days. As a result, the subjects reported that they were dizzy, unable to concentrate, their memory was significantly reduced, their mood was irritable, they were irritable, and their expression was dull Lost and sometimes depressed, depressed, and suicidal. Individuals also have hallucinations, such as hearing others talking to him, seeing strange things, etc. Sometimes they are suspicious, sensitive, and always suspicious that others want to harm themselves, which is very similar to mental illness.

Once this test called sleep deprivation is over, the subjects will immediately fall asleep, and they will immediately enter NREM stage II and then deepen to NREM stage III and IV. The most special thing is that the emergence of REM is earlier, the time is longer, and the number of occurrences is increased, which indicates that the trend of claiming compensation is the strongest after REM is deprived. In turn, it shows that REM is very important to people. Any REM deprivation will produce REM. Compensation and kickback.

Long-term sleep deprivation can also cause a series of neurological and blood biochemical changes, mainly manifested as finger tremor, difficulty in pronunciation, poor coordination of movements, muscle relaxation, and slow response to external stimuli. In terms of blood biochemistry, the production of ATP and ADP changes, and total plasma lipids, beta lipoproteins, cholesterol, etc. have increased to varying degrees. ^[3]