[UA] [OT] Sleep Deprivation

[Doug Stalker]

>
> >> hmm, sleep deprivation. is it true you start to hallucinate if
> you don't get
> >> enough sleep?

>
> Would this be a good time to note that lack of sleep affects seratonin
> levels in much the same way that LSD does, just in a lesser manner.
> If I'm low on sleep I get slight visual tracers from rapid movement in
> front of me.
>

I wear contact lenses, and if I stay awake long enough I start having
problmes.  At first I just have to blink to refocus.  Then I start having to
close my eyes and rub the lense back into position occasionly.  Then I start
having to do it constantly.  Usually by this time I go back to wearing
glasses again, but If i persist in wearing contact lenses I end up reaching
a point where I cant focus at all with them and I can see better by taking
them out (and my uncorrected vision is real bad - I can't focus clearly past
30 centimtres.  (-4.75 diopters))

This loss of focusing ability make explain part of the visual hallucinations
sleep deprivation brings - I've never noticed seeing anything weird because
I always assumed it was a physical problem from being awake too long.

 - Doug


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