Can you recover from long-term sleep deprivation?

We are chronic offenders. Get this—if we lose an hour of sleep every night for a year that adds up to a sleep deficit of two full weeks. Some researchers say if you build up more than twenty hours of sleep debt you may not be able to fully reverse the effects of sleep deprivation. read more

What 10 years of severe sleep deprivation can do to you NEW by: Anonymous I actually suffered from this more or less VOLUNTARILY because I held down multiple jobs (some requiring overtime) and did all the household chores and raised 4 kids. I averaged 2-4 hours of sleep per day, very rarely in one session. read more

Although we can’t recover all functioning from high sleep deficits, we can begin to improve some functioning by tacking on an extra hour or more of rest per night. So rather than binge sleeping, it is better to increase sleep an hour or more over a long period of time. read more

Researchers found that one long night of sleep can temporarily hide the effects of sleep deprivation and restore performance to normal levels in the short term for about six hours after waking. read more