Most of us have seen what a strung-out college student looks like after pulling an all-nighter, studying for the biggest final of the semester.
We’ve likely had one or two of those ourselves for different reasons and recovered within a couple days.
Studies show, however, that chronic lack of sleep can cause a variety of problems; some of them very deadly.
Researchers at The Henry Ford Center for Sleep Disorders looked at sleep patterns and heart health data for over 5,000 people. What they found was that people with the worst sleep health also had the highest blood pressure.
Trouble falling asleep and staying asleep were directly correlated with how severe a person’s hypertension would be.
The long-term physical stress on the body due to lack of restorative sleep takes its toll in many ways, from attention and focus problems, digestive disorders, and other ‘nuisance’ issues, but it can also cause potentially deadly problems like high blood pressure.
The troubling statistics of how prevalent the problem of insomnia has become are only just coming into view, partly because of the culture of Western society. At least 10% of Americans are documented to have some level of insomnia.
As the deadly consequences of untreated insomnia are becoming more published and getting better attention, more people are being identified and treated.
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And many of the prescription drugs the doctors give you for HBP also cause insomia. They had me on 25 MG of Beta Blockers plus 2 calcium channel blockers and 2 other HBP drugs. Side effects was severve insomia and depression and diarrhea.when i went back to doctor to complain about side effects they put me on more drugs for depression,a drug for sleep and told me to get a colonoscopy to see what was causing the diarrhea. To make a long story short I eventually fired three doctors and found one doctor and a phychiatrist that helped me . I ws severely over medicated for White coat hypertention. I was able to get off 4 of the drugs for HBP over time. I now take one calcium channel blocker and my blood pressure is 125/76,I am again able to sleep and deppression is gone. lesson learned:Some doctors are crazy and will KILL YOU .
I agree with Jerry.We really have to take responsibility for our own health!Ther’s plenty of info on the internet about all conditions.Re sleep .I drive a London Black cab and I work 4 hours a night—10pm -2am.I am semi retired.
I have a couple of hours rest before I start and when I’m finished I get about 5 hours deep sleep. and rise about 9-10am.Its the cat naps which do more good I find.I make sure I don’t go to sleep hugry or thirsty—a warm drink is best–alchohol stimulates and keeps you awake!!The secret is to find what suits you best.Not everyone is the same.
Having had 8 babies in as many years, not allowing me to have many nights unbroken sleep, my blood pressure rose to 224 / 122!
After suffering from severe headaches from lack of sleep, it was discovered that my BP was high. 220/100. They made me do the sleep study, only to find that I had OSA and wake up 221 times in a 6.5 hour period. They put me on BP meds cuz they were afraid I’d stroke out. I have had numerous problems since then, one being that I lost my insurance just before I was able to obtain my c-pap machine. LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE.. BUT YOU CAN’T GET HEALTH CARE WITHOUT $$$ OR INSURANCE. Some of us just fall in between the cracks.
My blood pressure was perfect until I put myself in the care of an ‘orthodox’ GP because I was pregnant and was advised so to do….My first baby was affected by the Thalidomide prescribed for ‘morning sickness’ and died within 24hours…my 2nd baby was Spastic and died when she was 5months old at which time I had a miscarriage and decided not to try again.
On becoming pregnant again, I consulted a Naturopathic Practitioner who advised me on diet and took me off all prescribed medication my BP was 160/80 but fluctuated according to how much rest I had.
I then had 4 healthy babies in 5 years and sleep became a thing of the past!
Over the years sleep was sparse, snatched at odd times and my Blood Pressure
rose and rose and the medications prescribed caused Diabetes yet did not lower the BP which rose to 235 / 124 !!!
At present I use a large Amethyst in my bedroom to give me peaceful sleep.
Undisturbed sleep – what is that! have not slept well for over 20 years. No wonder my BP is up. Wish I could ifnd a way to get the much needed sleep….
KEEP AWAY FROM Doctors!! Hard of hearing in my left ear so went TO DOCTOR, I SCREAMED OUT WITH PAIN,HE PUNCTURED MY INNER EAR CAUSING INFECTION IN MY MIDDLE EAR.. 3 WEEKS LATER GOT BELLS PAULSY ON MY FACE LEFT SIDE AND ABOUT 2 YEARS LATER, MY -LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH IS IS TILTED DOWN! … ALSO HAD MY EYES DONE(Cateract) ,MY VISION IS BETTER slightly,( $6,000 ) FRED HOLLOWS could have done it for $95. NOW have BAD FLOATERS IN BOTH EYES blocking alot of my vision all the time !!
DeeDee
You’ve cheered me no end as I thought I had the world’s highest BP. But 220 over 100 is seriously high and beats mine! And I’ve never suffered from any symptoms from my high BP.
So what’s the go, Christian? Our ancestors didn’t have BP monitors. Did Beethoven or Galileo have high BP? Did they care?
Actually, my physician prescribed me three brands of anti-hypertension medicine but I just take one kind only and it works good to me. My hypertension is okay now and I still take a blood thinning agent with that. Thank God for this. I also would like to thank you for publishing this article online for the benefit of the many. God bless us all.
Agree you must take responsibility RE your own health, MD’s only know what to drug you with which can kill you, bottom line get one that LISTENS who doesn’t tell you its all in your head. Tried Insomnia prog (blue heron) and fell asleep (which was not the prob) just can’t stay asleep and woke up a couple of hrs after prog was finished and couldn’t get back to sleep, so still with same prob and refuse to go back on Rx of tricyclic antidepressants because of wt gain and other side effects making you take more stuff to alleviate those. Am trying a new all natural insomnia/stress remedy but so far still have the waking up. Found out Melatonin is a hormone and made me nauseous so quit it. Anybody out there found anything that works as advertised?????
Well that explains it!
Well that's us buggered then! lol x
yeah 7 years of no sleep… no wonder my bp is high!!!
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