Healthy adults generally require between 7 - 9 hours of quality sleep. However, approximately 1 in 3 American adults admit to regularly getting less sleep than they need. This can lead to sleep deprivation. Wondering if you have all the symptoms of sleep deprivation? One bad night might be easy enough to shake-off, but when you're regularly missing out on sleep, you might start to feel like you'll never be fully rested.
Common sleep deprivation symptoms include feeling tired during the day, but other signs can be harder to spot. For advice on recognizing the signs and symptoms of sleep deprivation and how to manage it, we spoke to Dr Lindsay Browning, leading sleep therapist, neuroscientist, chartered psychologist, author and CBT-i practitioner at Trouble Sleeping.
Sleep deprivation is generally treatable, but long-term sleep deprivation needs more than just one decent night’s rest to get your sleep back on track. Without doing so can impact your physical and mental and mental health.
