Saber Psychiatry evaluates and treats mental health conditions. Sleep deprivation occurs when you aren’t sleeping enough hours or not sleeping soundly. According to the Cleveland Clinic, sleep deprivation can negatively impact body systems, organs, and processes as follows:
Mental health: Sleep deprivation also negatively affects your mental health, making it harder for you to manage and process your emotions. People with sleep deprivation are more likely to feel symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Heart and circulatory systems: Sleep deprivation has long-term damaging effects on your heart and circulatory health. People with chronic sleep deprivation are more likely to develop high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia).
Metabolic systems: People with chronic sleep deprivation are at a much higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Immune system: Your body’s natural defenses against infections can’t work correctly if you aren’t getting enough sleep.
Nervous system: It’s common for people who aren’t sleeping enough to have higher pain sensitivity, which means they feel pain more easily, the pain is more intense, or both.
Brain: Sleep deprivation has very adverse effects on how your brain works. While experts don’t fully understand sleep’s role in brain function, they know it’s a key part of how people learn and remember.
The effects of sleep deprivation depend on why it happens and how long it lasts. The longer a person has sleep deprivation, the greater and more severe the effects.
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If you or a loved one is struggling with falling asleep or getting enough sleep, Saber Psychiatry can help. In 2020, Dr. Sricharan Moturi founded Saber Psychiatry to evaluate and treatmental health conditions in children, adolescents, and adults ages 2 to 65. Please call our offices at 615.678.7839 to schedule an appointment.