Add it all up, and we are all running the risk of a massive sleep debt that is not going to allow our sleeping brain to do its job.
The condition can cause massive sleep disruption.
My dad has only recently started talking about his experiences over there... diving out of a jeep down a 10-foot concrete stair well to avoid incoming RPG, fire fights, massive sleep deprivation, substance abuse.
"It's causing massive sleep loss in our teenagers," Mander says.
Even if you are no longer dealing with nighttime wakings, you might still be suffering from a massive sleep debt.
On Friday, at Fort Benning, Georgia, two West Point grads received the coveted Ranger tab after weeks of scaling mountains, navigating swamplands, and massive sleep and caloric deprivation.
Not only does it not satisfy the body's need for sleep, it dissipates the sleep drive, "leading to a massive sleep deficiency". "That is what I believe happened in the case of Mr. Jackson," Czeisler testified.
Small, gentle doses of sleep aids can be beneficial if you're trying to pull off a massive sleep-a-thon.
He suffered massive headaches, slept incessantly and fainted onstage while rehearsing for a play.
