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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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A large percentage of Americans suffer from acute or chronic sleep deprivation and experience daytime sleepiness.
My sleepiness from untreated sleep apnea was further complicated by my sleep deprivation after becoming the father of a newborn baby.
Each year, sleep disorders, sleep deprivation, and sleepiness add an estimated $15.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Sleep deprivation is widely regarded as the number one form of torture in times of war.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Symptoms of sleep deprivation include excessive daytime fatigue, lack of alertness, morning headaches, irritability and depression.
Sleep deprivation impairs cognitive functioning and leads to negative personality changes, such as increased irritability and loss of humor.
Sleep deprivation increased blink rate in depression patients but not in controls, and the increase was proportional to improvements in depressive state after sleep deprivation.
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Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer
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Sleep deprivation may account for as many as 100,000 auto accidents each year in the U.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Sleep deprivation is a significant factor in traffic and workplace accidents.
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