Dr. Michael Grandner

They're just sprouting up all over the place.

But what ends up happening is.

all of these cells are releasing reactive oxygen species every time this happens.

So you're releasing these reactive oxygen species, this oxidative stress is happening, and then it's quelled, and then it's stressed, and then it's quelled, and then it's stressed, and then it's quelled, and it's stressed, then it's quelled all night.

four days or months or years or decades, usually imagine the stress, like your cells are trying to do their job and they're constantly dealing with all this nonsense.

Instead, imagine trying to do your job and you're constantly having to do all this other stuff.

So you're not getting the recovery function that you're trying, that you were built for.

And so your trajectory goes slightly off.

So that's why sleep, not just sleep deprivation, but also sleep untreated sleep apnea can lead to liver problems, kidney problems, brain problems, heart issues, you know, immune system problems, because all of the, every cell that relies on oxygen starts getting stressed and some of them are more sensitive than others.

I mean, emotional regulation.

Emotional regulation, executive function, attention.

So this is the thing.

When your sleep is poor, whether it's sleep deprivation or sleep apnea or fragmentation or whatever, the first brain function to go is vigilant attention.

Your ability to maintain focus, especially when whatever you're focusing on isn't super excited.

That is usually the first brain function.

That's the first warning sign that something's up.

And that can start creating memory issues.

But a lot of the memory issues are memory issues because sleep is really important in memory.

Remember, you're taking...

All this stuff I was talking about is all memory connected functions.