Dr. Breus on Teens and Sleep Deprivation

Sleep doctor Michael Breus appears on the program Healthy Life, Channel 3 (Arizona) to talk about why teenagers are on a biologically different sleep schedule than adults, and how to identify if a teenager in your life isn't getting enough sleep.

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[marcosEstrello]

I just stayed up all night, no sleep, and I feel like im under a weak high. I can't think as straight anymore, I feel kinda down, I look like a wreck, I can't see as straight-things keep wriggling which makes me think I saw something move in the corner of my mind. It's rly not that fun ppl. Get some sleep. Not doing this crap again.

[trisky1234]

I get 4,5 hours sleep a night and it needs to change soon cause it's making me dull, apathetic and jittery. Thank god studies are starting soon and i'll shift to working evenings in stead of early mornings!

[EllieInCaracas]

WHAAAT??? my school starts at 7 am. and if you are not in the classroom at 7 you can't take the class

[CheeseWithToastOn]

i go to bed at the right time so that im in bed for eight hours but i only get about 3 hours of sleep as i suffere from a condition called restless leg syndrome which makes my arms and legs feel uncontrolably tense and i have to move them otherwise i can't sleep.

[Alexjr1543]

Wow. Didn't know things were that bad in America.

I'm pretty glad that my school starts at 8:30.

[jessssss624]

Tell that to all the AP classes we're forced to take now if we wanna get into a good school -.-

[InvizionsStudios]

I go to sleep at 8 PM and wake up at 2-3 AM, man, it's really great, I get to be "up late god damnit!" and feel spectacular by the time "school starts" too bad I'm not in high school.

[BadassMMA]

I started to drink coffee when I was 16 cause I was tired. Now I drink it almost every day and sometimes a few times a day or an energy drink if I´m tired.

[BadassMMA]

@SilentReaper44 That would be awesome. A friend in Japan said that they have school in the evening. I want that cause I´m not good at going to sleep early.

[SilentReaper44]

How about school from 2-8pm. Problem solved.

[terror0earth]

@marcosEstrello Just one night? im on my 3rd..

[blueblob4]

After 11? That'd be a dream to go to bed that early. I go to bed a no earlier than 2 a.m and have to get up at 6:30 a.m. I'm trying to get into MIT, so I'm busting my ass.

I got a 4.178 GPA last quarter so its paying off. But it still sucks ass. Feel like shit during the day. All stiff and achy from no sleep it just sucks. Guess I just gotta focus on the reward til i suffer my first heart attack at 30. Ha