RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Go 40 Hours Without Sleep

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

That sounds bad - I would try it if it were made available legally in some
form. That post sounded more serious than I actually was :)

-----Original Message-----
From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Brent Deterding
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:44 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Go 40 Hours Without Sleep


It's called Alertec in Canda btw and if anyone knows how to get any I'd like
to try it. Yellow Jackets do the trick - but I hate to take them, as I can't
speak for 5 hours I'm so wired.

I actually did a lot of research into this a few months ago - FDA approved
drug, been around awhile for narcoleptics, etc. - tested on helicopter
pilots. Pretty cool stuff.

-- Brent

-----Original Message-----
From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jason Youngquist
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:16 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Go 40 Hours Without Sleep


Well, we talked about sleep in the past, so I thought this article might
be interesting.  Especially to Michael :)


The Great Awakening
With a Pill Called Modafinil, You Can Go 40 Hours Without Sleep -- and See
Into the Future

<snip>
This may be the calm before the storm, however. For modafinil may have the
power to change Washington.

What it does is shut off your urge to sleep.

"It's a standing joke among sleep doctors that nobody sleeps in New York
or Washington," says Helene Emsellem, director of the Center for Sleep and
Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase. "Except in New York they do it for
pleasure, while in Washington they do it to work."

In trials on healthy people like Army helicopter pilots, modafinil has
allowed humans to stay up safely for almost two days while remaining
practically as focused, alert, and capable of dealing with complex
problems as the well-rested. Then, after a good eight hours' sleep, they
can get up and do it again -- for another 40 hours, before finally
catching up on their sleep.
</snip>

Full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A6
1282-2002Jun16&notFound=true


Jason Youngquist
EMAIL:PROTECTED


--
To unsubscribe, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/

--
To unsubscribe, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/

--
To unsubscribe, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/