“They're related, but they do function somewhat independently. And so sedatives boost that sleepiness signal. A lot of times with insomnia, what happens because of the excess activation arousal, your sleep signal could be just fine.”
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Sedatives
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“you're doing so that it's not too activated. Why are a lot of people that have insomnia, why are they prescribed, you know, these sedatives like Ambien or? Well, they don't not work. I mean, like, like I was saying, like, what they do is they drive up that sleep drive so much it overpowers whatever's in the way.”
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