Live without Sleep – Sleepless pills being developed
Here’s some news that might help people live 24-hours straight without sleep! That might be a problem since no one will have to come see Sleepzine to see sleep related stuff… Regardless, read all about the “Get ready for 24-hour living” article from Newscientist.
P.S. Yes, that’s me yawning, probably too much blogging…
Yves is talking about modafinil, a stimulant that since its launch seven years ago has acquired a near-mythical reputation for wiring you awake without the jitters, euphoria and eventual crash that come after caffeine or amphetamines. Yves has been popping modafinil on and off for the past three years and says it is “tremendously useful”. “I find I can be very productive at work,” he says. “I’m more organised and more motivated. And it means I can go out partying on a Friday night and still go skiing early on Saturday morning.”
Modafinil is just the first of a wave of new lifestyle drugs that promise to do for sleep what the contraceptive pill did for sex – unshackle it from nature. Since time immemorial, humans have structured their lives around sleep. In the near future, we will, for the first time, be able to significantly structure the way we sleep to suit our lifestyles.
