Sleep deprivation has a big impact on our lives. It’s a major deciding factor in our overall well-being. Not only that, but women and men experience sleep deprivation differently, and it has a different overall effect on each sex.
Hormones like estrogen, testosterone and progesterone play a big part in influencing the brain’s chemical systems that govern things like sleep regulation and arousal.
The frequency and regularity of hormonal changes women experience could mean they face [sleeping] challenges more often than sleep-deprived men.
Studies show that during times of major hormonal change such as pregnancy and puberty, women were much more susceptible to sleeping disorders like insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea, and restless legs syndrome.
The sleep industry has begun to catch on to the issues women experience with hormonal changes like menopause. They’ve started making mattresses specifically to alleviate the problems these changes can create.
Sleep is most troubling for women before and during their menstrual periods. People struggle with day-to-day functions when they don’t get the sleep they need. The frequency and regularity of hormonal changes women experience could mean they face challenges more often than sleep-deprived men.
A study published by the National Academy of Sciences USA shows that sleep-wake cycles vary between women and men. For 10 days, 18 women and 16 men were put through a 28-hour cycle that consisted of 19 hours of awake time and nine hours of sleep.
The study reported that, on average, women in the experiment were less accurate than men when performing cognitive tests.
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