It’s well known that drugs such as antidepressants (particularly SSRIs) and benzodiazepines suppress REM sleep,it’s also well known that REM sleep is crucial for memory,cognition,consolidation of memory and many other important functions,my question is what are the long term outcomes of drugs that suppress REM?
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Profound Emotional disregulation.
During REM your brain extracts the coles notes from the emotional charge/events of the day and writes it long term memory. Your buffer is only so big, if you don’t empty it every night it’s starts to overflow and your emotional regulation goes nuts and you along with it.
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