Why fatal insomnia patients are not put to rest through general anesthesia?

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If they are unable to sleep and rest until they die from exhaustion, wouldn’t they just forcibly fall asleep through the power of general anesthesia?

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Side question:

For those cases of severe insomnia that isn’t being caused by brain worms (prions) or another degenerative disease…. General anesthesia would still not help because it’s not technically sleep? Like brain activity has slowed to a crawl but none of the healing and regeneration mechanisms are engaged? Or am I way off?

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