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

Question

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?

In: 1975

Answer 1

Unconsciousness and sleep are vastly different. Sleep is a process that your brain needs to go through in stages in order for your body to receive the rest it needs. Sedating someone is simply brute forcing unconsciousness.