fitness Insomnia that leads to death

[Shawn]

Have you ever had a rough night or a few nights of rough sleep?

Insomnia.

I remember having it before. I just can't sleep. Sometimes for days but when I finally do get some sleep, I'm usually out.

I eventually quit getting insomnia when I started working out more, quit smoking and drinking, started eating better, and started going to bed at a good time.

But some forms of insomnia don't work that way.

Fatal Familia Insomnia (FFI) is a type of insomnia that prevents sleep to a point to where you start to hallucinate, develop dementia, have organ failures, and death is always the end result. It can happen in as little as a couple of weeks.

Many years ago, I learned about some siblings in Australia whose parents died of FFI. I knew they were both very active and did what they could to try to prevent it, but you can inherit it. I was hoping they'd never get it, but it looks like in 2023, one sibling started showing signs of it. I'm not sure if that sibling is still alive or not.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/queensland-siblings-who-cant-sleep-dealt-unthinkable-blow/news-story/c51f23c5d713287f8eacb5a9f168e3a2

Have any of you heard of FFI before? Do you know anyone diagnosed with it or who has perished because of it?

 

[Yama]

Never heard if this disorder but I am aware of the fact that sleep deprivation can be very dangerous. I have even read about a Russian experiment where people were drugged to keep away from sleep and in few weeks they started killing each other.

 

[Reelz]

When the insomnia is very severe or fatal, it can lead to death because of loss of sleep. Medical attention is needed in such conditions especially if it's caused by genetic disorder. Yes, you heard me right! Genetic disorder could be the major cause of insomnia.