My firend has just been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Thats where you periodically stop breathing through the night, either because of the soft tissue in the airways closing, or the brain failing to activate your repiratory muscles, or a combination of both. Now he must use a breathing machine which passes air through the nose as he sleeps, to keep him from not breathing.
He told me that your body fires a shot of adrenaline into your bloodstream which gets you breathing again, but can also render your sleep light and restless, making you tired throughout the day.
I was just thinking, if this is true, the adrenaline part that is, would a really high level LD, where your flying around or fighting aliens or something, and your adrenaline is going like crazy, do the same thing?
I know that when I lucid dream I always feel invigorated after I wake up, never sleepy, but still, I think this is an area ripe for study.
Maybe I’ll write a research paper on it, when I’m done my Pink Elephant thesis that is.
What are your opinions on this?
i had a sleep study once and though I KNOW i stopped breathing during it, they didn’t consider it “enough” or “long enough” to do anything about it…
bastards.
but yeah you stop breathing then adrenaline (myoclonic jerk) then you’re awake again… sometimes.
Hmm, I think I’ve had those myoclonic jerks berfore, I wonder if I have sleep apnea to.
I’ve just become familiar with the quantity of Psychological research into dreaming and sleep, and am amazed at the number of areas that still have not been researched. In a way it’s depressing, as I’m not guaranteed to find a research study with the particular information I’m after. In a way it’s great… so many open areas for us to explore! 
Indeed.
I wish I had access to a sleep laboratory or something, I’d do soooooo many experiments.
For this one I’ll just have to use my friend’s Sleep Apnea and my Lucid Dreams. 