when humans use stimulants to stay awake too long, they die
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IIRC, problems caused by sleep deprivation—hallucination, paranoia etc—are entirely cleared up when the subject is allowed to sleep. They spend a longer-than-usual time asleep, then wake up fine. Wikipedia claims those rats were forced to walk whenever they began falling asleep, which seems like it could could have adverse effects.
Source?
IIRC, problems caused by sleep deprivation—hallucination, paranoia etc—are entirely cleared up when the subject is allowed to sleep. They spend a longer-than-usual time asleep, then wake up fine. Wikipedia claims those rats were forced to walk whenever they began falling asleep, which seems like it could could have adverse effects.