
S3 E22: The Science of Sleep Q&A
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Can Militonan Really Help You Sleep?
Sleeping tablets essentially work to flick a sleep switch in your brain. Sometimes they can be useful, but for a short period of time and with a very clear plan to wean it's not a long term solution. Some older sleeping medications are am highly physically addictive - so you gan o go down a rabbit hole trying to come off that later on. And then the default is to use medication which doesn't do as much good for your sleep structure. We don't think you get as much slow wayof sleep as you should get with normal sleep. And we don't thinkYou get as much ram sleep. Care sir.
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