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By abby10

| Mar 06, 2010

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Lack of sleep won't take years off your life

I took benzos to help me sleep and soon slept worse than ever. I didn't have REM sleep for many years. Now off the benzos I am finally getting REAL sleep again. It's wonderful.

abby
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Sleep Deprivation: The Great American Myth
By Robin Lloyd, Special to LiveScience

http://www.livescience.com/health/060323_sleep_deprivation.html

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