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Sleep deprivation effects include physiological and mental disorders and can result either in minor symptoms or serious mental diseases.

The most common effects of sleep deprivation can be subdivided into:

A. physiological:
1. Headaches
2. Aching muscles
3. Swollen feet
4. Weight loss/gain
5. Loss of appetite or other eating disorders I(inability to control appetite)
6. Blurred vision
7. Loss of hearing
8. Eye bags
9. Blood shot eyes
10. Sensitivity or loss or sensitivity to cold
11. Changes in hormonal levels
12. Hand tremors
13. Hypotaxia
14. Nystagmus
15. Yawning

B. Psychological:
1. Irritability
2. Bad mood
3. Temper tantrums
4. Hallucinations
5. Depression
6. Memory loss
7. Malaise (feeling of psychological discomfort)
8. Symptoms of psychosis and ADHD

As a rule, effects of sleep deprivation represent a combination of both psychological and physiological disorders. The longer a person stays awake, the more serious the effects are. The researches have shown that regular sleep deprivation affects brain and causes the suppressing of growth hormone production and cortisol secretion (a steroid hormone released in response to stress). Attention lapses from chronic sleep deprivation can build up over time and become equal to those of total sleep deprivation, though the people with chronic sleep deprivation feel less impaired than those who don’t sleep at all.