| Just my 2c Bryan Johnson says you should base your life around your sleep. He’s totally right … but he won’t get young men to sleep in at 8pm New sleep meds are creating a new lever here and serve a real empowering function in a way that culture hasn’t caught up to yet When we think of traditional sleep meds we think of sedatives and it has an identity connotation to it. The new meds coming out, not just in sleep either, are changing a lot of things. I’m talking about designer drugs, new pathways, multiple agonists etc etc. By total accident a month ago, I was prescribed a medication for sleep, lemborexant (not into trade names for drugs, more power to generics) I didn’t plan on ever getting a sleep med. I don’t see myself as a sleep med guy lol. I didn’t walk into a clinic thinking I’d ever want one either. But to me this feels like a peptide or an athletic recovery supplement. And I think there’s even better and newer out there Having this lever has personally helped me a lot.
Why? Because it’s very easy to let sleep quality slip over time. Here are a few questions I wished someone had asked me a year or two ago: -Have you been dreaming? When’s the last time you had a vivid dream? If you can’t even recall that, it’s a big red flag. If you haven’t been dreaming, your sleep quality could be junk -Erections during sleep? Just something to take note of -Waking up tired or ready for the day? -How long does it take you to fall asleep? There’s a key distinction there between how long you’re in bed vs. how long you’re actually sleeping. Check your apple health data. It’s so easy to mess this up, in this modern age especially, it’s why I’m hooked. There are far too many variables that could affect a key function of your life, especially for young guys. An afterparty, a hookup, a stressful period in business, a productive all-nighter, or just overthinking instead of sleeping People notice when you don’t sleep well |
His entire adult life has been focused on the "live forever, stay young" culture, where he takes dozens if not hundreds of pills a day, avoids direct sunlight, takes blood plasma from his son, experimental longevity interventions such as injections derived from baby foreskins and whatever else he has tried over the years.
He's lived this insane "healthy" life and now he is suffering from yet another auto-immune disease, and in his own words "My stomach is eating itself."
Eating healthy, regular sleep schedules, and avoiding stress are all things we should do, there's no denying that. But it should NOT come at the detriment of living your life and living it well. Plus these recommendations are just basic things that everyone talks about, it doesn't take same health guru's advise.
I have a family member that just turned 104, all her children are dying or severely impaired, she's still there, still alive and looking like she'll easily turn 105. She drank, she smoked, she ate red meat, and she takes one pill a day to regulate her blood pressure which hasn't been a problem in over three or four years.
The biggest factor in people's health is genetic luck. Then your healthy habits, followed by medical help (medication, etc...) The last two you can control, the first is just that, luck of the draw.