This week we bring you an external interview. In this episode, I was interviewed by Niall from the Mind Manifest Podcast on the Relationship of Sleep and Psychedelics.
In the podcast we discuss:
- Ian’s early personal experience of the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation,
- The overlap between sleep loss and mental health issues,
- The history of the human study of sleep,
- The ‘Grandfather’ of sleep Bill Dement,
- Matthew Walker’s podcast discussions with Peter Attia,
- Circadian Rhythm,
- Chronobiology,
- Leptin and Grehlin and their relationship with sleep,
- Performance deficits associated with sleep loss,
- Night shift work as a ‘possible carcinogen’ – Type 2A carcinogen,
- Classification of sleep disorders,
- The difference between a ‘sleep problem’ and a ‘sleep disorder,
- The societal correlation between poor sleep and lower socio-economic status,
- The limited efficacy of sleep medicines, the paucity of undergrad education into sleep science for health professionals, and the lack of understanding amongst the general population about good sleep hygiene,
- The Parliamentary Report ‘Bedtime Reading’
- Ian’s business Melius Consulting, and his work with Formula 1 Mclaren, and his adjunct researcher work,
- His two podcasts: sleep4performance, and learning to die,
- The Stages of Sleep, and sleep spindles
- REM rebound
- Ian’s theory of REM sleep as a practice of death,
- the Six Bardos in Tibetan Buddhism
- The repudiation of death in our societies, and Ernest Becker’s ‘The Denial of Death’
- Zen on the trail and the Marathon Monks,
- The risks of taking psychedelics,
- The Effects of Daytime Psilocybin Administration on Sleep: Implications for Antidepressant Action
- Sleep as an adjunct for both preparation for and integration of psychedelic trips,
- The risk of Serious Adverse Events with psychedelic trips
- Jennifer Walsh’s study on the impact of CBD on insomnia
- The potential need for overnight polysomnography as a preparatory tool for psychedelic trips – perfecting the ‘on ramp’
- Ian’s tips for sleeping well