Why do I feel better when I don't sleep at night?
The title pretty much sums it up. I feel really good when I sleep for 0-4 hours and am overworked. I don't ruminate on those days, I don't feel overwhelmed, I don't feel any executive dysfunction. I feel.... Balanced. Especially if I stayed the night up finishing up everything that I was putting off for days, if not weeks. But it's not just work. even on the days when I don't work at night and still don't sleep, I feel AMAZING, like genuinely HAPPY! I feel more energized, and actually look forward to the day. I remember right before my final exams in high school, I stayed awake straight for 6 days (the whole 144 hours), without a blink of sleep and I could remember every single line I read without ever revising. And it's not just that I remember the information, I could decode them and connect them to other topics better. My comprehension ability increases greatly when I am not sleeping at night.
It greatly increases my productivity, but I know it is probably going to have health complications in the long run if I keep going for a long amount of time. So I don't stay awake for more than 2 days at a stretch.
What I want to ask is does anybody else here experience this? And if yes, how do you deal with it?