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how does your depression/mood affect the amount of sleep you get?

sleep more
56
46%
sleep the same
2
2%
sleep less
37
30%
do not sleep
17
14%
other
11
9%
 
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Post by Middleground » Sun May 23, 2004 9:43 am

I'm bipolar II. When I'm depressed, I need up to twelve hours of sleep to feel rested, but when I'm manic, I can have total insomnia - not sleep all night and feel none the worse for it. Sometimes I get into a "mixed state"... where I feel as hyper as mania.. but as hopeless as depressed... and in those I tend to get a few hours of fitful, unrefreshing sleep.
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Post by oceanpoet » Tue May 25, 2004 12:39 am

I sleep way too much, as an escape mostly and lack of energy.
Then I get more depressed because I waste so much time sleeping. Not a healthy place. :sleeping:
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Post by Reflections » Tue May 25, 2004 1:47 am

I sleep ALOT more. I can easily sleep 16-20 hours a day, I'll get up for an hour or so and then just go back to bed (or sometimes I just lay in bed and stare at the wall until I fall back asleep.)
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Post by there_is_hope » Wed May 26, 2004 12:45 am

i sleep less but sometimes alot
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Post by nirvana » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:57 pm

bump.

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Post by treasure » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:08 am

i chose "other". at the moment my sleep cycle is making me stay awake all night and sleep in the afternoons. but i still have trouble falling asleep cos of depressive thoughts. my sleep pattern is different every day and i've only just got a little stability due to meds but that still isn't enough.

also i force myself to stay awake sometimes cos staring at the computer and being very tired is easier to deal with than resting and thinking.
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Post by aimee929 » Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:01 am

My sleep is SOOOOOO screwed up when I am depressed. I take naps all the time, stay up really late (usually till 3-4am) then sleep till 2-3pm the next day. But I tendto have a really hard time going to bed at night & getting to sleep...

once I am asleep, though....


Ironically, these problems with falling asleep qualify me to be diagnosed with insomnia, which happened about 4 1/2 years ago. I was put on Klonopin to help my anxiety and help me sleep.... and finally got off of it about 2 months ago. I haven't been really depressed lately, so I don't know how it will be when I am, when I can't get to sleep, and I have no Klonopin. I guess we'll see.


Anyway, regardless of the trouble falling asleep... I can sleep forever.

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Post by Lyndsie » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:42 am

I voted other because It just depends. Sometimes I get more sleep when i'm depressed. Other times i get less sleep when I'm like that.
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Post by TwistedVision » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:42 am

as ive become more and more depressed.... my sleep hasnt *changed really... i still get about the same amount, but....


there is NO WAY that i can lay down and get to sleep with-in like 30 minutes anymore...

im ussually awake untill around 4am when i force myself to try and sleep....
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Post by Ruby Tuesday » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:06 am

i sleep more. far too much

i think sleeping is me trying to escape.
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