sleep/depression?

nirvana · Post by **nirvana** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:06 pm

just wondering how your mood affects the amount of sleep you get. i used to not sleep at all, but now all i want to do is sleep....

love and hugs, tara.

Distant Reflections · Post by **Distant Reflections** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:09 pm

I sleep more. It's easier to just lay in bed and nap all day when I'm sad.
Sally

purpleflame · Post by **purpleflame** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:09 pm

i sleep less
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ImJusMe · Post by **ImJusMe** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:10 pm

Good question
It will be intersting to see how it affects different ppl
My Depression makes me sleepless
Sometimes i get a few hours sometimes i get 5
Im wishy washy with this
cause after months of no sleep
I may get to the point of sleeping all day staying up all night*NOT HEALTHY*

jetblacknewme · Post by **jetblacknewme** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:04 pm

My depression makes me sleep more. My meds make me sleepy, but paradoxically give me insomnia and make me unable to get any decent uninterrupted sleep. Go figure.

indiegirl · Post by **indiegirl** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:55 am

other, i sleep at weird times

ie i get no sleep at night, sometime sleep all day othertimes not at all and always with interrupted sleep

Agape in Apathy · Post by **Agape in Apathy** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:24 am

Either I don't sleep anymore than an hour a night or I sleep over 10 hours a night with a three or four nap during the day.

skittles33 · Post by **skittles33** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:47 am

i need an other option lol. i voted sleep less. but it is really hard to tell. i go through periods where i sleep 4 hours a night, then times where i sleep 6 and wake up 3 or 4 times, and then there are periods where i sleep 8 hours. lol.

swanfaerie · Post by **swanfaerie** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:08 am

i used to sleep ALL the time. but the past year when it's bad i just don't sleep. but that's what starbucks and extra shots are for. right?

joku_muko · Post by **joku_muko** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:07 am

Other. Either sleep all the time or not at all. Depends really. I cant explain just depressed either way.

Proximity · Post by **Proximity** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:05 am

more definiately.

prox.

[nothing, I woke up in the middle of the night, so nothing.]

Priceless · Post by **Priceless** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:11 am

i want to sleep, but cant so i sleep less.

8586 · Post by **8586** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:34 pm

Well - I can't really say I am totally 'depressed' right now, but for the past...

I really needed other, but I said about the same - for right now atleast. I used to sleep all the time and even during the day... all day long, then I couldn't sleep at all and was up at night. But now, feeling better (not so depressed atleast) I sleep regularly I guess. Sometimes I stay up late, and sometimes I can sleep a long time. It's in the middle. I don't know.

reallycreamed · Post by **reallycreamed** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:35 pm

depression, stress, and the PTSD definately keep me from sleeping!

yellowdreams · Post by **yellowdreams** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:47 pm

I voted 'sleep more'. If I'm really depressed I tend to cry myself to sleep, day or night.

Interestingly, I also have a condition called Sleep Apnea. My air ways close up at night and I stop breathing. Brain realises it's not getting enough Oxygen and wakes me up. Not actually awake but my body is. I do this hundreds of times a night. Obvious result is that I'm tired all the time. I have found that when this has been bad my depression actually gets a lot worse. SI'ing is often the release I need to make me have a good nights sleep. Crappy yeah?!

Kimi

theodore · Post by **theodore** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:47 pm

my sleep is very interrupted and is very little

Fleur · Post by **Fleur** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:02 am

I sleep more. It's easier than having to face stuff, and I'm safer from myself that way.

PassingCloud · Post by **PassingCloud** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:00 pm

sleep more usually. it fluctuates. Sometimes I sleep up to 14 hours in one go or I wake up multiple times a night, unable to fall back asleep for an hour or two. often I stay up very, very late because I find it so hard to face myself when I am trying to fall asleep - so I just vegetate in front of the puter or tv all day... *Sigh*

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:27 pm

It varies.

When I'm in a really bad depressive episode I wake up very early, so I think I sleep less. Although I may well lie down for most of the day

When I'm still depressed but not as badly I seem to sleep a lot, although maybe not all in one chunk but in bits through the day.

And to complicate matters, some of the meds I've been on stopped me sleeping. The one I'm on now is meant to help sleep, but I'm not sure that it is...

Interesting.
Laura

Chimera · Post by **Chimera** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:51 pm

I sleep all the time when I am depressed (which is often). I sleep until 11 or 11:30 in the morning, and I am usually back in bed for a nap from 2:00-5:00. Sometimes I take allergy pills to make me drowsy, so I don't have to think or feel anything for awhile.

Jessica

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