sleep/depression?

nirvana · Post by **nirvana** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:15 am

i added another option because people said they weren't sure...

so if you chose "other", please explain.

interesting to see the results though.

love, tara.

FaeFollower · Post by **FaeFollower** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:25 am

I voted for 'sleep less', but I think I should've voted other. I used to always go to bed by nine and wake up by nine at the latest, but as the depression got worse, I was staying up until between 3 and 5am and sleeping until 1 or 2 in the afternoon. I got prescription sleep meds, so now I'm going to sleep at ten, but still sleeping until at least noon.

~Claire~ · Post by **~Claire~** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:58 pm

Im more tierd, but I sleep less.

Claire xx

F.I.N.E. · Post by **F.I.N.E.** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:35 pm

I posted Other as I find I go through stages of sleeping excessively and still being tired and stages when I can't sleep at all. It just changes but I always feel tired whichever it is at the time.

darkrose · Post by **darkrose** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:55 am

when i'm depressed i don't want to face the world. I just want to get into bed and sleep forever. so that's sort of what i try to do. one time i was so horribly depressed and i slept for 16 hours straight (12am-4pm) my mom woke me up at 4....perhaps i could have slept longer....hmmmn....maybe i could have broken a guiness world recor or something?!?!
-Darkrose

~bluehaze~ · Post by **~bluehaze~** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:40 pm

I hardly sleep at all

piglet · Post by **piglet** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:53 pm

For the first year I slept... upto 20 hours a day, any and every chance I got. Then it changed and I needed less sleep. Then sleeping was tough and irregular. Now, with a gentle push from meds it is regular and more appropriate. All over the place really. Thats me!

Ram · Post by **Ram** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:10 pm

my doc gave me 100mg's of Seroquil
good luck staying up through that *Yawn*

eyeris · Post by **eyeris** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:49 am

At first I slept more, then I couldn't sleep at all, now I'm on prescribed sleeping meds. with my antidepressants and so I'm sleeping a bit better. Overall, I never sleep as much as I want to or when I want to. Sucks.

badgirl22 · Post by **badgirl22** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:47 am

I think no sleep gives you more depression..I also think depression can link to less sleep cause you are thinking about lots of things..and your brain never wants to shut down.
-Badgirl22

pinkllama · Post by **pinkllama** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:19 pm

Hmmmmmm....tis a hard one....I've had insomnia for years, but when I'm really really depressed, I sleep a LOT...(I try not to though, because then I know that I worry ppl, and I hate that)

say · Post by **say** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:46 pm

My depression definitely affects my sleep, but I'm not consistent. Sometimes I only want to sleep, sometimes I can't sleep at all, and sometimes I sleep loads but wake up a lot...

Strange Glue · Post by **Strange Glue** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:12 pm

I find more that my sleep affects my depression, not the other way around. The less I sleep, the more depressed I'm likely to feel. I've started being very careful about my sleep patterns, and the more I do that, the more I'm capable of handling my depression and not spinning out of control with it.

rainy day · Post by **rainy day** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:22 am

i voted other cos it changes really, if i'm really down i cant sleep to well but if i'm just ok then i can sleep fine.

Searching · Post by **Searching** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 6:26 am

my sleep just gets bumped to a later time, so I go to bed from between 2-4. Meaning I'll get 6-4 hours of sleep on weekdays because I have to wake up for school, but on weekends I'll sleep for 10 hours about, but still go to bed at the same time.

Twitter Mouse · Post by **Twitter Mouse** » Tue May 18, 2004 12:38 am

I sleep a lot more, but mostly during the day as I have trouble falling asleep at night, and am exhausted no matter how much I sleep. That's what I've been doing lately, but I got my meds upped today, so hopefully that will help.

Seeshellz · Post by **Seeshellz** » Tue May 18, 2004 2:40 am

I'm Bipolar, so my sleep is all over the place. But, generally when I'm depressed I do sleep more. And when I'm getting hyper I need less sleep.
And this all happens while I take meds to help me sleep. So I don't really know for sure what it's like without the sleep meds.

Orange Crush · Post by **Orange Crush** » Tue May 18, 2004 5:34 pm

I'm constantly tired but it takes me hours to get to sleep, and its always interupted.

Antenna · Post by **Antenna** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:50 am

Sleep? What's that?

When I'm anxious, I sleep less; and when I'm way into Depression, I need to sleep all the time.

herebedragons · Post by **herebedragons** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:48 pm

I meant to check "other" but I think I may have done the wrong one.

When I am quite depressed I have more trouble getting to sleep at night and staying asleep but I am also more tired all the time and if I could sleep during the day I would. I would love to sleep pretty much round the clock when I am bad off but of course that wouldn't go over so well what with having kiddos to take care of and a house to run etc. So I pretty much am dragging tail much of the time.

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