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Old Aug 15, 2012, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by seeker1950 View Post
I posted a thread in same forum topic about wanting to sleep too much.
For me, it's kind of a luxury, and in less than a week, I'll have to get up at 5:30 a.m. to go face my students for the coming school year. My sleep is filled with dreams of mostly problem-solving situations, in which there is usually no resolution, but they are great adventures and very entertaining.
I love the dreams, which usually occur near daylight, which is why I stay in bed to complete them!
I acknowledge that I'm depressed. Sometimes, though, I just have to weather thru it. That is what I'm doing with this excessive sleep. I even know the reason for the depression. So I'm indulging myself.
Sleeping a lot sounds "lazy" to me, and to most people. But I know why I need to do this. Maybe it will be the same for you, Justdon'task.
I take an antidepressant, and I know it helps. Perhaps you should investigate such medication.
Patty
You mention "Problem Solving Dreams"... Very interesting... I call those my math/programming dreams and they wear me out. I will be trying to "Solve the formula" and I cannot quite ever figure it out. I'm a programmer / analyst and it makes me so mad when I Dream about solving formulas usually about work.

I guess these are common, because my dad is a retired mechanic and he told me he always has the same dreams, except in the automotive trouble-shooting form.

If you are dreaming, then you are getting to REM, which is good.

JDA... I slept TERRIBLY before my ADD diagnosis. Exhausted all the time, but had trouble going to sleep as well. I had gotten up to 285 lbs, had asthma, reflux and bad sleep apnea. After my DX and ADD meds, I sleep like a baby and feel good on 5-6 hours sleep and Great on 8 hours. I've lost right at 100 lbs and kept it off for over two years, the asthma, reflux and apnea are gone. It is amazing what a little correction of the brain chemistry can do for someone.
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seeker1950
Thanks for this!
seeker1950