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Insomnia is always part of my depressive cycles. I can fall asleep but not stay asleep. I'll sleep a couple hours and then it's tossing and turning the rest of the night. I usually give up and just get up very early. Sleep deprivation just adds to the mix. I feel terrible fatigue and think if I get tired enough I'll sleep but it just doesn't happen. Can't nap in the daytime either. I always envied the ones who oversleep when depressed but I'm sure that has it's downside too.
But when the ability to sleep returns I know the cycle is easing up. I've struggled with clinical depression since I was 16 and I'm now 60. So I know how to manage it pretty well most of the time, and not let it rule my life. When I reached a place in my life where my faith became important that was a huge help also. But a factor of my depression is chemical and I can't control my brain so that's when, if it gets bad enough long enough, I have to go back on meds.
So you are not alone with insomnia as part of depression.
Judy
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