[jbug]

I am in a depressed state with my bipolar and all I want to do is sleep. I get up for maybe a couple of hours a day and then go back to sleep. I know that sleeping is just a coping mechanism but I figure it is better than some of the things I could be doing. Today I have slept for about 13 hours and am still tired enough that I could go back to sleep but am trying to force myself to stay awake at least for a few hours. I am tired of either sleeping way too much or not sleeping at all. I know this is because of the bipolar cycle but sheesh will it ever end?

Jan

[jattitude]

Hi jbug, I just went through this depression and I was the same way as you are. No energy to get out of my own way and I was tired all day and all night, constantly taking naps, getting up late, going to bed early. I spoke with my doctor and he put me on an antidepressant and ritalin, what a difference, I feel normal again, for the time beeing. there is hope! hang in there and talk with your doctor, you may just need a med change.

What is so difficult is the high's of bipolar out really crazy - but I'd rather that than the zombie depressed side.

I can't even handle 1 day of it - it seems a life time.

I call it "I don't feel good" which is my brain.

It's terrible

Mood stablizers just aren't making it

[thinker22]

Hey j, I had the same kind of a day last week with all the sleeping and depression. I'm still depressed and wondering will this ever go away? At least I'm not sleeping so long now. I decided to cut my sleeping aid in half last night and am already seeing relief. I think it was sapping my energy and contributing to my depression. Sometimes I worry that the only 2 possible states are energetic insomniac anxiety or lethargic soporific depression. Nice, huh? What ever happened to normal sleep, good days, happy nights?

How are you doing today?

[Rebound]

[quote=thinker22;1077705]What ever happened to normal sleep, good days, happy nights? /quote]

I am unfamiliar with this term "normal sleep". What's it like?

But seriously, in my case, I think irregular sleep does more harm to my quality of life than any other symptom I experience, so I agree it's pretty much a major drag.

The one suggestion I have for over-sleeping due to depression is to get outside as much as possible, and failing that, take vitamin D and try to make a point of looking out the window occasionally.

But I agree with jattitude, I hope you can see a doc soon. Good luck.

[jbug]

[quote=Rebound;1080043]

Originally Posted by thinker22

What ever happened to normal sleep, good days, happy nights? /quote]

I am unfamiliar with this term "normal sleep". What's it like?

But seriously, in my case, I think irregular sleep does more harm to my quality of life than any other symptom I experience, so I agree it's pretty much a major drag.

The one suggestion I have for over-sleeping due to depression is to get outside as much as possible, and failing that, take vitamin D and try to make a point of looking out the window occasionally.

But I agree with jattitude, I hope you can see a doc soon. Good luck.

I take Vitamin D once a month per my doctor's advice. I was taking it twice a week but when I saw him about a month ago he told me I could drop it down to once a month due to the levels I had when he drew my last blood levels.

I am still sleeping a lot during the day and not a whole lot during the night but I have found that if I put my CPAP mask on it tricks my brain into thinking it is time for sleep and I actually get sleepy when I wasn't previously. So I have been doing this but then I wake up again and have to wait for the sleepiness to start again. I have increased the level of pressure my CPAP gives me thinking maybe that was the problem but I think me going back to sleeping in my bed will help a lot but it hurts to sleep in my bed. I had a bout of shingles about a month ago and it still hurts to lay on the side of my body they were on so sleeping on the couch is really the only way I can get any sleep at all.

Jan