Does anyone have sleep patterns that just instantly change overnight?

[Justugh]

yes

i have always slept better in the daytime vs the night time ...........at a set point sometime during the night if i am still up i am up until the sun shows then i might get to sleep with in 40 mins of hitting the bed

My scenario has been since my situation arised, that I will go periods of getting up early and going to sleep early which I very much prefer. But it will instantly change, and I will gradually stay up later and later, rise later and later, until...

I may be on to something. Until I have another mixed up, all over the place, up and down, angry and mad, and depressed melt down. Trazadone did well to get me sleepy at first, but I think it's losing it's effectiveness. And in the subconscious mind, I don't want to go to sleep because I have to wake up to the same life tomorrow with the exception of having one day less in front of the horse than riding in the back of the cart.

[wiretwister]

yes
I have on rare ocassion slept 8 hours,,but mostly it is two or three hour blocks,,I never know what the nite will bring,,no rhyme or reason,I do everything the same every nite ?????

[~Christina]

Chronic Insomnia since I was 12 .. I very very seldom have a semi stable sleep schedule.

Good sleep hygiene is really one of the most important tools to help staying stable. Just not everyone has the ability to have such a thing

[Wander]

My sleep patterns vary significantly and I can switch from hypersomnia to insomnia overnight. Just recently I switched overnight from sleeping 12-16 hours a day while very depressed to hypo manic and sleeping about 4 hours a night. Every night I never know what's in store.

[Goldcrest]

My sleep patterns are crazy too. I have been mostly depressed this year and tended to stay in bed a lot of the time,sleeping too much but staying in bed even awake 'cos I couldn't face getting up. Still depressed but tending towards psychotic, up all night, sleep just a couple of hours around dawn, spend night agitated and anxious, pacing around, feeling scared. Fed up with this!

[Crazy Hitch]

Personally I don't know about being as rapid as overnight for me but yes in a short time frame it can certainly alter if I'm starting to experience anxiety or my mood is beginning to shift.

[HungrySociety]

Yep. Throughout a week, I can do a 14-hour night, then be 8-9 hours for a while, and then 3-hour nights.

[THE16THDOCTOR]

Yes from day to day. One night I may be up all night unable to fall asleep the next exhausted and can't get out of bed.

[loophole]

If you got an iPhone try sleep cycle. It's pretty awesome. Keeps an eye on your sleep. Pretty awesome. Bought it 4 days ago