![]() |
FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Hi All !
How many hours a night do you sleep when you are depressed ? Fingers1 |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
anywhere from 9 - 12. Then I spend many hours during the day in bed not necessarily sleeping but staring at the wall/crying into my pillows. For me it's less about needing more sleep and more that I have no motivation to do anything, so laying around with no will becomes my main activity for the day (in sharp contrast to bursting out of bed after 5 hours with excited knots in my stomach ready to take on the day!)
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
No matter what state I am in I sleep about 7 hours at night. When I am depressed I add naps in to my day.
__________________
BP II --200 mg lamictal---900mg lithium---.5 xanax |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
BP II --200 mg lamictal---900mg lithium---.5 xanax |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
It varies so much. Depressed, I've been known to sleep up to 14 hours, but there are other times when negative thoughts keep me up and I sleep nothing. I can't decide if that's actually a mixed state, though.
__________________
DX: Bipolar I Meds: Tegretol 800 mg Zoloft 100 mg Melatonin 5 to 10 mg Omega-3's Ativan PRN |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
When I'm in a classic depressive episode I sleep roughly 16 hours a day. But it's not restful sleep, it's fitful and interrupted. Ugh!
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
No matter my state I rarely sleep much more than 5 hours. If I make it 7 than that's some pretty serious sleeping in for me.
My brain just triggers awake to what ever my schedule is normally. I always wake up before the alarm, which is at 4:30. Even if I go to bed at 12:30, I'll be awake in 4 hours even if I don't need/want to be. It's really annoying.
__________________
----------------------------------------------------- Mental: Bipolar 2, maybe ADD Lamictal 400mg, Adderal XR 30mg Non-mental: Had severe pulmonary embolisms Warfarin, most likely for the rest of my life |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
6-8 usually in the middle somewhere.
__________________
Bipolar I, Depression, GAD Meds: Zoloft, Zyprexa, Ritalin "Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." -Buddha ![]() |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
If I'm taking respiradal, I sleep 7 hours. Without it 5-6. Geodon 60 mg. made me sleep 13 hours. That's not going to work.
|
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Mine also varies a lot. If depressed I'll sleep 12-20 hours/day. Hypomanic 4 hours. When I'm stable, 6-8 hours.
__________________
Dx Bipolar II 2014 -- currently in remission Stay calm, be kind, have hope, love lots, and be well. "Listen to the deep voice of your soul. Do not be distracted by the voice of your mind." -- Caitlin Matthews[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
if depressed, 12+, if hypomanic 4-0
__________________
Bipolar II Currently attempting med-free with therapy. We'll see how it goes. "Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil, struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness." -Vasily Grossman |
Reply |
|