[Becoming]

So, lately I have been going to bed pretty early and then sleeping for like 10 hours. That's broken sleep too. My body always wants me to wake after 8 hours when I feel pretty good, but I go back to sleep because it's too early in the morning. This morning I did that 2 or 3 times and had a nightmare every single time. I'll spare details so as not to trigger anyone.

Anyway...the first time I wake up I seem to feel fine. If I go back to sleep again and again though, I will feel very angry, overtired, and start yelling at myself for waking up so late and not at least an hour earlier because I would have felt better and started my day rather than still lying in bed. Then I just feel like sleeping more and don't want to get out of bed at all.

Does anybody have any opinions or perhaps can relate to this? Are these maybe typical effects of oversleeping?

Thanks!

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[Angelique67]

I get into the same pattern. With me though lately I'm having trouble getting to sleep and I lie awake with terrible anxiety. I finally fall asleep very late and end up sleeping too late and I also don't want to get out of bed and tell myself, just until 8. Then, just until 9. Then, just until 10. And it goes on like that. When I finally do get up I feel miserable and depressed so much daylight is gone. It's an awful pattern I'm trying to break out of but I just can't get to sleep at night lately.

[Wander]

This is my exact sleeping pattern right now. I go to sleep early, depressed wanting the pain to end for a while, so I wake early, depressed not ready for the world so I try to sleep as much as possible. The nightmares I have around waking time are crazy too. The overtiredness is there too. I think it is all related to the depression and meds I am taking right now. For me I think the mixed episode I am in needs to be treated for me to be able to get into a 'normal' sleeping pattern. It is impossible while feeling so bad.

[Turtlesoup]

I've struggled with insomnia & erratic sleep for over 20 years (big sigh). I also have some pretty wicked PTSD nightmares-when I'm depressed I go through periods like you describe-can't get up just lay there doze off sleep more then I am just crabby irritable & down on myself. It sucks bleh-I take ambien prn a couple of nights a week now so I can get some consistent rest-the other nights sometimes I take melatonin or Benadryl. I am also staying up about 2 hours later than I did so I don't wake up at 5am & that seems to be helping. Saw my pdoc this week & am trying Buspar to help with my anxiety & hopefully once I get used to it help with the PTSD crap. If that doesn't work well I am going to try Prazosin as that is what it is intended for-Doing Ok so far & last night I slept pretty well with just the melatonin/Benadryl. Hope knowing you're not alone dealing with these things makes you feel better.