For me, depression almost always brings about "sleepy days", where I tend to sleep upwards of 12 hours (sometimes more).

So I'm wondering... What is your personal "sleeping record" for the longest number of hours you've slept in one day? (So I'm basically including naps here.) And how long do you tend to sleep during depression?



My personal record is 16 hours... Slept from 7pm-7am, plus a 4-hour nap midday. In fact, I did this the other day when I was wallowing in misery. I'm now averaging 12-13 hours a day. (Yikes... 😱 )

[Unrigged64072835]

I don't sleep in unless I'm really sick, when it can get to be around 14 hours. Even when I'm depressed I don't sleep more than 9 hours.

[HarrietBeecher]

I know exactly what you mean... I sleep my body sore..
I am currently going through one of these sleeping phases after I hurt my hamstring. It was in the second week of my daily 15 min exercise that I finally, finally felt up to for the first time in almost a year.....
I am basically averaging 14 hours a day, pretty much just wallowing in this setback, but my all time record that I know of was close after my breakdown at 17 hours..... every day for about a week... Needless to say, I can't remember much of that time :P

[mindwrench]

I sleep 6-8 hours a day when I'm on the depressive side of things. I'm not one for going to bed early, and I have some things to do about the same time every morning, otherwise I might sleep much more on those days.

[Coffeee]

I have slept for as long as 14-16 hours when depressed and over-medicated with one break in the middle.

[wildflowerchild25]

I loves me some sleep when I'm depressed. I've had days where I called out of work, took my son to pre school at 7am, then came home and went back to bed until it was time to pick him up at 3:30. And that was after sleeping a full night. I don't do that often because it's bad for me but sometimes I just can't face life.

Even when not depressed I take two to three hour naps on the weekend. I don't fully sleep because my son is up and about so I have one ear open listening for him. I also make sure I wake up and respond to him when he comes over to me. But I loooove naps. Unfortunately if I nap I don't sleep at night very well so I really shouldn't nap as much as I do.

But yeah, depression I will sleep all day. If I didn't have my son I doubt I'd get out of bed at all.

[JustJace2u]

I tend to get very fatigued and sleepy during my depressive episodes. During those times I could sleep for what seems like an eternity and not even give a damn about anything or anyone else.

[Wander]

I'm in a depression right now and have been sleeping at least 10 hours a night then laying in bed for up to two hours trying to find the motivation to get up. Once up I have a small breakfast to digest my meds and end up crashing on the couch for at least another hour. If I didn't have study and work I would sleep and lay around more. In fact apart from study and work I barely do anything else. It takes all I have to work 16 hours a week and take one unit at university. Cleaning, feeding myself, showering are so hard to do. I am utterly exhausted.

The longest I have ever slept in one day due to depression would be close to 18 hours. I only go out of bed to go to the bathroom.

[Icare dixit]

24 hours.

I very much fear being tired at times.

[OctobersBlackRose]

12-14hrs when depressed the longest I've slept is 18hrs.