[Miracle1986]

I got up at 10:45 this morning... it is now almost 2:00... and I am sooo incredibly sleepy.
I feel like I have run a marathon, but I haven't done crap today.
I have just been vegging out, but I want to go back to bed...
or at least lay down on the couch and sleep for a couple hours.
Ugh... I hate how depression drains all your energy and stuff.

[Yoda]

You are not alone. I have spent the past 2 days in bed for the most part. blegh

[Miracle1986]

I am wondering if I should find a way to (hopefully) wake myself up... or just give into the temptation to sleep.

[Yoda]

Is there something you need/want to accomplish? If nothing is pressing don't be so hard on yourself. You will get past this day.

[Fuzzybear]

(((((((((((((( Miracle ))))))))))))))

[Rohag]

Most days I nap in the afternoon. Those days I don't nap I find I'm pretty much worthless during that time anyway. The eyes are open but nobody's home...

You are not alone in this feeling. I too have been wondering how to combat these feelings of extreme sleepiness.

[emmasaza12]

Your not alone am sleepy most of the day , I force myself to get up and do what I have to do. got sick of that feeling , want to be active and go somewhere, do something usefull.

[carrie-19]

definately know how it feels
sometimes just getting up is an accomplishment in itself ^_^

[thine_self_untrue]

Some days I sleep nine hours at night and then take a one to two hour nap. My family yells at me and calls me lazy and the thing that hurts is that they're right. But sometimes it's just easiest to sleep away the day when it hurts too much to be awake.

[Lilleth]

When I was younger and unemployed I used to go to bed and make up stories in my head until I fell asleep it was the only way I could deal with the depression, I just thought I was lazy didnt know I was depessed. I hated it when I woke up. Now I go to work I come in I sleep its the only relief I get from the awful feelings

[Gently1]

I need what I need for sleep, now I am down to 10 hours a night from 13, and daily a nap for 1-4 hours. I used to resist the sleep but became a cranky child, so sleep is good. I sometime forget I have an illness, and think it is a character flaw, but I know that when I have the energy I have no interest in napping. I try not to spend any energy on hating depression-

One thing I do is that I get up at the same time everyday, even if just for an hour to take care of basics- nutrition, cats, and if possible shower before I go back to bed.
I set my alarm, even though I am on disability and so not need to get up for work, this is every day of the week, if tired I go to bed earlier.

Today was a great example, could have stayed in bed, but now that I am up I feel better for being in control of my life. Now I can look forward to a nap if I need it!

[anjelmarie]

This is a part of my life. When I worked I did the same thing Lileth did, I hated to be awake even for a few hours. I still feel that way but there are things i need to do. My problem is i'm up at night. I can't fall asleep and when i finally do i don't stay asleep. So I'm tired during the day and i get nothing done. When I do wake up around 12pm or so I'm still not fully awake and i just lay in bed lifeless like a vegetable and stare at the tv. My apartment is a complete mess, laundry is piling up, i have so many things i need to do and i have no energy and no motivation. Its embarrassing because I have someone staying with me now and she sees me doing nothing and sees the mess. I just told my bf i need something to give me energy, a supplement or something but alot of them cause your blood pressure to raise and i already take meds for that. At this point i feel i will have to take the risk because i do need to do something about my apartment and i need to get outdoors and get fresh air and sunlight sometimes. I feel like my staying in bed, not getting dressed and staring at the tv all day or dozing just makes my depression worse.

[Gently1]

anjelmarie

I posted earlier, I did not start out getting up at 8:00am everyday, but I started by getting up at noon, gradually 10 or 15 minutes a week setting my alarm earlier.
I struggled and still struggle some days to get up.
the best thing I did was make a list of morning basics. This was so I did not have to think about what I needed to do.
Get up, make bed, pray, go to bathroom, weigh, medication, feed cats, shower, dress, face, start computer, breakfast, reboot landry, swish and swipe toilet,
this is all from www.flylady.net
Yes many a day I do not shower etc, but even doing 5 minutes sometimes gives me energy to carry on or I go back to bed and not feel self judgement.

I was not born organized, I was paralysed by the effort of thinking about what I needed to do, learned that getting up and looking at the list did not require thinking, and over the year I can now shower most days. My goal now is to stay up later than 8:00.

I do not remember where I found this but a insomnia site, but setting the wake up time sets your natural body cycle, so you can work with yourself and not against. And with depression we need all the help we can get!

take care,
G1

[Miracle1986]

Originally Posted by anjelmarie

My problem is i'm up at night. I can't fall asleep and when i finally do i don't stay asleep. So I'm tired during the day and i get nothing done.

same here...
but for some weird reason, here recently, no matter how late I stay up at night or how much I don't sleep,
I wake up stupid early (like 7am) in the morning