[-jimi-]

If you have depression, chances is you have some kind of sleep disturbance. Can be too much sleep, too little sleep, waking up all the time, getting sleep but just shallow sleep and REM sleep and no deep sleep, bad dreams, insomnia, hypnagogic states, a shortening of sleep pattern, a prolonging of sleep pattern, unstable sleep pattern, or delayed onset of sleep with wanting to wake up later also.

I'm very interested in the subject from the patient's point of view.

Sleep is indeed a mystery when it comes to depression. Sometimes depression has been called reversable dementia (don't be scared that it's been called that it is not as bad as it sounds), but in dementia, sleep is almost ALWAYS messed up, sometimes sleep issues are the first symptom. And similar, those who are bipolar can sometimes see a change in sleep before they see a change in mood!

Worth looking into, right?

AND MULTIPLE ANSWER POLL OK!!!!!!!

[Jan1212]

I had most the problems listed and sleep has been difficult for me for so long. And when I am at the dementia unit at work, I would see a change of behavior in the evening they get confused with the shadows, I also knew a girl that would stay awake for days with few hours of sleep - my sister

[medkev13]

Been googling for scholarly studies on the subject. The consensus seems to be that mood disorders have a physiological effect that disturbs the brain wave activities of the different times of day, causing the person to suffer from any number of sleep disorder type symptoms. There's also a general thought in the field that moderating a patient's brain wave rhythms throughout the day can alleviate or counter-act mood disorders.

[Yoda]

other: sleep apnea

Jan1212: I, like your sister, experience this too. I have been experiencing it for the last 2 weeks. It is as if I feel I don't need sleep. How has your sister coped with this? Do you perchance have a little more information? Thank you.

[Perna]

Interesting article:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...and-depression