Posted by Peter S. on June 17, 2002, at 19:28:53
Hi All,
There are studies that have shown that a certain percentage of depressed people respond to sleep deprivation, as a matter of fact it has been known to induce mania.
Throughout my life I have noticed that if I don't get enough sleep (1-5 hours) this eliminates depression- of course I pay the price when I next get a decent night sleep. Anti-depressants have generally been a failure for me because they "work" for a couple of days and then cycle on and off. I've also had kind of hypo manic responses to some anti-depressants.
The only thing that has worked consistently up to now has been Lamictal. I've been wondering if sleep deprivation induced mood improvement might be indicative of someone being more in the bipolar spectrum. This would certainly have implications for treatment
Any ideas or references people know about?
Thanks!
Peter
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