Posted by awake at last on July 31, 2002, at 23:05:33
In reply to Sleep is my Kryptonite, posted by Peter S. on July 31, 2002, at 18:42:55
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> Anybody else have an experience where after a good night sleep they feel depressed? Also I have been taking a nap in the afternoon lately and generally feel OK before the nap- but afterwards look out! A major descent into the darkness, death, pain, self-loathing and whatever else fills my depressed mind. I've decided to start using caffeine to avoid the naps.> There must be some research as to why this happens. It doesn't seem to happen to all depressive prone people. Maybe there could be some differental diagnosis based on this criteria? I'm beginning to suspect that I'm kind of bipolar II or III.
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> Just another mystery wrapped in an enigma- like treatment for most mental illness.
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> Peter
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Welcome to my world, I lived that way for 3 years. Have you ever looked to see if you have a sleeping disorder? I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy, and what you describe sounds very familiar. I would sleep all night and wake up tired and extremely moody. Naps where weird. If I took a short 10-30 min nap, it was hell to pay, I felt horrible. 1hr, felt okay but usually still tired, more than 2 hrs - extremely bad again. I could usually only sleep for 7 hrs, my body would hurt so much I'd have to get up, but I was so tired I wanted to sleep. If I could sleep for more than 7 hrs. I felt so bad when I awoke it wasn't worth it.Narcolepsy totally screws up your REM - nonREM sleep cycles. I found that if I took a nap, I went into a REM period first (dream period), and that gave me no relaxation.
Sleep Apnea will cause this too, any time you sleep your body becomes deprived of oxygen, will definitely leave you tired and depressed.
If interested, take the Epworth Sleepiness Scale Test and see if you think this may be a possibility:
www.provigil.com/patient/sleep_test/index.aspOh...my advice - skip the caffiene, my experience is it only makes things worse in the long run.
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