Posted by RedSoxFan79 on June 1, 2005, at 23:36:53
In reply to Re: Sleep Deprivation and Depression, posted by Maxime on June 1, 2005, at 22:09:52
> There are tons of articles about how sleep deprivation help depression. And they aren't always talking about only a few hours of sleep. So yes, it does help depression. I'll see if I can find some of those articles because they are interesting. That's why someone who is bipolar needs to sleep or else they risk going manic.
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> MaximeThere is a history of bipolar disorder in my family. However I have only had depression/adhd. I am currently taking lamictal and Namenda. an evening dose of lamictal was added and now all of a sudden I feel the namenda working very well during the day. The lamictal causes me to go into and out of sleep allnight, maybe only getting a total of a few hours sleep.
So the next day I start feeling great, then the next night the same thing happens and I feel even better the next day. I also have adderall and I respond very well to it after 2 nights in a row of partial sleep deprivation. But by the third night, I am extremely tired from litle sleep, and end up crashing and oversleeping, then wakeup feeling awful all day, with no respone to any meds.
I just find it very odd that getting less sleep can help me so much, then when I get too much I feel terrible. The nights I get little sleep, the next day I am a ver different person. I am more positive, outgoing, much more social, but this may be the namenda working better.
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