Posted by polarbear206 on June 11, 2013, at 11:17:33
In reply to Hypersomnia Vs. Excessive daytime sleepiness, posted by damnthislife on June 11, 2013, at 9:59:57
> Is there a different between these two, or are they directly related?
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> With atypical depression, it is described as hypersomnia. So does the person techincally feel rested after getting 12 or so hours of sleep? Or is it that they can sleep for 12 hours and continue to feel tired for the remaining wakeful hours of the day needing to rest/nap?
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> Anyone out there with Atypical/Dysthymia and have the hypersomnia/EDS that wants to chime in?
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> Thanks!You don't feel rested either way because the root cause is that your circadien sleep cycle is thrown off.
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