Depression symptoms sleep disorder

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Avatar n tn You describe symptoms that are sometimes associated with Restless Leg Syndrome and/or Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and also sleep apnea. Both of these could be assessed during a sleep study, as well as your oxygen levels, heart beat, and stages of sleep your brain achieves. Hopefully you are treating your acid reflux and sleeping with the head of the bead slightly elevated and on your left side.
Avatar m tn A complete diagnostic evaluation is conducted so as to find out the cause of depression. Many factors like family history, genetic disorder, symptoms, severity, any history of treatment etc. once diagnosed, the patient of depression can be treated with a number of ways. Medication and psychotherapy are the common ones. Antidepressants help the patients by acting and balancing the neurotransmitters in the brain. They can be taken by consulting a doctor.
427698 tn?1207273703 My final step was seeking the help of a psychiatrist who told me in fact based on my symptoms and sleep studies I do in fact have a sleeping disorder called Narcolepsy and in no terms did he believe I was clinically depressed or bi-polar. Thankfully to a psychiatrist I am recieving the proper treatment and am not on any depression meds. I must add that depression is a first line of defense for many disorders because it is true that mood disturbances can create many issues even insomnia.
Avatar n tn t happen anymore. Amitriptyline is a Tricyclic antidepressant. It is perscribed to me for sleep not for depression. My doc told me that it can be caused by a chemical inbalance. So if you have depression or anxiety taking meds for that can help also.
1305767 tn?1361192676 I too used to have severe depression year round. My depression was tied to a sleep disorder. Getting light treatment completely took away my depression. It took about a month to work, but once it did it was terrific. If I stopped doing the light treatment, 4 days later, the depression would come back. I used just regular fluorescent long tubed light bulbs which I sat about a foot away from. I used a whole stack of them tiered, but you probably don't need to go that far.
1450085 tn?1298941702 I know a couple of people that have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and some of them do suffer from anxiety/depression. However I would not self diagnose myself if I were you. If you are not currently seeing a psychatrist I would suggest that you consider seeing one. You need to get to the bottom of what is causing your anxiety and a therapist can help you do that. You can overcome anxiety. Make sure you are eating right, getting enough sleep and exercise.
Avatar m tn Sleep is a key factor to watch in learning to manage your bipolar disorder. I find when I'm headed towards depression, I sleep a lot, but when I'm headed towards mania, I sleep less and less until sometimes I reach no sleep for days. However, if you're sleeping a lot and you're not depressed and don't notice any other symptoms typical for when you swing into your depressive periods, you might bring it up to a doctor because it could be symptomatic of other things.
Avatar n tn ve read several reports of people being diagnosed with anxiety or depression and given sleep meds when they actually had a sleep disorder stressing their mind and body. Maybe these current symptoms will turn out to be some sort of bug and be gone before you need to do anything about it.
Avatar f tn Does anyone know what kind of sleep disorder this may be? I just want to know what is wrong with me. I take depression meds & I take adderall for ADD. But I have had this sleeping problem for a very long time. Can anyone help me?
Avatar n tn Have you had a sleep study to see if there is something causing your broken sleep? Some meds can disrupt sleep too.
Avatar n tn Your symptoms of moving your limbs in sleep could be due to a sleep disorder called Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD). They disrupt sleep and cause involuntary movements during sleep. The cause is not known. They can be diagnosed with a sleep study and medications help to control them. ou will need to consult your primary care physician, who may schedule you for a polysomnogram (sleep test) to rule out sleep disorders and initiate appropriate therapy.
Avatar m tn I also wake up sore all over after one of these episodes
Avatar f tn You need to undergo polysomnyography (PSG) to rule out sleep disorder, EEG to rule out any epileptic foci, and also psychiatric evaluation which will help to rule out any factor.
1472584 tn?1289778898 I;m fifteen years of age. I been diagnosed with anxiety disorder, depression, and they gave me medication to sleep known as Seroquel. Every time I take my prescribed sleeping medication I keep waking up, I am having a sleeping issue that is involving twitching, hard to fall asleep, to stay asleep, and I would call/text people while sleeping. My other symptoms are cold sweat, headaches, nausea. I haven't been eating from Friday October 8th,2010 and it is Tuesday, October 12th,2010.
480448 tn?1426948538 I figured now is the perfect time to bring this up, as most of us, here in the US, are moving into fall, approaching winter. It's getting darker earlier, and our nights are getting longer. People with chronic depression are easily affected by things like the weather, amount of sunlight, rain, ect. I know my depression worsens in the winter months, for sure. "Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year.
Avatar n tn I am 32 yr old woman.I am having sleep disorder for the past few years.after i go to sleep i stop breathing for quite a long time.nowadays i am getting blood pressure ,headache also because of this.i am sure that i dont have any problem in respiratory system and my throat everything is normal.panic,anxieties haults my breath.i always sleep as i am very alert to the sorrounding and doesn't have peaceful sleep.i am planning to be pregnant next year.i am very scared whether it will affect baby.
Avatar f tn t know what your diagnois is, but if it is just for depression, I would discuss the use of Klonopin for sleep, unless you also suffer from an anxiety disorder. Michael(Jikan) Klonopin (clonazepam) is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Klonopin (clonazepam) affects chemicals in your brain that may become unbalanced and cause seizures or symptoms of panic disorder. Klonopin (clonazepam) is used to treat seizures and panic disorder. Klonopin (clonazepam) may be habit forming.
1780448 tn?1326248609 Eating right, getting adequate sleep (at least 8 hrs), and exercise is key to helping with depressive symptoms. Exercise will especially help as it increases endorphines which will reduce the depression in addition to helping you sleep better at night.
1282280 tn?1285086420 i was diagnosed with sleep insomnia, ptsd, panic disorder, and major depresive disorder a little over a yr. ago. at first, the dr's just had me on a low dose of zoloft to see if it would help. tho it did help with the depression and a little with the anxiety, i still couldn't sleep. after raising the dose of my zoloft a few more times, and trying seroquil, the dr's finally put me on ambien when i couldn't sleep.
1510642 tn?1290087285 Hi, welcome to the forum, it seems to have chronic or idiopathic insomnia with sleep disorder. It starts in young age, onset of sleep problems tend to be associated with stress, anxiety, or circadian rhythm sleep disorders. They may also be associated with sleep disorders (eg, sleep apnea, periodic limb movements), medical conditions that cause pain, psychiatric diseases (eg, anxiety, depression).