Too much sleep and depression
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I am in the process of trying to find my problems of wanting to sleep all the time, and have no ambition of doing anything..and not much interest.
I have been on paxil for depression and anxiety for years, last Sept my doctor added wellbutrin. I have been looking up the side effects from the two meds to find out if they are the cause of this. feeling of being so tired and not being able to function .....would they cause these emotions ?
well..i have NO problem sleeping.. i sleep waaayyyy too much.. 14 hrs. and i feel good.. and could go for some more sleep.. i'll go to get up .. and i'm like.. dude.. my legs are so tingly.. then i tell myself i need more sleep for my legs.. and i fall right back to sleep?.. my muscles are all twitchy.. and my feet hurt really bad.. like especially in the middle because i have flat feet.. and sometimes my legs feel really numb.. and just.. like blah.. and i feel like blah.. no energy..
I take 12 mg of Klonopin, 40mg of Paxil and 150 mg of Trazadone, all related to some kind of depression, panic disorder and depression. I don't really think too much about them, I just take them. I've been reading other posts, and I swear, it sounds like way too much.
I know what it is like to get jipped out on your REM and I dealt with that for too long. You feel sluggish, unmotivated, tired and lazy.
What helped me and what I suggest for you is this:
Exercise. Your doc is right. And it's been long and ancient knowledge that even 30 minutes of moderate exercise (jogging, going for a brisk walk) releases endorphines and other "happy hormones" that keep your body functioning at its best.
I've been feeling like I'm getting to much sleep too I don't get to sleep 12 hrs bc I have an almost 2 yr old but I feel like i could very easily. This is my fourth baby and I've always felt so tired with each pregnancy but this time is the worst! I have an appt. Tuesday and I'm going to have the doc see if my iron levels are low or what else could be causing my extreme tiredness. I'm tired of being tired lol.
make yourself get out of bed. Set that alarm, go to bed and tell yourself you will get up at that time. Sleeping too much lends toward worse depression. Also, make yourself get out there and do things. Try to hang around friends. Listen to happy music. Watch films that make you happy or laugh.
You're not going to feel like doing it. Trust me, I know. It's hard as heck to go against what depression naturally lends toward you doing, but it's for the best.
Good luck!
It seems that I have difficulty concentrating, focusing, thinking when I get too much sleep. For me too much sleep seems to be more than 6 hours sleep. However, if I don't get 7 or 8 hours of sleep then I am tired. If I get 8 hours of sleep then I am not tired, but then I have brain fog, like I'm half awake. I saw a sleep doctor and he didn't think that I had a sleep related problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
well it seem like you have gotten out of your depression and then rolled into another persons. Your too young for so much stress...you need to express to your boyfriend that your worried about him and you went through a lot of depression yourself and you can only control yours right now and that his depression is making you depressed all over again...and you will be there for him but he has to be on the same track as you...your too young for all that depression...
I am a 59 yr old female who takes meds for ADD & depression. I sleep between 14/16 hrs at a time. Sometimes I stay awake for up to 28 hrs before I can sleep. Any idea what this could be. I have talked to the drs about this. They have suggested a sleep study.
I am posting this for a friend - she's scared to ask. She is young and having fun. Her family is kind of messed up and her mom told me her dad’s parents drank a lot and that his sister had manic depression. She's been depressed but now people say she's “having too much fun.” It makes her kind of mad. I've seen antidepressants help people and think she should take one. I know she should see a doctor about this. What should I tell her? Could you give me some advice?
Hi, I was diagnosed with bipolar depression in March. I was prescribed Lamictal and Klonopin to start out. Two weeks later, after an alcohol related suicide attempt, I was put on Wellbutrin for depression. I take 200mg twice a day. I take 150mg of Lamictal, I take 1 mg of Ativan as needed and was recently put on Busbar (starting out with 5mg twice a day and working my way to 10mgs twice a day). I have had severe anxiety and panic attacks for years now, which is due to a laundry list of things.
The associated symptoms with the following disorder are confusional wakefulness, sleep paralysis, nightmares and night terrors. This can occur in any sleep stage (REM and non-REM stage).
To rule out parasomnias you need to undergo Polysomnyography and sleep analysis. You need to take out time for further evaluation. Sleep with light on. Short term benzodiazepine against prescription will help you. I suggest you to consult physician or sleep specialist. Take care and regards.
Hi! So I'm 7 weeks tomorrow and I feel like I need to sleep all hours through the day. I want to ask if that is normal? Or is it too early? I feel like it's too early for that. And what can help with it I'm taking pre natal vitamins and get 9 hours of sleep and I still feel tired. Please help! I'm still going to school and I don't want to get behind with school work with how much I wish to sleep.
Hi, I was on Paxil for about a year and hated the side effects from it. I gained 40 lbs and would sleep 18 hours a day. It did take away my depression but it wasn't worth the side effects i had. I decided to whean off it and did it too fast. I ended up in the hospital from withdrawl syndrome but all the doctor could do was tell me to whean slower. I was miserable and decided i couldn't do it. I switched to other meds until I found one that worked for me... Celexa.
I was able to have a sesssion with my addiction counselor and find a doctor who put me on zoloft, as I have a depression and anxiety disorder. After I took the Zoloft, I became very sleepy and totally lost my appetite. He switched me today to Celexa. I haven't taken any yet. Could the problems I'm having be from going off the hydros or taking the antidepressants? Maybe a combination of both?
I've been the same way, I think it's either way. Some women can't get to sleep whereas others can and sleep even more than usual...
I suggest u start supplementing magnesium in your diet, which is the bodies natural sedative, i also suggest u switch to a ssri instead to help purly with anxiety like lexapro.
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