Posted by adamie on August 6, 2001, at 12:11:11
In reply to Re: 24 hour sleep deprivation for depression?, posted by super on August 6, 2001, at 11:06:00
> Agreed. I've found that, even if I'm a little tired during the day, my mood is much better if I get 7 hours than if I get 9. And when I did have major depression, I would purposefully deprive myself of sleep to set off hypomania.
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> > I've read that sleep deprivation has an anti-depressant effect. I think it's one of the theories on bipolar disorder too. When a bipolar is in the depressive stage, they might stay up all night, then get into the manic or hypomanic stage.
> > I also experience increased depression when I sleep for longer than 9 hours (in my case) and increased tiredness as well.Far too many times during this depression I have sleeped 9 hours or so. Less sleep for me now. I hope to see a bit of an effect soon.
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