Posted by Anna Laura on March 14, 2002, at 1:48:33
In reply to Heard of staying awake 24 hours to rid depression?, posted by Janelle on March 13, 2002, at 19:02:56
> I have this reversed day-night thing with my body, meaning that I feel awful during the day, all I want to do is lay down, rest and try to sleep but then at night (especially late at night) I seem to perk up and feel almost *normal*. My sister read somewhere awhile back that if a depressed person stays awake for 24 hours they can re-set their body clock and rid themselves of the depression (which is often worse in the am and lifts in the pm). Has anyone heard of this?? Thanks.
Professor Smeraldi in Milan (northern Italy) has done plenty of research in this field.
He's using this method to speed up antidepressants effect. I've seen him on tv last week: he said his trials have been succesful.
The patient should stay awake 36 hours in order to revert the body clock (cycardian rithm).
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