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sleep deprivation statistically lifts mood.

Posted by katekite on May 28, 2002, at 18:14:13

In reply to trying not to spiral downward into the abyss..., posted by beardedlady on May 28, 2002, at 11:28:20

Hi beardy,

don't be depressed (isn't that effective and helpful?)

I was just reading (since today I'm obsessively reaading the internet without stopping) that sleep deprivation actually has good and anti-depressive qualities.

For example in women who get bad pms, if they wake them up at 3 in the morning one or two nights the week of PMS they don't get nearly as bad symptoms.

Also the fact that light wakes you up earlier in the summer is correlated with SAD being better in the summer. Thus the whole light box thing. People with SAD sleep much less in the summer.

If you can convince a BP II to sleep when hypomanic they generally are less hypomanic, and vice versa.

Apparently missing the second half of the night of sleep (waking really early) is better for mood than the other way around.

So maybe, just maybe, your body is trying to take care of itself and prevent a depression. Maybe it will work!

Kate


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