Sleep--too much of a good thing?

Posted by Noa on September 4, 1999, at 18:47:56

Sometimes when I am in a low mood, not necessarily in a severe depression, I want to sleep a lot. Lately I have been getting the feeling that sleeping more is actually making me feel MORE depressed. It is a catch-22 for me, because I want to sleep to "get away from it all" but it might be making things worse. It happens a lot on weekends, when there isn't much structure to my life (and I am anxious about the endless mental list of "things to do" that have piled up, and am too passive to make any plans). Because of this, I end up having a weekly "cycle" of sorts that I don't think is innately biological, as in cyclothymia. My mood gets lower as the weekend progresses, and by midweek, after I have been at work a few days, my mood gets better, and so on... Any one else experience this, or any insights to share?
Thanks.

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Sleep--too much of a good thing? Noa 9/4/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Thumper 9/4/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Noa 9/4/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? saintjames 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Noa 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? saintjames 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Noa 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Dee 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Janice 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Dee 9/5/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? saintjames 9/6/99
Re: Sleep--too much of a good thing? Noa 9/6/99
Newsflash: Noa emerges from her apartment Noa 9/6/99
Re: Newsflash: Noa emerges from her apartment saintjames 9/6/99
Thanks for the encouragement, James Noa 9/6/99
Re: Thanks for the encouragement, James Janice 9/6/99
Re: Thanks for the encouragement, James Dee 9/6/99
Cyclothymia? Noa 9/6/99
Re: Thanks for the encouragement, James Noa 9/6/99
Re: Thanks for the encouragement, James Yardena 9/6/99
cyclothymia Janice 9/7/99
Re: cyclothymia Sean 9/8/99
Re: cyclothymia Noa 9/8/99
Lamictal and Cyclothymia Susan 9/9/99
Re: Lamictal and Cyclothymia Sean 9/9/99
Re: Lamictal and Cyclothymia JohnL 9/9/99
Re: Lamictal and Cyclothymia Sean 9/10/99
Back to Noa's Lithium Question .... Bob 9/10/99
Re: Back to Noa's Lithium Question .... Noa 9/10/99

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