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Posted by janeB on August 28, 2006, at 17:08:08
Many articles say that early morning headaches can be indicative of depression. Is there some medical explanation for this? I have also been taught that keeping good sleep hygiene/habits is necessary for mood stability. So if I awaken at 3 a.m. without a headache (after 4-5 hrs. of sleep) what good is it to make myself go back to sleep only to awaken 2 hours later with a horrendous headache? This whole phenomenon does not make sense to me!
How should this problem be treated? Right now I take .25 mg clonazepam so that I can get to sleep. I have been taking it for 8 years.
Perhaps this has been discussed before. If so, sorry. Just an ongoing problem for me. Looking for explanations/solutions. Thanks, Jane
Posted by exquilter on August 28, 2006, at 22:11:44
In reply to Sleep/headaches/depression, posted by janeB on August 28, 2006, at 17:08:08
Have you had a sleep study? A.M. headache can result from sleep apnea among other things.
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Posted by willyee on August 29, 2006, at 0:00:27
In reply to Sleep/headaches/depression, posted by janeB on August 28, 2006, at 17:08:08
> Many articles say that early morning headaches can be indicative of depression. Is there some medical explanation for this? I have also been taught that keeping good sleep hygiene/habits is necessary for mood stability. So if I awaken at 3 a.m. without a headache (after 4-5 hrs. of sleep) what good is it to make myself go back to sleep only to awaken 2 hours later with a horrendous headache? This whole phenomenon does not make sense to me!
> How should this problem be treated? Right now I take .25 mg clonazepam so that I can get to sleep. I have been taking it for 8 years.
> Perhaps this has been discussed before. If so, sorry. Just an ongoing problem for me. Looking for explanations/solutions. Thanks, JaneI cant connect my situation to urs dierectly,but i do prefer a short sleep,esepcialy a daytime nap over a long nights sleep.
If and what i am doing is getting to bed at a fairly reasonable time,and awakening at 6 am,i feel energy,my meds work better and i have a time frame of 6 am to approx 12 pm where im most productive.
If for whatever reason i sleep in,which is not often,i awake feeling like someone beat on my body with bats all night,my head hurts,my depression is usualy bad,energy poor,and my meds take longer to work,its just all around a harder way.
Now this doesent make me look good to people wondering why i get up at 6 am,but its just the way it is.Expaniation,well my sleep study doc gave me one..... while i DONT have sleep apnea my meds cause my brain to have bouts of awakening,my breathing is disotorted among other things,he just showed me the disrupted sleep pattern he saw.
His guess,even though im technicaly sleeping less hours,im experiancing less symptoms or problems since its a shorter lentgh of time,hence im getting more ACTUAL sleep,where as a full night im experiancing a lot of these problems he spoke of.
He couldent pinpoint exactly why i have certain problems as my brain showing activity through the night,or possable breathing problems,except that medications,esecialy combos,as well as the disorder itself,can manifest itself in probuably any way it wants to while u sleep.I had a pretty good routine going waking at 6 but they just cancealed a re run show i kept on as i did my morning stuff and heard in the back ground,this actualy disapointed me a lot,seems harmless but i got used to it.
Am i better off continuing to use these sleep patterns,or instead force myself back to sleep and get a full nights or what is considered one,well i dunno,but for now i cant take any more downs so until anything new changes,ill keep it so. Hopefully this makes sense.
Posted by janeB on August 29, 2006, at 9:20:21
In reply to Re: Sleep/headaches/depression » janeB, posted by willyee on August 29, 2006, at 0:00:27
Thanks, that is the best explanation I have heard.
Now if I can just allow myself to make noise at 4:30 instead of being afraid of disturbing any one else I might have some progress. Jane
Posted by willyee on August 29, 2006, at 11:27:10
In reply to Makes perfect sense » willyee, posted by janeB on August 29, 2006, at 9:20:21
> Thanks, that is the best explanation I have heard.
> Now if I can just allow myself to make noise at 4:30 instead of being afraid of disturbing any one else I might have some progress. Jane
Yeah i cover my fish so he sleeps in,and i definatly become active,thats the whole problem with message boards,you cant assume everyone has the options,responses,etc that you have.Its nothing but text on a screen,but yess if i had to lay there in the dark,or was limited to what i could do,it would probuably pose a big problem,perhaps ask for some understanding from others,and create a area,its actualy a good time to do low end cardio,situps etc,pay bills etc.
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