Everyday I Sleep Too Much

[Yusuphhai]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

 

[Lynden1000]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

You're not alone. When I'm in a depressed phase I can easily sleep 15 or more hours straights. Fortunately my job forces me to get out of bed, but on weekends, if I"m depressed, I'll pretty much sleep straight through.

Have you talked to your doctor about lowering the Clozapine?

 

[meh]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

I'm not doing well with words tonight- but I just wanted to tell you to not feel guilty. I can sympathize with what you are going through.

 

[heatherq17]

I understand how you are feeling! I cant even go to bed till like 1 am then its so hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. This is like an every day thing for me

 

[s_gunter]

Thankfully I have a pair of adorable children to get me up in the morning. If it weren't for them, I'd probably never get out of bed. But once you get throught the initial yuckiness of the morning, it's usually a lot easier. Yes, you do have to force yourself to put your feet on the ground and keep them there. It would be a lot easier if we didn't have to do that....

I've also heard that the best thing for a person with any mental illness is a sleep routine that you follow religiously. From my own experience, I always feel better in the morning when I wake early to take my daughter to school, and then stay up. Then when my 10pm bedtime rolls around, it is easier to sleep (yes, I do need sleep aids as well), and I don't feel as depressed the next morning.

Also, I don't have anything to back this up, but I suspect that those with any mental illness do require more sleep than "normal" people. That means, that if you do need 12 hours of sleep everynight, get it! You'll be better off for it. Don't let those that tease you make you feel guilty for it. This is the hand you were dealt, and you are doing the best you can. You didn't ask for this disease. It's not by choice you are doing this.....

 

[Jeshu]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

Dear fellow sufferer.
Fight the guilt Yusuph depression can make it hard to take a shower not because we are to lazy to have a shower but because we are to depressed to undertake such a task at the time.

Hope and pray that you may soon feel better.

 

[Yusuphhai]

Hello all,

Thanks for your reply. Now I feel a little better, but I don’t know how long this status will keep. Feeling of Frustration and Worthless is the killer to mental health. In fact in depression most of one’s thinking is not true, he need courage to face the truth, which will enlighten him but not drag him into darkness. Yes we can live a common life as a winner; the life is really not so bad as we imagine, even if we live with all kinds of symptoms. Now I am building up a website serving for elders, doing something worth doing is important for me. Maybe I don’t need feel too much guilty for my laziness, but I can’t shirk all my responsibility for my disease.

And my sleep has depended on Clozapine seriously; I can not take it less than 50mg. The doctor said if I sleep well only 25mg Clozapine is necessary, but I myself add it up to 50mg.

I pray we get courage to overcome all kinds of difficulties for the sake of His love.

Sincerely, Yusuph

 

[Alive again]

Hello all,

Thanks for your reply. Now I feel a little better, but I don’t know how long this status will keep. Feeling of Frustration and Worthless is the killer to mental health. In fact in depression most of one’s thinking is not true, he need courage to face the truth, which will enlighten him but not drag him into darkness. Yes we can live a common life as a winner; the life is really not so bad as we imagine, even if we live with all kinds of symptoms. Now I am building up a website serving for elders, doing something worth doing is important for me. Maybe I don’t need feel too much guilty for my laziness, but I can’t shirk all my responsibility for my disease.

And my sleep has depended on Clozapine seriously; I can not take it less than 50mg. The doctor said if I sleep well only 25mg Clozapine is necessary, but I myself add it up to 50mg.

I pray we get courage to overcome all kinds of difficulties for the sake of His love.

Sincerely, Yusuph

SOunds like you are feeling betteer. You are so right about the negative thoughts not being truth. The only truth I can trust at times like that is what God says in the Bible about me. I am a beloved and adopted daughter of the King of Kings, so beloved that my brother Jesus chose willingly to die for me, I am a saint, forgiven and holy in God's eyes, a ligt unto the world. Whether I feel like it our not these things are true, for God is holy and cannot lie and these are what He says are true about me because of what Jesus has done, simply and amzingly because I believe. When those negative thoughts role around I try to play these verses out loud on a tape I have or read them outloud, some how hearing and saying them is more effective then just reading or thinking them. Know that we are holding you up in pray. That you are not lazy when you body is needing more sleep, but that you may need to adjust meds as you have shown so clearly inyour post, or even go back to the doctor. Know that our worth before God does not gepend on the things we do or accomplish, but it is finished by what Jesus did on the cross. The things we do are simply our willing gifts to God as we have strength to say thanks, let my life reflect your Holy Spirit and your love to others. Blessings!

 

[youthwalk]

I'm happy that you feel somewhat better and I pray that God sustains you. You're not lazy...definitely not. When I just started Lithium, I was like a zombie. It's not something one can snap out of so please don't feel guilty for sleeping. God be with you and may His love keep you.

 

[Yusuphhai]

About Feeling of Frustration

IMO, most of the feeling of Frustration is from the evil one. It is a liar; it always wants to destroy the relationship between man and God. We are told that we have failed all our lives and no hope can help us. We are told that a humble life can not glorify Lord. But in fact Lord has given us great power to overcome devils in his holy name Jesus (Yeshua) and we can live glorious lives in humility. We really need much courage to get rid of cowardly heart and face all kinds of difficulties bravely. For the Lord said, "Do not fear, only believe. and she will be saved." (luke8:50) by using my name they will cast out demons;(Mark16:17)

Thanks again for listening or reply to me. And another question, do you think except the expression of chemical imbalance in brain, attack of devils is another reason which results in Bipolar disorder? And the devils are preventing us from healing? Mental doctors have limitation to heal from the hand of spirit?

Lord bless you lovely, Yusuph

 

[Yusuphhai]

Now I have added Prozac from 20mg to 40mg everyday.

Recent 5 years I am taking 20mg Prozac everyday. Last spring because my symptoms of depression decreased, I myself stopped taking Prozac for more than one month. But soon I fell into depression more seriously; so I had to take it again. In this spring I can not endure any more. The feeling of deep depression in the morning is horrible. I have no other way to chose; the healing of spirit and psycho can not comfort me enough. I will listen to the suggestion of my doctor soon.

Blessings to you lovely, Yusuph

 

[Alive again]

Praying for you!!! Remember we are here for you nad please do seek a dr's help before it gets worse!

Alive

 

[rushingwind62]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

You are definetly not alone. Most people that struggle with BP and depression have irregular sleep. I tried to get regular sleeping hours but that didn't work out well. Seems some nights I would get to bed early and other nights I would wake the rooster up before going to bed so he could crow...lol.

What I had to do was balance my life out with various things suchas regular eating hours, exercise, getting outside the house and hobbies, house cleaning, that sort of thing. When I started doing this I found myself going to bed at decent hours and I would set my alarm for nine hours of sleep. When It went off I forced myself to get up and start my daily regiment. First things first....COFFEE...LOTTSA COFFEE....lol

It's not easy to do a lot of mornings and I don't know where I find the strength to get out of bed sometimes. But with God's help I do. Now I wake up before my alarm goes off. So all I can say is get a regiment going and live a well rounded and balanced life....God Bless You....Rush

 

[spdnet75]

Every morning I fall into depression the most deeply. I go to bed at about 12:00 PM and till 12:00 AM the next morning I don’t want to get up. When I am in depression I really don’t want to do anything. I am guilty for my lazy; actually I don’t take medicine of sedation very much. Does anyone have similar experience? But when I get up, at least I can read the Scriptures and visit some place like here; I know that is blessing for me. Thanks for listening to me.

Love, Yusuph

PS: My everyday medicine for BP
Sodium Valproate (0.2g); Clozapine (50mg, the doctor said if i can sleep well 25mg is enough); Prozac(20mg)
I took lithium before; but the new combination is more effective for me.

Sleeping is a bad plan. You should share it with your counselor/Psychiatrist.
I had the same problem with Zoloft.
Sometimes your counselor has no idea without your input. I was Kung-Fu Fighting in my sleep. ( Even damaged myself. ) I stopped taking Seroquel, as a result. ( Helped me sleep, but wasn't right. )

-Steve

 

[Japher]

yeah I can relate....I have to sleep over 9 hours to wake up nice..anythingless I cant wake up