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Re:Researchers identify sleep as a reason why personality tr... by keerthiko on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @02:12PM (#19851963)
I know that most forms of clinical depression and the treatment associated with it has the side effect of a desire to sleep longer. 10 hours is a normal amount of time sleeping for people on anti-depressants. I'm not entirely certain whether sleeping closer to 8 would be any better for their mental or physical well being.
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Re:Researchers identify sleep as a reason why personality tr... by abakker on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:37PM (#19852716)
This reminded me of this article - https://mosaicscience.com/story/staying-awake-surprisingly-e... - which discusses treating depression by purposely putting patients into extremely sleep deprived states.
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Re:Researchers identify sleep as a reason why personality tr... by qwsxyh on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @05:01PM (#19853417)
Note that this is for bipolar sufferers rather than unipolar depression sufferers.
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Re:Researchers identify sleep as a reason why personality tr... by hackerbabz on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @12:22AM (#19855841)
When I finally got medical treatment for severe anxiety the sleepiness side effect from my medication was a godsend. I really think it helped me recover just knowing that no matter how horrible I was feeling, I would be asleep in an hour.
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