Posted by sandi on January 10, 2000, at 19:48:03
In reply to Tired ALL the Time, posted by Sarah on January 2, 2000, at 21:57:45
> I sleep all the time. sometimes it's definitely an escape (i have been major depressive since i was a kid) but the other times, i am doing whatever in my day and i will just HAVE to go to sleep. I can't tell if it's the depression, or the medications (SSRI's), or maybe i am just a sleepy person!?!?, or maybe i have some condition? Does anybody have this problem too? and what can i do about it?
> it's not as simple as just keeping busy. i could have a day packed full of appointments and it won't wear me out because i simply would miss the appointments because i could not stay awake that long. i could be having dinner with the president and i'd have to say "excuse me, i need to go take a nap...".
> so here's the deal: i can't get up in the morning; if i do, i need to go back to sleep usually within two hours of getting up (ex- i'll get up, have breakfast, take a shower, look over what i need to do that day, and then it's time for sleep again); then, when i finally do get up, i absolutely positively fall asleep around 2:30 pm. i can't for the life of me stay awake in the middle of the day! then i'll get up around 5 or 6 pm and do something until 8 or so when i will have to lay down for a bit if i am planning to stay up past 10pm. like today, i went to see my boyfriend this morning after not seeing him for two weeks. despite my excitement to see him and even though i really wanted to spend time with him, i had to take a nap in the morning after i got there, one around 2:30pm, and one before i drove home this evening. i don't think i am just a lazy person. i am just TIRED ALL THE TIME. in addition to being incredibly irritating, it is really hurting my personal life, i am doing really badly in college (because of never getting out of bed and going to class and sleeping through two alarm clocks and missing exams...) and i really don't know what to do anymore. i've had all the thyroid tests done, switched depression medications to see if that would help, and i've tested negative for lyme disease and mono.
> does anybody share these problems? does anybody have any suggestions on what i can do? i would greatly appreciate any input that you might have. thank you, sarah-Sarah, I agree that you should be checked out for any physical cause of your tiredness. If your workup is negative, talk with the dr. that prescribes your SSRI and see if he/she will give you a stimulant. I have taken Elavil for years in slowly increasing dosages. By the time I got to 225 mg, I could barely get out of bed and by the time I "woke up", (which was usually late in the evening,) it was time to take more and go back to bed. I was miserable!!!! In discussing this with my pdoc, he put me on a low dose of Ritalin and the effect has been tremendous!!!!! I now have energy and can function the way "normal" people do. I haven't felt this good in a long time. Discuss it with your doc and good luck ---------------------------------------sandi
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