Depression & Insomnia
Hello all. I am new to 7 cups and am really glad I found out about this app. I am wondering how common it is to have insomnia along with depression and if anyone has had success treating their insomnia with antidepressants. I am 19 weeks pregnant and diagnosed with MDD. I have horrible insomnia and was put on Prozac. It took a while but it seems that the Prozac is working now. I feel an improvement in my mood and am also able to get some.sleep now whereas before I was getting 0 hours of sleep every night for weeks. I'm just womdering if anyone out there has had a similar experience or if there are any moms out there who have had to take antidepressants while pregnant. I would.love to hear some of your experiences.
I have insomnia coupled with depression as well. It is a bit strange to see people describing their depression as making them unable to get out of bed and wishing to keep sleeping all day long, because mine is the opposite: I have an absurdly hard time winding down and managing to fall asleep to have a moment of quiet, since I can't stop thinking about my mistakes and my fears and worries.
Then again, I guess my depression really is different from most others.
@OutdatedOatmeal same for me, cant sleep ...thats how I.realized I was in trouble. Even if I fall asleep, I wake up, the thoughts start....tried meditation? Works sometimes. There the a book. The sleep book (Guy Meadows) nothing to do with depression but cant do harm.
@OutdatedOatmeal sorry to hear about you having a hard time sleeping. I also find it interesting that some people on here are depressed and say they can do nothing but sleep. I really wish that was the kind of depreasion I had too so I guess my depression is also different. The medication Im on has finally been helping me get some solid rest. If it werent for that I think I would have gone completely insane