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Posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
I am interested to see if this is true for everyone else, not just me.
I find that, even when I am not tired, or when I am tired during the day, the correlation still exists. Nighttime just makes me feel bad no matter if I'm tired or not. 90% of my episodes happen at night. Just something about the daytime. The sunlight, the people, the motion.
At night I'm alone, everything is quiet, and I seemingly have nothing else to do except debate questions with no answers.
I think the cure to this will be to fix my sleep schedule (no more staying up till 3 am).
Posted by muffled on May 29, 2006, at 1:07:35
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
Posted by llrrrpp on May 29, 2006, at 9:24:59
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
Hey Michael,
yes, I think going to bed earlier is a good solution.I go to bed before 11 most nights. I start getting ready for bed at 10. If I get home from work at 6, that only leaves a few hours for me to go crazy, and rarely is that long enough for me to work myself into a crisis.
Also, it helps to pick up the phone and call someone, just for distraction, and maybe to have a 2-sided debate.
Hope this helps
-ll
Posted by pseudoname on May 29, 2006, at 14:58:26
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
Usually.
I think it's because there's less pressure on me then. The day is over; I don't have to go back outside; clients won't call at night to complain; I can divert myself with TV or something without (much) guilt. Especially in the winter, if I go outside at night, I won't be seen.
I think I'm weird that way. I'm always less depressed in the winter, too. Sunshine annoys me.
Posted by Dinah on May 29, 2006, at 21:16:39
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
I feel worse in the wee early hours of the morning.
But in normal waking hours, I'm amazing myself by feeling better in the morning lately then running out of steam by early afternoon and going downhill from there. It's very unlike me.
Posted by wishingstar on May 29, 2006, at 23:21:09
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
Yes, definitely. I generally feel perfectly fine during the morning/afternoon, but around dinner time, the depression hits. I struggle a lot with the "am I actually depressed or making this up?" thing because of this pattern.. how can I feel so good 2/3 of the time if I claim to be so depressed? Of course my head knows better.
It's odd how we all seem to have patterns though. I hope your new sleep schedule helps.
Posted by orchid on May 30, 2006, at 19:22:39
In reply to Do you feel worst at night than during the day?, posted by Michael83 on May 29, 2006, at 0:15:36
Yes I find it difficult during the night too.
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