Do you find yourself sleeping 12 or 14 hours straight or being active for 20 hours or more? Changing the way you sleep might significantly improve your condition.
Studies have found that 25% to 65% of bipolar patients who had a manic episode had experienced a social rhythm disruption prior to the episode. A Social rhythm disruption is a disturbance in routine affecting the sleep cycle. When a person has becomes manic and feels the need for less sleep and, stays awake 20 or more hours a day, it actually contributes to making the mania worse.
Some scientists have concluded that the incidence of Bipolar disorder's rising in our present day society is connected to the development of artificial light; In the past most people's sleep cycles were regulated by the sun before the development of electricity. Now it is more likely that people who have a genetic predisposition for Bipolar disorder will develop the condition according to this theory.
Approximately 85% of patients with unipolar depression report that they suffer from insomnia, although most bipolar patients experience hypersomnia during depressive episodes. Hypersomnia is also a characteristic of SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder , there is also a decreased quality of sleep, which is also found in depressive patients,. Poor sleep can lead to fibromyalgia, a painful muscle disorder. Depressed patients and those with fibromyalgia are often treated with antidepressants, and when combined with regulating sleep habits is an effective form of treatment.
Insomniacs should not stay in bed if they can't sleep. Persons with hypersomnia are advised to reduce the amount of time spent sleeping to a normal amount. Treatment-resistant rapid cycling bipolar disorder patients can benefit from a regulating of sleep habits.
If you suffer from any type of mood disorder, pay attention to the sleeping pattern. If insomnia, hypersomnia, poor sleep or reduced need for sleep are present, it should be brought to a doctor's attention right away.
Nightmares occur frequently in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that dreams of bipolar depressed patients have more anxiety than those of unipolar patients. This is particulary true of Rapid Cyclers.
Bipolar children frequently suffer from nightmares with dreams of explicit violence,
Nightmares occur frequently in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that dreams of bipolar depressed patients have more anxiety than those of unipolar patients. This is particularly true of Rapid Cyclers.
Bipolar children frequently suffer from nightmares with dreams of explicit violence, and bloody death. Most children sleep and dream and have a nightmare or bad dream once in a while, many children with bipolar disorder may endure hour after hour of night terrors.
Night terrors and sleepwalking, restless leg syndrome, teeth grinding make up are a group of disorders called Parasomnia. Night terrors are not dreams, and occur either during deep sleep or in a state between deep and dreaming sleep.
People who experience night terrors appear to awaken, recognize no one, and have symptoms of extreme fear, screaming,and have been know to actually flee, running from the room.
Night terrors are rare in adults, however bipolar disorder and depression with anxiety were the most common factors associated with adults who reported night terrors.
Whatever is the cause of disrupted sleep patterns they should be addressed by seeking help from a professional they may have an underling physical condition. Treatment of sleeping disorders when they are caused by a mood disorder is often uncomplicated with favorable results. Lack of sleep can cause numerous problems for a person with Bipolar disorder and the benefits to treatment can be a turning point in the course of the illness. Many persons are stabilized once they have the sleeping problem treated.
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