I am currently struggling heavily with depression. Which impacts my quality of sleep. Sleep now has never been a talent of mine. So I generally make up for it by napping. I used to absolutely love it. Both the initial and the waking up (feeling well rested). But lately the waking up part is getting more and more difficult. It then feels like someone hung an anchor on my mental health. I am at that point in absolute disarray and so depressed it makes me feel anxious it’s so bad.

This may be above lemmy’s pay grade but still here goes. Should I stop taking naps? Also I’m thinking of taking antidepressants, anyone here have any experience?

Edit: Thank you all for the replies. I currently in talks with a therapist about taking antidepressants. For the mean time I have found that if when I wake up from a nap and just immediately get out of bed and go into the other room. It helps alleviate the “depressional” fall out that would normally follow.

  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Go through the 6 part series with Matthew Walker on Dr Huberman’s podcast, which just completed today, 5 hours ago. It will give you a bunch of stuff to work with, around 15 hours of discussion. Then look at what is roughly going on, and if you can solve the issue with just that. Otherwise you can consult a professional.

    You can also consider mental health toolkit on Huberman’s podcast, alongside the dopamine, sleep and goal toolkits. He also has ones covering depression and happiness. Also if your daily routine is fucked, consider Huberman’s optimal morning routine video on Afterskool channel.

    All in all, this might take a couple weeks to go through, if that sounds like a thorough solution to you.

  • Bob@feddit.nl
    11·
    6 months ago

    Regarding antidepressants: I was on them for a number of years and I’d say they’re a stopgap to keep you surviving until you can finally tackle the problem once and for all with something therapy. They make you feel very grey, assuming there’s no side-effects, which can be anywhere between mildly amusing to headwrecking. But of course, grey is lighter than black, and on the other hand, I’ve known people who’ve been taking antidepressants for decades. I’m ridiculously self-disciplined so I often find it relatively easy to rationalise ruminations away but some aren’t so lucky. So I agree with the others saying you should ask a doctor about it. I spoke to my GP about it to begin with.