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Pharmacist Check-In: How Are You Sleeping?

January 29, 2015

Pharmacist Check-In: How Are You Sleeping?

Facts and Tips about Antidepressants
By Shereen A. Gharbia, PharmD

Sleep disturbances often appear when a psychiatric illness develops. The anxiety that often accompanies these illnesses makes it more difficult to sleep. Both depression and sleep deprivation can interfere with the ability to think, work, socialize, and enjoy life. Both have a number of symptoms in common. These include lack of energy, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, moody behavior, unusual sleep patterns, loss of interest in activities, as well as weight and appetite changes. Mood disorders and depression in particular are associated with insomnia and hypersomnia (sleeping more than usual). It has been found that 60 to 80 percent of patients with depression report sleep disturbances.

There's a misconception that people who are depressed sleep all the time or have trouble getting out of bed. Yet, in reality this isn't often the case. Studies show that hypersomnia only occurs in about 15 percent of depressed patients. The most common sleep disorder associated with depression is insomnia. Over 90 percent of those with depression complain about difficulty falling asleep, frequent nighttime awakenings and early morning awakenings.

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