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Is it normal for people with depression to.sleep a lot?
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Certainly can be: In some types of atypical depression, patients experience hypersomnia, which essentially means an excessive urge to sleep. More commonly, however, depressed patients experience sleeping disturbances in the form of insomnia or 'early morning awakening'.
Answered 3/5/2014
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Yes: People with depression usually prefer to be alone or not bothered.
Answered 7/6/2012
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Yes...: In depression, sleep is usually disturbed; the disturbance can go either way, causing one to either sleep too much or too little. As depression is alleviated, so is the sleep disturbance.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Sleep/depression: Sleep disturbance in depression can be insomnia or hypersomnia.
Answered 6/7/2017
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