Sleep Disorder, Symptom Of Depression ?
Q: I only seem to have one very strong symptom that is
causing me trouble (more and more actually) which is that I sleep way
too much; I usually sleep between 9 and 15 hours. Like just today, I
slept a little more than 8 hours, forced me to get up breakfast, but I
was so slow and sleepy that I decided to go back to sleep and slept
another 6 hours, now I feel a bit better.
A:It was suggested there that I may be suffering an unipolar depression
and I searched and found a diagnosis page on the internet where it
seems I would answer yes to most of the first questions, and rule out
any other special disorders, making the disorder to be pretty well
diagnosed as unipolar depression.
Now, I don't like much to see doctors, I'll probably do that this
week and I have to say that I really do not want to take any kind of
medication, unless some physical sickness is found.
I love to read and I read much about psychology, I'd like to read
more about unipolar depression, it treatments, etc... Maybe I can try
a few things myself, alone and observe a change. I'm "autodidacte"
which means I learn by myself in books or on the internet (compared to
learning with a teacher).