Can Sleep Deprivation Improve Symptoms for Individuals with Depression

Can Sleep Deprivation Improve Symptoms for Individuals with Depression - Dr. Laura Lewis

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Dr. Laura Lewis, a 2019 One Mind Rising Star Awardee, shares details about her One Mind funded research that exposes the unexpected observation that sleep deprivation rapidly IMPROVES symptoms in roughly 50% of individuals with depression. Filmed at the Scientific Symposium of One Mind's 25th Music Festival for Brain Health held on September 14, 2019.

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@denisdenak 3 жыл бұрын

It's quite easy - sleep every other day.

@Hoonters-goona-Hoont 3 жыл бұрын

Totally wouldn't have minded donating myself for some studies on this. I've been told about partial sleep deprivation therapy off-hand some ten years ago and had surprisingly solid results applying it whenever the amount of stress and activity per time period were in a certain goldilocks zone. Pretty sure that's how crunch phases work, too.

@sirprize5191 3 жыл бұрын

My brain is overdrive, hungry, overthinking and too deep thinking if I'm awake without sleep loss. Sleep deprivation makes me stop thinking, the cortex and overthinking stops and I'm happy without existentialism. Crazy, but worth looking into?

@sethanderson6791 3 жыл бұрын

please tell me, how have you found the effects on you since your comment? How regularly do you skip sleep and for how long for? Did you feel heightened symptoms after extended periods and were there periods or bursts of creativity? Just interested for myself and looking to learn hope you’re ok :)

@sirprize5191 3 жыл бұрын

@@sethanderson6791 You seem very interested in this. Are you looking into it just out of curiosity? To answer, I have a clearer picture now. I seem to have a baseline level of very mild depression that only becomes painful if I make it worse by over-thinking, and that's the only time sleep deprivation helps, since the deprivation naturally tires/calms me. I skip sleep regularly but not for long hours, probably max 6-8hrs after feeling tired. I don't have bursts, but my creativity increases since the logical side is weaker and I can make weirder and more loose connections. Depression also makes it harder to sleep because I feel heightened stress by default. Overall, I think it's an awful combination since you stress yourself more, and heal less, but I still can't avoid it.

@sethanderson6791 3 жыл бұрын

@@sirprize5191 Yes am curious for myself, have skipped sleep on occasion and did last night hence the research and questions. That’s fascinating to hear that it both calms you down and can allow you to be more loose with creativity. sorry to hear about the stressful combination, hope things feel more manageable soon.

@creatineenjoyer7345 2 жыл бұрын

@@sirprize5191 i also do it sometimes and it helps me. My life has passed me by despite me being healthy normal looking man. This makes me suicidal and have crying spells. Sleep deprivation makes me forget all of that and makes me unaware of many things. It helps me. Its worth a try if medication doesnt help or you cannot get or fibd the right medication for your isssuss

@sirprize5191 2 жыл бұрын

@@creatineenjoyer7345 Shit man, yeah, turning into a zombie kinda helps with depression. I'd write my days in a diary because I was so dissociated the days would pass like a dream and I'd feel guilty over all the lost days and life. Research said deprivation helps bc of adenosine buildup, purely chemical, while other things like exercise doesn't help. They're just coping, but deprivation hits different for some reason. Maybe the answer is some sort of medication after all. Would love to find an effect equal to deprivation.

@fengliu7904 2 жыл бұрын

Her paper is elegantly written too. I have been a big fan of reading it.

@krystahnash6803 3 жыл бұрын

I purposely stay awake for periods of time because I start to feel better & more like myself when I'm at like 24-30 hrs straight up. And this good feeling lasts around 48-56 hrs up and then I start to crash. I'll be short tempered, emotionally unstable, and sometimes really bad to where I physically can not fall asleep even tho I'm dead tired. Once I do sleep, I'll sleep for at least 16 straight hours and then the next 24 hours like the following day, I'll lay in bed just watching TV the entire day. So for a 7 day week, I'm asleep like 2.5 days and awake the rest.

@babelbabel2298 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe that i found ppl with the same inexplicable (non)functioning mental pattern

@duude7744 4 ай бұрын

I have a similar issue, but I notice drastic changes in my cognitive abilities after staying awake for 36 hours+ and then for the next couple days I’ll stay stupid, I’ll be recovering after that but then symptoms of depression and anxiety come back too. After watching this video it really does sound like some part of my brain actually turns off during that period…

@Justlikemagic96 Ай бұрын

@@duude7744are the cognitive changes positive?

@duude7744 Ай бұрын

@@Justlikemagic96 hi, as I mentioned I feel stupid for next couple of days(but happy ahah), but in the second half of the first day of not sleeping I actually feel very energetic and sort of productive? In terms of cognitive abilities I’d say I’m more productive as well? Idk if there’s a way to measure the quality of let’s call it brain work haha but it feels like I’m better at focusing and everything:)

@-m7k0z7-9 3 жыл бұрын

I tried doing that somehow, and it help make things stable in my head, mellow "mood".

@creatineenjoyer7345 2 жыл бұрын

Sleep deprivation helps me for my condition. Its worth a try if nedication arent helping you.

@sarahlouxo5046 3 жыл бұрын

I get really euphoric when I don’t sleep... I don’t know what’s wrong... can’t even have SSRIs... I swear I’m like fucking psychic or like god complex sksks

@cravingattention2771 2 жыл бұрын

Watch out for manic episodes though

@skaterdude14b 3 жыл бұрын

Very strange finding. Too bad i’m not willing to sacrifice sleep. Hopefully this will lead an indirect treatment for depression

@Mario-vt2dy 3 жыл бұрын

She's so pretty

@soniczforever5470 3 жыл бұрын

It worsened mine

@nosesanmiguel8016 4 жыл бұрын

Please. Could anybody put this information about deep sleep of dr Laura Lewis on in spanish lenguaje? Thanks A LOT from a little corner of Basque Country (Spain)

@jays5926 4 жыл бұрын

It’s useless research, don’t worry.

@martinpfitzmann5625 3 жыл бұрын

Why does it sometimes work and sometimes not?

@vegetablepolice1 3 жыл бұрын

Every other day

@roylebeau1158 4 жыл бұрын

This is insane but i hope its true. I Have trouble sleeping all the time. And i am battling depression.

@OneMindOrg 4 жыл бұрын

We believe science can hold many answers! Hope this brought you some valuable insights.

@vegetablepolice1 3 жыл бұрын

Wim hoff method

@aaronfaucett6442 8 ай бұрын

Dr. Tracy Marks did a video on Wake therapy where you repeat staying up all night. Check it out

@judithlight1111 3 жыл бұрын

I read it helps huge..with severe depression and bipolar disorder..when meds are not really helping or even worsen everything. Does this works longterm...? How can I work with this..even with 15-20 horrible Seroquel (long story)intake? Thank you soo much! And yes it saves me..done it softer..without hearing about.

@Hoonters-goona-Hoont 3 жыл бұрын

Long term it can be devastating for the body, so before trying it out read up on the effects of long term sleep deprivation. I wouldn't recommend doing it more than once a month, and as controlled as possible. When I'm faced with short periods of intense stress I usually sleep only around 4 hours per day and it eventually puts me into a flowlike state where I am mostly competent and motivated in whatever I do. Usually there's a tiny crash after I got my proper 8 hours again, but neurochemically that's to be expected. Look out for the dip, and know that it's much less harmful than a med withdrawal crash. While we're at it, maybe try to consider your seroquel use a bit more consciously and purposefully. Read properly into it's mechanism and research the side effects. Don't just take it because you're told to, if you're doing that at all, I was in the worst state exactly when they were trying around with different meds to see if maybe that solves their problem of having to think about my problems. :P That being said, usually partial sleep deprivation also helps me get back into a regular biorhythm and to restabilize after vacation or a party or whatever. My depression came more from lifelong shitty circumstances than a chemical imbalance in the brain, so maybe that's an important factor in all of this though. I don't know your background, so take everything I said with a grain of salt, stay awake on the inside as well as the outside and good luck. Edit: I really can't stress enough how much psychoeducation and knowledge of the processes happening in the brain on mood disorders help with coping. Most people with neuroses I know got a lot better once they managed to sit down and actually examine what the hell is going on inside of them, to what ends their chemistry decides to behave like that and where it might have come from.

@tnijoo5109 9 ай бұрын

I used to be on Seroquel but had to stop and now I’ve started Abilify. Two nights ago I couldn’t sleep at all, stayed up all night and had the best day I’ve had in a long time! I wonder if those nights when I can’t sleep and stay up all night is like my minds way of resetting itself. Feels like a reset happened. 😊 I see your comment is from three years ago. Did you figure out anything with the sleep deprivation that helped you?

@Few_politicians_run_your_life 4 жыл бұрын

My neighbor keep me up at night too. Sometime he will walk up to my house window around 4-5AM and said wake up or wake up sleepy head or even knock my window but when I look out the window he was gone. It's only 6 feets between my bedroom window to the sidewalk and nothing between. But now I install security camera with very sensitive microphone so he stop. People abuse all the time even company you work for. I used to work for very big corporation here in California. They listen to your conversation and they watch your monitor. Is that crazy? What ever I do they know. I took out my phone to take my own picture on my desk and they said " you can't take picture". Nobody was in the office and don't see any camera. Sometime they keep my computer speaker on so, I can hear they are talking about me. They will make comment about my work all day. I always work very hard and did a lot of amazing work. I remember my co worker used to gave me a lot of problem but I never get mad but always help them. Then someone in my computer said that I very tough and did not get effect by those negative thing. I don't remember the exact word but the meaning was that. Then the guy that was talking to hime said "Brake him" . i have to deal with it for 5 years. My company lack of good people with good skill. I was the best and the watching my monitor to learn from me. My other co worker also told me about it. One day I test it by walk away from my desk and work somewhere else using my labtop but turn off my wifi. After half an hours my ass hole boss came to me and told me to work on my desktop on my desk but I refuse but he keep coming. There was a lot of people in my conpany that only can talk but few skill. I think they used me like a classroom. Sometime ther will come ask my for detail work in layer which nobody need that at all only the creater use and understand them. They try to understand how I do my work. I sat somewhere else for severial day to interupt them who ever they were but I have a lot of thing to do because I used to work on 3 monitor and 2 computer to get the job done. That thing that they did I made me stress all the time. After 5 uears of working with them neck hurt so bad i really think i can't do anything and want to end my life. I only able to sleep 2-3 hours per night for 5 years after i left the company because my neck hurt bad. I love my wife so much that i try anything to improve my healrh. I took me 6 years to get better. My co worker know about listen and rhe speaker thing they talked about it some even have his background screen said " What are you looking at" running across his monitor. One of my co worker actually show me how it work and she said don't talk or complain to your computer. It drove everyone crazy and I think it made us work so hard and turn enemy for some. I remember before I left the company there was a women attened my last meeting and she mension about little ant that she can easily kill it with her finger. I think she either from HR or she is my replacement. I used to think that I got my degree here so I needed to work for US company to show appreciation but I was so wrong. I remember sometime i will say something to my computer like I going to work somewhere else. I hate that company and I hope Karma will get rhem. I know that my neck problem is life time and I have to live with it. I hope people dump they stock and this company go down where they belong at $.50 They've abuses many people even me which I worked so hard for them. Karma to bad people.

@emh8861 4 жыл бұрын

It helped me because I'm working and not broke. Not easy tho

@ahoj132_at_azet_sk 5 ай бұрын

For the last 7 days I sleep only 4 hours and I am afraid it can be dangerous. I wake up totally fresh and don't want to sleep again, I am 26 And all my life I slept 7-8+ hours. Not sure what happened to me 😢

@Medinalegend 4 ай бұрын

U take any supplements or drugs?

@ahoj132_at_azet_sk 4 ай бұрын

@@Medinalegend no, just quit sugar, but my sleep I think went back to normal. But last days I was up later so not sure how much I sleep. But I think it should be ok now again. Why you asking?

@whoyoufoolin979 Ай бұрын

Good your doing better than me I just woke up from 6 hours of sleep from stage three sleep deprivation

@ahoj132_at_azet_sk Ай бұрын

@@whoyoufoolin979 I started eating sugar again, it's not like fell in temptation but rather some things happened and I just didn't care, lost interest in life as the whole and started to eat sugar again. I sleep now for 8 hours, so probably you should quit sugar slowly, it's too big risk at once. Even weeks and weeks later I still couldn't sleep normally. I now kinda realized a few things and plan to quit it and start everything new back again. But this time I'll do it the right way and gradually. Sleep is very important.

@whoyoufoolin979 Ай бұрын

@@ahoj132_at_azet_sk ima give it a try bro

@snicker576 8 ай бұрын

Hey Laura, can you help deprive me of sleep some night? :)

@寿司食べたいな 10 ай бұрын

Except sleep deprivation is harmful in other ways.

@cancerouslump7961 4 жыл бұрын

I don't need therapy now

@madeinhisimage3447 3 жыл бұрын

What is your sleep routine now??

@skaterdude14b 3 жыл бұрын

@@madeinhisimage3447 they were being sarcastic.

@nickx4475 2 жыл бұрын

Given all the long-term negative effects associated with sleep deprivation, especially on mental health, it would seem counterproductive to purposely reduce sleep.

@creatineenjoyer7345 2 жыл бұрын

I do it and it helps my condition. My condition involves sadness, seeing no point in life and crying spells. Sleep deprivation makes me not think about my life and how life passed me by. Some drugs help me but they are hard for me to get so this is my only option

@azzazz4549 3 жыл бұрын

Sleep deprivation 'is' a contributor to depressed

@hercules_144 3 жыл бұрын

Sleep deprivation causes upregulation of serotonin receptors. Relieving depression.

@User-pz4re 2 жыл бұрын

@@hercules_144 no. sleep deprivation lowers serotonin. thats why it makes you feel good. serotonin is not actually a good thing, search up "the dark side of serotonin"

@yousfiabdelali 3 жыл бұрын

She looks SO MUCH like Rebecca Sugar the creator of Steven Universe

@danielfreeman649 3 жыл бұрын

Ouch she's much cuter than her ;)

@visionseeker7678 3 жыл бұрын

Nah. When i lose sleep, my mood and cognitive function plumit. This is a load of shit. Sleep loss contributes to depression. There is no way that this girl pulled an all-nighter before her presentation.

@ammarqz3058 3 жыл бұрын

Just because it doesn't work for doesn't mean it's a load of shit. Sleep deprivation DOES improve my mood, a lot. However, it also makes me impulsive. I'm trying to keep the impulsivety on the leash as much as possible so I don't do something stupid that would later exacerbate my depression. I think this is where a lot of people fail; controlling the impulsivety caused by the sleep deprivation.

@visionseeker7678 3 жыл бұрын

@@ammarqz3058 I hope everything works out well for you. Seriously though, one cannot be sharp for an 8 hour work shift after a night of no sleep unless they are a fucking enlightened jedi monk guru samurai badass.

@mallardofmodernia8092 3 жыл бұрын

@@visionseeker7678 coffee, and a purposeful influx of carbs and sugars helps all nighter concentration and helps keep you as aware as possible for longer. Although long term use will obviously have problems.