Comments on: Insomnia and Depression a Common Link http://cindysense.com/iinsomnia-and-depression-a-common-link Overcoming lifes Daily Obstacles Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: depression symptoms http://cindysense.com/iinsomnia-and-depression-a-common-link/comment-page-1#comment-23412 depression symptoms Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:01:02 +0000 http://cindysense.com/?p=61#comment-23412 Brainwave Entrainment has worked wonders for me throughout the couple of years that I've been listening to it. I had incredible outcomes in a brief time frame and I still continue to listen to the entrainment sessions each day. Brainwave Entrainment has worked wonders for me throughout the couple of years that I’ve been listening to it.
I had incredible outcomes in a brief time frame and I still continue to listen to the entrainment sessions each day.

]]> By: Brian Sweet http://cindysense.com/iinsomnia-and-depression-a-common-link/comment-page-1#comment-22180 Brian Sweet Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:08:44 +0000 http://cindysense.com/?p=61#comment-22180 Nice post - I wasn't aware that depression sufferers went straight to REM sleep - getting past stage 2 is my problem and that depresses me although I sleep better now after cutting out all coffee. Don't know if it's just a coincidence! Nice post – I wasn’t aware that depression sufferers went straight to REM sleep – getting past stage 2 is my problem and that depresses me although I sleep better now after cutting out all coffee. Don’t know if it’s just a coincidence!

]]> By: Brian @ stresstips.info http://cindysense.com/iinsomnia-and-depression-a-common-link/comment-page-1#comment-21847 Brian @ stresstips.info Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:13:46 +0000 http://cindysense.com/?p=61#comment-21847 Interesting article here Cindy - runs a little counter to what one would intuitively believe to be the case, but the link to stress and worry is the key puzzle piece that puts it together. As you indicate in your conclusion here, further research is still necessary for a more complete understanding of the relationship between sleep-insomnia-depression. I wonder though, in reading this, might there be "catch up" sleep made throughout the week or the daytime, and has the study controlled for this in any way? My thinking here, on this line, is that we know people with depression tend to have less energy and drive (features of the illness itself), and traditionally its been thought that those with depression tend to sleep more than those without (of the top of my head I believe that may have been a diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV) - yet your article here provides some good food for thought that, during the night at least, this may not be the case at all. -Brian Interesting article here Cindy – runs a little counter to what one would intuitively believe to be the case, but the link to stress and worry is the key puzzle piece that puts it together.

As you indicate in your conclusion here, further research is still necessary for a more complete understanding of the relationship between sleep-insomnia-depression.

I wonder though, in reading this, might there be “catch up” sleep made throughout the week or the daytime, and has the study controlled for this in any way? My thinking here, on this line, is that we know people with depression tend to have less energy and drive (features of the illness itself), and traditionally its been thought that those with depression tend to sleep more than those without (of the top of my head I believe that may have been a diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV) – yet your article here provides some good food for thought that, during the night at least, this may not be the case at all.

-Brian

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