Is staying up late sleeping all day caused by depression or is it norm

Bad sleep pattern makes you unmotivated and lethargic so it could be contributing to the way you are feeling. Its a bit of a viscous cycle, try to break the habit and I guarantee you will feel better and more motivated, alert and positive.

Speaking from experience, I had a similar problem recently, now I feel a lot better, more focused and happy.

I have depression and I remember that I always thought " that sounds like me" when I did research on the Internet. I think the most important question for you is ' do I enjoy my life or am I just living trough it without any interest?'
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I have the same problem! but i've basically given up on life because it's never going to be solved (for me personally) It's good to know someone else has this problem too at least.. Sigh, people like "country roads" obviously haven't had to live with this problem themselves so they wouldn't understand.

It's not a normal thing but if your depressed its to be expected. Most depressed ppl have a hard time sleeping because they have too much on their mind and they bring it with them to bed which makes it hard to sleep because they have so much to think about... The best I could say is talk to someone....

CountryRoads is such a troll. She insults people, blames them if they say anything about it, and then deletes her post so no one will blame her because she's too cowardly to let any of her guilt show.

CountryRoads is such a troll. She insults people, blames them if they say anything about it, and then deletes her post.

I think you just don't understand what real stress is. most other people don't voluntarily work as hard as me. It's not possible to get sleep and work hard anyway, so I think I'll just be lazy and stop working hard. I'll probably be happier that way. I've worked hard enough for long enough to know it's not worth it.

why is laziness such a bad thing? You say I should sleep, but then you say I'm being lazy. You can't work hard AND have time to sleep. It's better just to be mediocre.

Also, a lot of people don't understand what severe clinical depression is, like countryroads. they just say a depressed person is lazy without knowing anything about how the brain works. Considering I was diagnosed by a professional with severe clinical depression and severe concentration difficulty (which was NOT caused by solely by irregular sleeping), and I did have REAL problems functioning before that were not just because of my sleep, I think people who are too lazy to really think about causes just label complex problems as lazy because they're dumb. They don't know what depression is because they haven't had it.

If anything, all I learned in life is that laziness pays better than hard work because hard work will just make you miserable and earning all the achievement awards and money in the world won't fix it. The only way to avoid more severe depression is not to try. Only a fool or someone who does rely on drugs or medication to make it easier would disagree.

I'm not saying that sleep isn't important at all, but I don't think it's the only reason I'm lazy and apathetic. Even when I do sleep enough, I still don't care about doing anything unless I have to. Besides, if I did work hard, it would be impossible to get both sleep and decent accomplishments, so basically, if I need to sleep, I have to be lazy either way.

Abilify is just a mild antidepressant but it's STILL an antidepressant. The drug company calls it an add on because they want you to take both, which means more money for them. Prozac is another good mild antidepressant but maybe look into natural supplements. I take lots of fish oil and vit b and sometimes melatonin when I can't sleep.

Jenny101's right, it's like a viscious circle, try to get real tired and go to bed early, same thing the next day. If you get up late and/or you do nothing of your day, you won't need to sleep early...

I was labeled depressed, bi polar, all those things. Really it came down to me making a decision to not take life so seriously anymore. Start enjoying yourself more. We all die sooner then we know anyway, so ralax and enjoy the ride.

It sounds like lack of discipline. GTFO kid.

Sounds like laziness.
Go to sleep early. Wake up early. It sucks getting into that cycle but you need to discipline your sleep cycle or you'll be useless.
When my sleep schedule gets off and I go to bed late and sleep in, it takes me a week to get normal and motivated again. It makes me lazy and uninterested and unmotivated.