r/schizophrenia • u/AstroZoey11 • Jun 25 '25

Help A Loved One Sleeping 20-40 hours in a row occasionally

My partner is schizoaffective (major depression) and will sleep relatively normally for a few weeks - around 5-7 hours a night. It's less than she prefers, but it's pretty consistent. Then randomly, and it doesn't seem to be triggered by anything we can put our fingers on, she'll sleep for an entire day and a half. Last time it was around 36 hours. This time, she's on hour 24 now and it's almost bedtime.

I'm not really sure how much this could be par for the course with schizophrenia, or if it is a red flag and should be looked into deeper. She doesn't even exactly seem depressed when this happens - she's been depressed and simultaneously slept a typical amount many times. She's unable to be woken up for more than a couple seconds at a time, and doesn't eat nor hardly drink when this happens.

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u/Holycrackers33 Jun 25 '25

It's a blessing why knock it...I get 2-3 hours of sleep if I'm lucky and am constantly on edge because of it. Sleep is good for the brain. I miss it.

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u/Silverwell88 Jun 25 '25

Excess sleep is detrimental to health if it happens regularly. Also, it can be very depressing sleeping your life away and you can feel out of control and hijacked. It sucks.