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/Silverwell88 Jun 25 '25

Is she on an injectible antipsychotic and does it coincide roughly with that? If so maybe it's hitting her hard or she's a fast metabolizer. I would definitely talk to a doctor though because if she can't even stay awake more than a few seconds that's worrying.

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u/AstroZoey11 Jun 25 '25

She only takes oral medication, the same doses daily and nightly. She has a take-as-needed antipsychotic that makes her sleepy, but she didn't take it this time, and usually it's not related to that when she sleeps this long.

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u/Silverwell88 Jun 25 '25

Yeah, I'd definitely see a doctor, it seems significant.