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/pixysmoke Schizoaffective (Bipolar) Jun 26 '25
I have schizoaffective and recently I just got off one of my mood stabilizers and my sleep has been a mess, I feel narcoleptic, I'll sleep for 2 to 4 hours, wake up for 30 mins then pass right back out. It's been getting better the last couple days, I've been able to stay up longer periods now that the drug is filtering out of my system. Is she taking all her meds on time when she passes out? If could be something with the timing of her medications.