You are right..depression can cause one to stay in bed and get alot of sleep. But there are other factors and illnesses that may cause you to get sooo much sleep. There is chronic fatigue syndrome. I also know for a fact that the adderal you are taking can give you energy at times...but other times it will make you even sleepier. My son was on it and he went both ways. Either sleeping or wide awake with energy to burn. As a mom..you are feeling guilt over having a child in the home that you are not interacting with and this child sees you staying in bed all the time. Somehow try to rest while your child is in school and once they get back home from school..just take some baby steps to maybe prepare a meal..or sit down to one and talk. I too am a mom and I made my illness the whole families illness. Once I realized that..I just started putting one foot in front of the other. It wasnt easy..it still isnt at times..but I keep mushing through. They are only young once and I refuse to let them grow up with more memories of me laying in bed than laying in the sun while they played. Good luck hon and do see a doc. Your family doc may even beable to figure out if there is an underlying problem.

Thank you for your comments pixiedst. You are right about a lot of things and I will get in touch with a doctor so that I can also address the issue from a medical standpoint. Thanks so much! :)

I go through spells of both lack of sleep and too much sleep. I would suggest getting on a proper regime with your doctor.

Hi again Heidi. I am totally with you on this one. I have had a major problem with sleeping too much for years and years. I feel like I spent my whole young life living for sleep, I am always tired! Now I'm almost 28 and I know I'm too depressed and tired to raise kids and it's awful having just broken up with a boyfriend too so that makes me crash in my bed all the time. Living isn't easy!

I have to share with you one thing that I tried that did help. I was reluctant for years to try this but I shouldn't have waited and it's inexpensive. St. John's wort. I know it might sound like foo foo to some people but this stuff is proven across the globe and this is the first herbal supplement that I ever noticed made any kind of difference to me.

I took one pill a day for a couple weeks (300mg) and I didn't feel much so I started taking 2 pills a day and I noticed right away that I could stay up later at night but then the drawback was that I couldn't fall asleep all night. I would lay there in bed shocked that all my life I have slept so easily and then I was awake in bed for hours.

I would recommend you try this and see if you can find a dose that helps you because it really does make you feel more awake.

I feel the same way. I don't want to get up. My body is literally tired, no matter how much sleep I've had. It's hard, and stressful to keep myself awake, when I just want to shut my eyes. I know that I can't sleep all day.
Sleeping takes away the misery for a little while, until you're back into reality.

I am the same also. I try hard to stick to a bedtime and rise time and exercise that will help me motivate. But I don't always stick to it--it is so hard. So I end up wasting a lot of time every day. I know what I need to do but can't attack anything. I have one or two days each week where I can say I got something "productive" done. It's rare.
Good luck to both of us.

Thanks everybody! Your comments have been very helpful.