THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST!!! Whoa, I guess this is just another one of those MS things....My sleeping is so OFF....I just figured I was trying to get reset from having the flu.... (I dont think so now) ...and we wont even talk about menopauseLast nite I slept 10 hours off and on. Its always so easy to beat up on yourself for sleeping excessively thinking you're just lazy or depressed or something else. IF this kinda sleeping last longer than a month then I will check with a medical professional....I'm grateful I marrried a man with MS so he gets it!

It's 3am in VA so I understand this string is also a concern of mine! I agree that insomnia is an MS symptom- and I take Lunesta 3mg (funny after-taste) or ZZZ sleep by NyQuil (not really that strong). I find that even with that and 150mg of Lyrica to calm down my restless legs and muscle spacticity, if I'm concentrating on something I can stay up.. 6 months in with doagnosis, and on a med/vit cock tail once I sleep there there is usually a 'bathroom break' and/or a sudden response to my boyfriend is stealing the bedcover!

When I'm having an attack (at least three that I've been in) my extra but moreso from being exhausted by daily activities or my reaent back pain. sleep comes from depression but moreso because I cannot stop thinking bout my diagnosis and the people it rescues that me away from- the people who caret

Please thank my phone for ad-libs in the second half of my last post! My point was!!! That now its 8am.. When I'm awake nothing puts me to sleep- it's a primary MS symptom, secondary insofar that other symptoms keep me awake, and tertiary from the emotional turmoil that continues to run through my head. After 5 hours of sleep, I will take it slow- but fatigue, back pain, tension and this MS hug- will fight me for this!

Sleeping for 10-15 hours is something that can easily occur for me during the day from my lack of sleep, and even with three medications dedicated to keeping me awake- when fatigue hits- those medicines must turn to air! Particularly during an attack or if a residual symptom.

Because my depression is quite severe (who knows what level or symptom it is-and frankly with depression-what is, is!) I know 10 hours in bed is the result of me not wanting to get up, and giving myself reasons to pretend I don't exist. Probably not the healthiest response I'm sure, but my depressive state of emotions tends to fluctuate throughout the week- also a factor. Some days are more productive than others.

Overall- Rest is important- helps to balance out the effort your making that may cause fatigue!? Good luck with the sleep- alternatively I hear that your body tells you what you need- if your week is functional but you still need sleep...maybe it's alright to sleep a bunch?

Sorry I rambled- just hope I was able to help even a bit.. And at least this post has been reviewed for auto-spell check disasters..

Good Morning, God Bless. And good luck.

I sleep a lot. I have found that I feel healthiest when I sleep exactly when and for however long my body needs it. When my body gets enough sleep I wake up naturally.

I do have trouble falling aleep though. Even if I am bone tired, I have a problem getting "sleepy".

It helped once I identified the difference between what being tired feels like and being sleepy feels like.

Unfortunately, with the MS, a lot of us feel tired all the time..when we feel tired, we want to lay down and take a nap. But we cannot fall asleep that way. At least I can't.

You have to wait till you literally cannot keep your eyes open, then get into bed.

I have a lot of trouble sleeping. I have got sleep apnoea as well but have not been able to handle the machine/mask at the moment due to nose problems - hay fever etc.
I go to bed at a regular time on weeknight & lucky to get 2 hours sleep before I wake & can't get back to sleep. Then I get tired & fall asleep during the afternoon/evening esp in this heat.
Going to try the machine again on the w/end to see if I can get more sleep.