Hi, I’m new here. I have schizophrenia, I’m currently on 6mg of invega an I’m up til 4-6am in the morning and wake up 3-5pm almost at night. I was wondering if anyone else sleeps most of the day away?
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Welcome to the forum. Normally an antipsychotic will help your sleep patterns. Have you been on it long ?
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Hey welcome. No not most of the day but yea quite a bit. It sucks
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Welcome to the forum. Yes! When I’m doing poorly not only will I sleep the night away but also the day. That’s when things are at their worst. But if your up at night and down during the day it might help to change the times you’re taking your meds. You pdoc should be able to help you with this if you let them know what’s going on. I recently added a new ad to the mix and I started by taking it in the morning like I did my old ad, but I was so exhausted I couldn’t stay awake through the day. My pdoc told me to stick with the med but take it at night and viola the sleepiness went away. And I’m glad it happened that way because this ad is really doing a nice job compared to my other one. Sometimes you have to play around with the times you take your meds.
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Velcome!
I recently switched to Latuda and now I sleep like a normal person. When I was on Zyprexa I slept about 10 to 15 hours a day. I was on it for about nine years and my circadian rhythms never equalized back to normal. You do sort of get used to the medications, adapt and adjust. You might start sleeping not quite as much but sleeping more than before the meds might be permanent.
Were you always a night owl or is this just since you started the invega? And how do you feel during the day when you are awake? Do you feel tired all of the time?
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I too am on invega and I wake up pretty late… But I think this is kinda a choice
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Welcome home! 
I have the same sleep hours if I don’t take some med to sleep, with meds I can sleep at night but I still need 11-15 hours of sleep… 
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I don’t want to sleep all day, would like to wake up in the morning and sleep at night. Don’t like the depression I feel when I wake up though.
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I find when I go on a new med I sleep around 12 hours a day. But as I adjust to the med I tend to get 8-9 hours of sleep. Sleep is good for us with Sz. I could stay in bed longer but force myself to get up.
Once I take my medication I get dowsy at night. I try to stay up for my girlfriend she wants to watch a movie and cuddle around 10pm (an hour after my night meds). If I can stay awake for an hour after taking my night meds (this is a battle to do but If I can stay awake for that hour I can stay awake for as long as I want).
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I’m sorry and thank you, another reason to remain single. 
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Not dx as sz.
I do wake up about 4am.
i dont sleep the whole day. I stay awake till about 9 or 11.
wake up in late aftrnoon.
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I can go to sleep at 8pm and still wake at 3pm. Then I could get up eat something go back sleep around 7 or 8 pm and do it again if I let myself lol. I really need to get a sleep test done.
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I routinely go to bed around 11 or 12 at night. Then I usually always awaken around 4 am. And that’s not enough sleep for me. At 4 am, I take my morning meds, eat breakfast, pray, and meditate, and then I go back to bed and sleep for another 5 hours. It wastes my whole morning. I just hate it.
The reasons to remain single are legion.
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Who, what is this legion?
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Legion means “many”.
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So it’s like a secret organization or what? I heard you talk a lot about this legion thing lol
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No, to say that something is legion, is to say that there is a lot of it.
I volunteer for a Church group called the Legion of ______. I can’t say the whole name because it’s against the rules of this website.
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Okay, i got it now thanks
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This volunteer Church group, the Legion of ____ is not a secret organization. It is famous.
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