Hi guys, I’ve been having a weird past month, and I figured I might as well post about it here. I’ve been having this ongoing issue of extreme lethargy, which my family has continuously identified as laziness and unwillingness. 

The thing is, they believe I sleep through and snooze my alarms, when the reality is that, I don’t even hear them, because my sleep is so deep. I went to bed last night around 4:30am (I’m a college student in midterm season, and I’m behind a week of school bc of a family death) and woke up at 6:30pm. I’m honestly completely freaked out and mildly terrified, because even during that long slumber, it was like I was hallucinating. I was having dreams within dreams, and I genuinely couldn’t even tell if it was real.

This was also a problem I’ve been having, where I sleep and wake up, only to have issues being able to identify if I’m actually awake or not. Or, if someone comes and speaks to me while I’m half conscious, I can’t tell if it actually happened. 

For background info as well, I’m diagnosed with severe depressive disorder with symptoms of lethargy and emptiness. I’m currently on medication to help with this depression as well as my anxiety. It’s called Venlafaxine (Effexor) and I take 112.5mg daily. 

Does anybody have any idea what this could be? Please help me, it’s truly starting to ruin my life.