《By systematically depriving depressed people of sleep, he confirmed that spending a single night awake could jolt them out of depression.》
《The sleep deprivations would occur every other night for a week, and bright light exposure for 30 minutes each morning would be continued for a further two weeks – a protocol they continue to use to this day. “We can think of it not as sleep-depriving people, but as modifying or enlarging the period of the sleep–wake cycle from 24 to 48 hours,” says Benedetti. “People go to bed every two nights, but when they go to bed, they can sleep for as long as they want.”》

copied from "Sleep Deprivation Is a Surprisingly Effective Way To Treat Depression"
just google it
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i first read about this a couple of months ago and have been hinking about trying it. i never did until i was in crisis last week and it actually worked pretty well!
i tend to oversleep, but it was surprisingly easy to stay awake through the night. the following day was pleasant: no suicidal thoughts and no crying which was a HUGE change for me. I stayed up for a total of maybe...40 hours? i'm not sure anymore, but towards the end of those i became so tired that i started feeling "high". it was pretty fun tbh. after that i slept for about 10 hours and had another nap right afterwards.
the article mentions that the probability of relapsing is 95% when you go to sleep again, but i was feeling ok the following day. my mood has worsened over the last couple of days, and today i'm feeling veeery low again, so i'll just just stay up another night.

sooo i just wanted to share this and maybe see how many of you have tried this or will try it.