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Sleep in bipolar disorder

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Sleep is known to play an important role in the etiology and maintenance of bipolar disorder.[1] Patients with bipolar disorder often have a less stable and more variable circadian activity.[2] Circadian activity disruption can be apparent even if the person concerned is not currently ill.[3][4]

A decreased need for sleep is a symptom of both a manic episode and a hypomanic episode[5] in bipolar disorder. Sleep disturbances are often a prodrome for the onset of a manic, hypomanic or depressive episode.[6][7] Current research on circadian and sleep-wake processes shows that they play an important role in the etiology and maintenance of bipolar disorder.[8] Previous studies showed that the circadian system can modulate the current mood state with positive affect.[9] When challenged, it can have negative mood consequences.[10]

The social zeitgeber hypothesis therefore proposes that in bipolar disorder the fundamental circadian instability can be moderated by the stabilization of daily rhythms and zeitgeber.[11] According to the hypothesis, a disruption (e.g. life event) could trigger depressive, hypomanic or manic episodes. Inversely, a regular daily rhythm can have a positive effect and lead to a normalization of the circadian system. The goal of treatment programs like the interpersonal and social rhythm therapy is to regulate the social rhythms of a patient and thereby normalize the biological rhythms.[11]

REM sleep in bipolar disorder

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Current research on REM sleep found that REM sleep is critical in the processing of episodic emotional memories.[12] When the REM sleep activity in patients with unipolar or bipolar depression were measured, often an increased REM density was found.[13] The increased REM density in unipolar and bipolar depression might have two implications. First, it could represent a failed attempt to depotentiate negative emotional experiences during the sleep.[12] Another possible implication is that the increased REM density may pathologically reinforce negative self-narratives and maintain negative moods after sleeping.[14] Both hypotheses are not yet fully proven but show the importance of sleep and sleep disruptions in bipolar disorder and the need for further research.

Sleep disorders and bipolar disorder

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The diagnosis of a bipolar disorder is linked to various sleep disorders.[15] Comorbidities include insomnia and hypersomnia.[16] Other related sleep disturbances are delayed sleep phase syndrome, circadian-rhythm sleep disorder, sleep apnea, REM sleep abnormalities and irregular sleep-wake schedules.[16]

Bipolar disorder is also linked with higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts.[17][18] It has been shown that sleep disturbances can have an influence on the suicidality of patients with bipolar disorder.[18] One study found that poor sleep quality and nightmares can increase the risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts.[18]

Genetic vulnerability

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Bipolar disorder is known to have a high heritability.[19] Therefore, sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder could also have a genetic basis. Studies found modest associations between several genes that are known to be associated with the generation and regulation of circadian rhythms and bipolar disorder.[20] Two locus interactions between sleep disturbances of the rs11824092 (ARNTL) and rs11932595 (CLOCK) were found in one study.[21]

Sleep disturbances and relapse

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Sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder are also an important marker for relapse. Multiple studies found evidence that sleep disturbances contribute to relapse.[20] Sleep disturbances are the most common prodrome of a manic episode and the sixth most common prodrome of a depressive episode.[20]

Sleep disturbance as a residual symptom of a bipolar disorder

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Sleep disturbance is not only associated with the onset of manic or hypomanic episodes but also displays a residual symptom of manic and depressive episodes.[20] They are associated with residual depressive symptoms and perceived cognitive performance and can thereby negatively influence the functioning and recovery of a patient.[22] This is one reason why therapy programs such as interpersonal and social rhythm therapy aim to reduce sleep disturbances.[23]

Treatment possibilities regarding the sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder

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Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy

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A main goal of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) is to regulate both circadian rhythms and sleep–wake cycles.[23] To achieve this goal, maintaining regular daily rhythms for exercising, eating, sleeping and waking are central to IPSRT. Research has shown that the sleep-wake cycle (circadian rhythms and sleep) can be moderated by social and volitional factors.[9] Based on this chronobiological model, IPSRT aims to manage bipolar symptomatology.[23]

Light therapy for bipolar disorder

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A recent study also suggests that bipolar disorder is linked with an enhanced sensitivity to light.[24] In the study, four of the five women who received a midday light session responded well. Three of the four who received light in the morning developed a mixed state, and the others responded well. The authors conclude that light therapy is possibly an effective augmentation strategy in the treatment of bipolar disorder.[24]

Total or partial sleep deprivation

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Another proposed treatment for sleep disturbances is total or partial sleep deprivation. Total or partial sleep deprivation has been found to induce an increased mood in depressed bipolar patients.[20] Problematically depressive symptoms often seem to return soon after the patient has slept. Two theories hypothesize, that circadian mechanisms might be the reason.[20]

According to the internal coincidence model, depressed patients are not sleeping at the right biological clock time because the phase angle between the sleep-wake cycle and the biological clock is out of alignment.[25] Based on this theory sleep deprivation works at first because it prevents sleep at the critical phase but in recovery sleep, the misalignment is reinstated.[26]

In the two process model of sleep, it has been proposed, that depression is characterized by a deficiency in the building up of process S.[27] Therefore, sleep deprivation might increase process S in the beginning, but a relapse occurs, when sleep deprivations isn't applied anymore and process S returns to a low level.[27]

References

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