[balfirevic]

It's not really the same scenario you've described, but you might be interested in knowing that sleep deprivation can treat depression: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/sleep-is-the-mate-of-d...

[huachimingo]

Exactly this. One day I slept like 2 hours and all my anxiety and depressive symptoms went temporarily away.

I would not recommend it btw, even if you have that little extra energy boost at the beginning.