um, Michael? I thought the way to stop the shakes was to drink more water (or similar liquids).

I'm sure you need to be back on your doctor-recommended dosage of lithium, but you may not feel the effects in time now, to stop mania after more than 3 days of no sleep?

Please be careful, and do the Right thing - call the pdoc or someone if you miss another night - before we have to do the Humane thing and shoot you. (kidding!)

Seriously, Hugs, and be careful -

i get like that too.i just keep going & going(manic stage.it,s so much better than being depressed.but it can cause problems.and nothing works to get to sleep.i will exercise all day.work out and ride a bike for 5 to 6 hr.till i get exaused than i might sleep for 2hr, but that,s it.keep in touch.i'm duaine

Thanks. I'm just sharing. How long do you have to be awake before you get psychotic? It took Carrie Fisher 6 days. I did go on a book buying spree at Amazon last night - Got all the Tolkien Lord of the Rings - History of Middle Earth - 12 volumes in all, all hard cover. And I bought all the other Tolkien books they had. I felt I really needed them;) LOL Drink more water, now why didn't the pdoc tell me that? Maybe she did....I don't drink any water just diet mountain dew and beer. I will give the water thing a go around. If that's all I need to do I feel stupid now.

To help with the shakes take calcium and magnesium supplements. Don't put yourself in hospital!

please call ur pdoc. I just went through this, I couldnt sleep for two weeks, and then I went into a manic phase, and I am having a very hard time getting out of it. Please dont allow this to go on any further. And please dont adjust ur meds. on ur own, especially lithium. I have just been put on that and the my pdoc said it needs to be monitored very carefully, because it could become toxic, if u take to much or u stop taking it. Like I said please call ur pdoc.

Hey man..
I have lived like that for a while. Three days is a bit much.
I use larazopan to sleep. I just do not want to get zombie ized.

Mania for me is better than depresion or being over medicated. Keep doing the healthy stuff.

I'd feel better if you called your Pdoc and see what he or she suggests. You might be pushing the envelope farther than you should!!!!!!
Please take good care of yourself, Michael!!!!! (((((Hugs)))))

It takes no sleep to reach psychosis? I thought that just happened...

Well according to Carrier Fisher she said she was awake for 6 days due to various med issues and then went bat shit and had to be hospitalized.

I think it is absoultly amazing that I could feel this good and be so focused after not sleeping for 3 days. Normally if I don't get at least 8 hours I'm dragging the whole day. It's a kind of magic! Hey that fits right in with my theme and my little avatar mage. I'm off to write a program I've been meaning to finish so while I'm smart I should get cracking. I'll look at it later and not understand it. Wow finally no depression at all! It's such a relief! I feel so free, like I could do anything I wanted.

I'm not calling my pdoc, she will be mad about me cutting down my lithium. I'll just ride this out and hope there isn't a crash coming. That would be bad.

do you think it is healthy to push your body for so long? w out intervention?? i know it is better and more accomplishing to be "up" but it is not good for your body,heart ,brain.the crash is usually really bad i wouldnt necessarily go to ER but i would get in touch with md for a possible cocktail to bring you down enough to get some sleep without zombifying you.best to you what ever you decide

If you start running -- walking --- exercising -- when your going through your Manic phase -- eventually -- you will be so tired -- that you will fall asleep -- See how far you can walk / run / tread mill -- whatever --

it works.

MM, it's not "if" the crash is coming it's "when". Our body simply cannot handle that much adreneline and other hormones rushing through us, as well as the lack of sleep which definitely causes psychosis, for an infinite amount of time.

If you're not going to stop yourself right now PLEASE put a plan in place for when you DO crash because you will plunge intio deep depression (what goes up must come down) and you may be suicidal. You may rapid cycle, you may have mixed episodes, which are incredibly dangerious. If the plan includes going to the ER, so be it. You also may make a complete dick of yourself at work and out yourself as a Beeper.

Believe me, your psycdoc is going to know what you're doing sooner or later - you're on a rollercoaster ride now and wherever it ends, it ain't gonna be pretty.

Lithium specifically prevents the higher sides of oour mood states and that's why you are like you are. And as someone said, be careful if you decide you'll take it and you max out. I had Lithium Toxicity due to being out in 43C heat all day and ended up in hospital and Man was I a sick puppy. If you are on Lithium for the first time there shakes happen to maost everyone - and they pass.

I've been there done that MM. Heed my words.

One of the reasons why so much of our meds causes tiredness is because sleep is one of the cures for mania. At least my new pdocs from a county run facilities says so.

You sound like you are getting faster and faster and then stuck on that accelerator peddle for a time being.