also forgot to add i usually have to have one or 2 drinks also. not drinking tonight and meds still not working

yes when i have had enough of the day (sometimes in the mornings!) i take klonopin and xanax to get some sleep and then take it again at night. though am prescribed it three times/day i usually only take both twice but xanax if anxiety and rapid cycling get too bad i could take three if necessary at the same time with pdoc approval! but he doesn't know i take it for sleep during the day. i also take it if i'm going to cut as it is not the pain of cutting i'm after but the soreness when i'm done!

yes, for hypomania I take seroquel and go to bed.

TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY FOUR HOURS TO GOOOOO, I WANNA BE SEDATED, NOTHING TO DO NOWHERE TO GO-OH, I WANNA BE SEDATED, JUST GET ME TO THE AIRPORT, AND PUT ME ON A PLANE, HURRY HURRY HURRY, BEFORE I GO INSANE, I CANT CONTROL MY FINGERS, I CANT CONTROL MY BRAIN, OH NO NO OH OH OH!!!!!!!!!!

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Do I take my meds, you mean?

Guess it's like I do 'sedate self' as am enveloped in the wave of wastitude that accompanies particularly evening meds.
S'ok. Accept it' gotta be this way. That said, really am on stacks of meds & yet am hesitant to ask doc to try stopping some. Can't/won't go back into past mood states!

Sedation is the name of the game somedays.
It gets so unbearable with intense paranoia & nerves that its either that or a gun to the head. I feel like jumping out of my own skin on really bad days.
If its not herbs, minerals & vitamins then its over the counter sleeping tabs & try to sleep it off for the day. By evening its usually tolerable.
Today is a very bad one, I'm going to try & o.d. on valerian root, it works sometimes & is soothing to the nerves, I can usually count on 4-6 hrs of relief with it. I dont feel like being unconscious today, its too nice out & spring seems like its here.

i do

I do sometimes with xanax during the day and if Im having a hard time at night, a little extra seroquel.

I was using wine, but I just started new meds and Im trying to give it 5 weeks to work. Ill update you later if it doesnt ;0)

i do it all the time ; esp when i am depressed

i mix seroquel & trazadones and i sleep for days

I'm lucky, I guess. I am able to be flexible with my Seroquel, I can take anywhere from 50 to 200mg a day.

I think that the closest I've come is to take Simply Sleep or equivalent. But I really think you should talk to your doctor about this.

I sedate myself sometimes with Valerian Root....but I don't fall asleep it just calms me down. Turns out I can't take more than one pill so if one stops working I don't know what I will do.

yes, i sedate myself. at times i really have to. i tend to not use all my lorazepam in a day, so i can stock up for when i want to sedate.

i do when it gets to much to cope with, alot of valium or 600mg seroquel x