Ive really never had that problem because i would just chase 20 tylenol pm's with a half a bottle of nyquil....

now, its only klonopin : (

but when i was really sick i slept about 2 hours a night for about 6 months

last summer was intense. i think i went close to two weeks with almost no sleep. maybe more. i'm not even exaggerating. i know they say you can die that way, and it makes total sense. i am not even sure how long i went, i know though that there was quite a stretch, so many that i lost track.

some nights i would get like a couple hours, but i'd have to say i know i went for a run where there was basically no shut eye whatsoever.

i say just keep an eye on it, you know your body best...maybe some naps?

in 07, right before my diagnosis..was up for 3 days. the Seroquel put the kibash on that...thank goodness.

oh no.. 1 day.. im pretty sure.. 2 hours here 3 hours there, many run ons.. full on. no sleep. nah, im good at crashing after 36

yeah there were maybe a few to several months where i could get maybe 2hrs a night. i think i normally would fall asleep around 4 and wake up around 6. i would happen to get 3 or 4 if i was really really lucky, interspersed. man that went on for so long, i don't even know.
as soon as i move down to my basement downstairs i am going to try to track my moods and sleep and eating and get regular exercise.

right now things are too cramped where i'm at upstairs.

Sleep is holy for me.

same. one week straight.
also in university, also taking speed.

no offense michael, but 4 days without sleep isn't ambitious and driven, it's extremely dangerous and reckless, kinda' like poking a sleeping tiger. if i tried that these days, i'd be in full psychosis by now.

then there have been months of depression where i could sleep almost the whole day and night.

don't know precisely but it was lots and did not end well, of course

Back in 2006, I was 24 years old, and had my first psychotic break. I was up for 7 days straight and it was hell!!! I saw glitter falling from the ceilings, the pictures on the walls came to life and I thought I was going to be permanently in that state forever and locked away in a state hospital in a padded room........when I go without sleep more then 2 days it triggers mania for me.

In periods of an extreme mania, i have gone 4 days without sleep. it was intense. i was hallucinating stuff and seriously tweaking. i cleaned the whole house top to bottom at 3am several times, gone grocery shopping in the middle of the night.

The depression usually follows and then i make up for all my production by not leaving the house for anywhere from a few days, to a few weeks. it kinda depends.

are you on any medications that are supposed to help with the mania and restlessness? i was recently put on seroquel and its THE most amazing medication i have ever come across. i have been sleeping for 7-8 hours a night for about a week now. and my mood has improved so much. my manics and depressions are so much more stable and managable when i am on the right meds.

I went for a couple of weeks when withdrawing from benzo's years ago... I was in a rehab.. I was bouncing off walls pretty much.. running a fever... it was terrible..

3 days no sleep during manic episode.

3 days of sleep during depressive episode.

It all equals out (shrug) ; )

Like Wizz, not really sure. My estimate is about 5 days, but it could have been longer. It did end up in a second involuntary hospitalization.

I ALWAYS get enough sleep even if I have to take a handful of pills to do it. All carefully managed, of course.