Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
Who else can't sleep? What are you doing to keep yourself occupied? I'm watching random videos on YouTube.
I wish I could just inject an anesthetic every night at 10.
Down at 1AM
up at 4AM.
I'm afraid I will miss something good and important if I sleep.
Lack of sleep puts us in survival mode - wires up the nervous system toward adrenaline. It changes our glucose metabolism so that when we are stressed, there's an adrenaline response. The adrenaline response affects cortisol metabolism.
Shall I go on?
Excess cortisol = the hormone that makes us gain weight, especially around the middle.
Screwy sleep routine
Poor sleep hygiene
contributes to weight gain, anxiety, depression, weight gain and immune dysfunction. Did I mention weight gain?
Great!! Now I'm hungry.
One sheep
Two sheep
cow
pig
Old McDonald had a farm
HEY MACARENA!!