I have been sleeping 2 hours a night because I ran out of meds. and I don\'t see my Pdoc until June 10th so yeah. Ambien really never helped me and klonopin really never helped me for sleep and I have never tried Xanax.

Amber

seroquel helps me sleep

I go to sleep soon after I take Seroquel.... ((hugs)) polar

I\'m terrified of Seroquel because of the weight gain issue, I already gained weight due to the abilify I\'m on so I don\'t really need another one to do that, especially since I needed to lose weight to start with. I appreciate the information though, Sleep might end up being more important for a while.

if u took the serquil just on the nights that you just cant sleep it wouldnt cause weight gain..

i was on it 100mg at bedtime 2 yrs heart rate went up to 140 bpm..it made me so sedated i had to be in bed when i took it..boy i miss that med..it never realy helped my mania cuz i slept my dose off..but yes i gained 40 on it in 2 yrs then lost 65 off of it..

just as an aside... I take 500mg of seroquel and haven\'t gained any weight so its not always so

melatonin is also good for sleep.... its natural and non addictive... ask your shrink about it

I use Restoril 45mg. Was prescribed in the hospital and continue to use at home. Only provides about 6 hours of sleep though. I find that is all I need.

If the klonopin sorta helps maybe ask about a larger dose for bedtime....

Take cholopromazine, it\'s a tranqualiser with anti psychotic properties. I take 50mg of this and it put\'s me too sleep, it can also make all of my muscles ache, and sometimes I don\'t function too well in the morning. I slowly reduce the dosages until I\'m sleeping on my own again.
If I\'m my mid is racing, won\'t stop I try the chloropromazine, 50 mg, we have gone upto 100mg when having a manic episode. After a couple of weeks, if I\'m stable we get the dosage down to 25mg and if I\'m still sleeping down to 10mg. Which is nearly nothing, and then down to 0 as long as I\'m sleeping.

Sleeping is a learned habbit, you need to get back into the habit of sleeping. Always try to sleep at night, not during the day, even if you ar really tired, as this really stuffs up your sleeping cycle.
Make sure your sleeping is regular, ie if you are not sleeping you are resting your body. Body needs rest, even if your mind doesn\'t stop.
I sometimes try to bore my mind into sleeping, technical books, brick walls, counting sheep doesn\'t work particularly well( my mind tends to have them flying around, and jumping fences.

Sweet dreams. The most important thing is not to worry about it.
MJ