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.

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crystal555 08/09/2011

HOW MANY OF YA HAVE HAD SLEEP PROBLEMS WITH BIPOLAR???

deleted_user 08/09/2011

Ummm....lol

Sleep? What's that?

deleted_user 08/09/2011

I take trazedone to sleep in general but when I am manic I don't want to sleep. Too much to be done and not enough time to get in trouble lol.

deleted_user 08/09/2011

Sure I "sleep"! LOL! Not! Seriously though, I was only able to sleep when on seroquel. My zombie med. Since we parted ways, I am a 2-3 hour sleeper debending on what phase in my mania. My body feels the exhaustion but ahh, the mind refuses to get the message.

DivineSilence 08/09/2011

I sleep great now that I am on Saphris but before I would sleep 16 hour a day when depressed and only 2 or 3 when manic.....

deleted_user 08/09/2011

I sleep 6 hrs on a good night, way way less on a bad night, Hmmm bad nights seem to come more often!

Chanel22 08/09/2011

I am pretty sure most (if not all) of us - it is a very common symptom.. Either insomnia or hypersomnia at times..

Halterbroke 08/09/2011

I have heard that disturbed sleep is one of the main symptoms of bp.

crystal555 08/09/2011

thanks everybody....i was wandern why my social worker looked at me when i said ive always slept just fine...never any trouble she just kept askn u dont wake up? NO you get 8 hrs sleep every nite?YES sometimes 9 or 10 lol i guess that was another reason that was leading her twards that i wasnt bp

deleted_user 08/09/2011

Shit, I never sleep and I take temazepam and Trazodone.

deleted_user 08/09/2011

*hand up*

deleted_user 08/09/2011

I have issues with consistent sleep. I tend to sleep too much or not enough.

veryblue 08/09/2011

i sleep 8 or 9 hours but from 2/3 am till 11/12am/pm !

my circadian rythem is out

deleted_user 08/09/2011

when im getting manic i tend to get very little or no sleep

when im not manic i can sleep endlessly

blastwithpiss 08/09/2011

Oh god. Until the doctor put me on Risperidone I didn't sleep but may be an hour a night

CarlaBent 08/09/2011

I've tried AmbienCR, Lunesta, Geoden, Gabapentin, Saphris, Seroquel, Trazodone, Imipramine, Zyprexa, and a whole slew of other ones that I can't think of just now, off the top of my head.

At the moment, I'm back on the Seroquel, which seems to do the job best.

If you have Bipolar Disorder and yet you are sleeping as well as you are, consider yourself very lucky!!! It's very common to have a disturbed sleep pattern when you're a beeper!!!

I hope your sleep serves you well!!!! (((((Hugs)))))

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