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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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Sleepless in Atlanta

roseypeach
roseypeach
Anybody else on a manic trend right now? I know I am I am not the least bit sleepy right now and its 4:30 in the morning! Well, I take that back I have yawned a bit but I don't feel tired/sleepy. Anyone else here?
deleted_user
deleted_user
MEEEEEEEEE! in california its only 1:37 but i usally dont sleep at night. and im not even manic.. i just dont sleep
roseypeach
roseypeach
Wow that must stink, huh? I'm so glad your here!!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah, i'm not manic, either, and i don't sleep well.

i always kinda "joked" that i didn't get the "good" depression symptom--excessive sleeping.

oh, what i wouldn't give for a good, refreshing, continuous 48 hours of sleep....
roseypeach
roseypeach
hey you can borrow some of mine! I have slept for 23 hours straight. Family thinks something is wrong with me but hey, if you were me....:)
KatLin
KatLin
Sleep? whats that again? oh wait i think i manage 3-4 hrs a night of that :) i wonder if anyone with bp has good sleep habits? well except when depressed.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have to say that it is still early for me just past 2am and I usualy lay down at about 5am but sleep for tweenty to thirty minutes and I am awake again for two hours this goes on most of the night until it is time to get up.
deleted_user
deleted_user
wow, 23 hours?!?! that's unprecedented!

well, maybe it is precedented, haha...

i saw on NOVA a couple months ago that sleep is necessary for a person to learn well and have clear higher-thinking (as well as the normal cell-repair stuff). I wonder how bipolar excessive sleep compares? and if perhaps the sleeping bipolar person is benefitting while they're hurting?

mmm, i smell a NOVA special!
KatLin
KatLin
wow would it be something to see nova do a special on bp sleep! maybe theyd be able to find an approperiate sleep med for us...about once every 6 weeks i totally crash sleep all day and night. have you all always had trouble sleeping even before diagnossis?
deleted_user
deleted_user
i think we should all write letters and request that they do some research for us, ha!

yeah, i didn't sleep much as a kid, either, but in hindsight i'm sure i was born bp.

but i remember also that as a kid i was afraid of people seeing me asleep, so i'd be last to bed, first awake, and slept very lightly so i could "sense a disturbance", heh.
roseypeach
roseypeach
It would be interesting to see a study done on this. and Yes, I have always had this problem way before being dx'd.
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