I usually do not sleep much anyway, only about 5 hours a day and a 1 hour nap. I went to bed early now am up early. Both my son and I have BP and trouble sleeping. This happens all the time not just when manic, when depressed I am just up worrying.

Seems to go hand in hand. A hard busy day is my best ally when it comes to getting sleep

Idk about others, but I have insomnia but it runs in my family.

I have sleeping pills, but most of the time don't really work that well

My BP meds used to make me sleepy but not that much anymore so Ill take a pill with meds and it still doesn't put me to sleep.

believe it or not I just yawned got sleepy out of the blue!

I'm up too. No sleeping pills. They only help when I'm already tired but can't fall asleep. I've done all kinds of things to try and knock myself out, none of them would I suggest. If the sleeping pills work for you, I'd say give them a chance to do their job. There's tea, oh and zzzquil works surprisingly well.

yeah, bp and insomnia/sleep problems go hand in hand. i don't recommend sleeping pills myself, but have had good luck with trazadone in the past. can't take it now because i am on celexa,so i take extended release melatonin. can't really tell the difference, but i take it in hope.
my pdoc also recommended california poppy and hops for sleep, but i can't afford to try them. good luck
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