Posted by PM80 on June 8, 2005, at 7:45:52
In reply to bipolar sleep problems, posted by yesac on June 7, 2005, at 21:39:16
I think the not sleeping much is a sign of hypomania/mania itself - it doesn't make the hypomania/mania worse.
From stuff I've read, the getting-less-sleep thing is almost always a part of hypomania/mania. This can be seen either as simply not sleeping much, such as going to bed laste and getting up early so that you only sleep for a few hours, or in some people feels more like insomnia, such as trying to maintain regular sleep hours, but being unable to.
For me, I have always been morning person. I have always gone to bed relatively early and woken up relatively early - I do not generally like staying up past my bedtime. When I am hypomanic, I usually still go to bed at a normal hour, but without some kind of drug, I cannot fall asleep for hours and/or I wake up a lot during the night. So to me this feels more like insomnia becuase I am not inclined to be active in the middle of the night. I never was as a kid or teenager so I lay there becasue what the hell else am I going to do. But even if I only get 2 or 3 or 4 hours of sleep I am totally fine the next day.
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