Posted by yesac on June 8, 2005, at 10:45:03
In reply to Re: bipolar sleep problems, posted by PM80 on June 8, 2005, at 7:45:52
Hmmm, okay, that's interesting. I guess my issue is that I've always-- I mean always, even when I was a little kid-- had serious insomnia issues. There are times when it's much much worse. I've taken sleep meds for about 4 years (trazodone and Seroquel) which have sometimes helped, but I still have sleep issues.
I usually have a hard time falling asleep, wake up many times during the night, sometimes for a long time. But I wouldn't say that it doesn't bother me the next day. I mean, I guess I'm usually okay for the most part, but I think I usually feel tired. I don't know, sleep meds have messed things up, especially Seroquel lately, because that makes me really exhausted, and I actually feel better (less tired) without it, even if I don't get that much good quality sleep.
This problem isn't really episodic I don't think. It's kind of constant, although like I said there have been times that it's much worse for a month or more.
Anyways, I don't know, I was just wondering because I'm not really sure if I'm bipolar or not. I have a number of hypomanic type symptoms, but none of them really seem to be episodic-- it's more like a mixed state that comes and goes, or sometimes feeling hyper and speedy, but the symptoms are usually rather brief, a day or two or even less.
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